DeepSeek vs SDK
SDK scores 16 points higher on the same evidence, which is a real separation rather than noise. Both are measured the same way, on the same day, from public evidence only — so this is a comparison of two measurements rather than two marketing pages. How we measure ›
| DeepSeek | SDK | what it means | |
|---|---|---|---|
| tashan score | 70 | 86 | upkeep + freshness, gated by adoption |
| Adoption evidence | 3k/wk | 53.3m/wk | the raw public signal the score came from |
| Last release | active | active | npm publish or repo push |
| Upkeep | 81 | 99 | cadence, maintainers, status |
| Expertise grade | solid | not graded | an LLM read of its own documentation against a fixed rubric |
| Security audit | no known advisories, no build provenance | no known advisories, no build provenance | a summary — the full audit, free, is on each dossier |
| Licence | MIT | — | |
| Maintainers | more than one | more than one | bus-factor risk |
Install either
DeepSeek
claude mcp add deepseek-mcp-server -- npx -y deepseek-mcp-serverSDK
claude mcp add modelcontextprotocol-sdk -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/sdkNeither score is a security verdict — "well maintained" and "nothing known is wrong" are different claims, which is why the audit is a separate row and never folded into the number. The full audit for each — the advisory ids, the version that fixes them and anything that runs at install time — is free on its own page: DeepSeek · SDK.