DreamingRaven/python-fhez

Python-FHEz is a legacy project with very low adoption (29 stars) and zero recent activity (velocity 0.0/hr over 6 years). While the vision of 'Encrypted Deep Learning as a Service' (EDLaaS) was forward-thinking at its inception, the project has been entirely superseded by modern FHE ecosystems. Specifically, projects like Zama's 'Concrete-ML', Microsoft's 'SEAL', and OpenMined's 'TenSEAL' offer significantly better performance, modern FHE scheme support (like TFHE and CKKS), and active maintenance. The defensibility is near-zero as the codebase is likely outdated relative to current FHE benchmarks and compiler optimizations. Frontier labs like Google (via the 'Fully Homomorphic Encryption' project) and Microsoft are already deep into this space, making this specific repository a historical artifact rather than a viable competitor. Any commercial use-case would default to more performant, production-grade C++/Rust-backed libraries with Python bindings.