Comparison

cffi vs pygments

On the evidence we track, pygments leads this comparison with a composite score of 74/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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cffi53

★pygments74

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	cffi	pygmentsLeader
Vioscale score	53 / 100low · 19%	74 / 100low · 47%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.1	6.2
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=cffi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pygments&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	166,881	70,561
Github starsadoption.github_stars	278	2,204
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	284,912,954
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	13	82
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	36	108
Historyrelease.history	11 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	BSD-2-Clause
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

Vioscale score

cffi53 / 100low · 19%

pygments74 / 100low · 47%

Pricing

Free tier

cffi✓

pygments✓

Model

cffiopen_source

pygmentsopen_source

Price level

cffifree

pygmentsfree

Transparent

cffi✓

pygments✓

Security

Scorecard

cffi5.1

pygments6.2

Vulnerabilities

cffiCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=cffi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

pygmentsCount: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pygments&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

cffi–

pygments✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

cffi166,881

pygments70,561

Github stars

cffi278

pygments2,204

Package downloads weekly

cffi–

pygments284,912,954

Activity

Commits last 30d

cffi13

pygments82

Release

Cadence days

cffi36

pygments108

History

cffi11 items

pygments20 items

License

Spdx

cffi–

pygmentsBSD-2-Clause

Language

Primary

cffiPython

pygmentsPython

Market

Availability

cffi–

pygmentsAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

cffi7 items

pygments7 items

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

cffi

A Python tool that enables calling C libraries and code by declaring C types and functions using C-like syntax. Supports multiple integration modes including ABI mode, API mode, and embedding.

Independently observed

pygments

Leader

An open-source Python library that formats and visually distinguishes source code from multiple languages and text types for use in websites, forums, wikis, and software applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

cffi

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

Open SourceFree
- Interact with C code from Python
- ABI mode
- API mode
- Embedding support
- Windows calling conventions
- +1 more

as of 2026-07-31verify ↗

pygments

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	cffi	pygments
iOSPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

iOS

cffi✓

pygments✗

macOS

cffi✓

pygments✗

Windows

cffi✓

pygments✗

Linux

cffi✓

pygments✗

CLI

cffi✓

pygments✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

cffi✓

pygments✓

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