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ggsurvfit vs OpenCTI

A side-by-side editorial comparison of ggsurvfit and OpenCTI — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

ggsurvfit vs OpenCTI: at a glance

FeatureggsurvfitOpenCTI
SectorAnalyticsAnalytics
Velocity score2.56.3
Sparks · 30d00
Top themessurvival-analysis, ggplot2, competing-risks, clinical-plotsthreat-intelligence, stix, data-model, ingestion
Last editorial update4d ago17h ago
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What is ggsurvfit?

ggsurvfit is in correctness-and-compatibility mode, not feature mode.

The package draws survival and cumulative-incidence curves on a ggplot2 grammar, with risk tables, p-values and quantile annotations. Recent releases are entirely fixes and upstream tracking: ggplot2 v4.0.0 compatibility in 2025, and a 2026 patch correcting a Gray-test p-value that could be reported for the wrong competing event.

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What is OpenCTI?

OpenCTI spends a release unblocking queues and hardening upserts

7.260817.0 is a fix release. The most consequential item is malformed STIX messages nacking forever and blocking worker queues indefinitely — a stall in the ingestion path rather than a display bug. Alongside it: upsert clearing an existing createdBy when incoming confidence is higher, draft upserts crashing on existing attack patterns, OTP handling in the stream middleware, and case template relation authorization. Score fields were added to threat actor groups, intrusion sets and malware.

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ggsurvfit vs OpenCTI: editorial side-by-side

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ggsurvfit
ANALYTICS
2.5

ggsurvfit is in correctness-and-compatibility mode, not feature mode.

◆ Current state

The package draws survival and cumulative-incidence curves on a ggplot2 grammar, with risk tables, p-values and quantile annotations. Recent releases are entirely fixes and upstream tracking: ggplot2 v4.0.0 compatibility in 2025, and a 2026 patch correcting a Gray-test p-value that could be reported for the wrong competing event.

◆ Where it's heading

The feature surface settled around 1.0.0, when risk-table alignment was exported and colour and linetype defaults became configurable. Since then the work is keeping pace with survival, ggplot2 and tidycmprsk changes, and closing cases where the plotted curve and the annotation disagreed — the p-value matched by position rather than name, confidence limits swapped for multi-state models, quantiles read off a plateau.

◆ Prediction

Expect the next release to track upstream survival or ggplot2 changes rather than add plotting features; the CDISC censoring convention adopted in Surv_CNSR() suggests further alignment with clinical data standards is the likelier direction.

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OpenCTI
ANALYTICS
6.3

OpenCTI spends a release unblocking queues and hardening upserts

◆ Current state

7.260817.0 is a fix release. The most consequential item is malformed STIX messages nacking forever and blocking worker queues indefinitely — a stall in the ingestion path rather than a display bug. Alongside it: upsert clearing an existing createdBy when incoming confidence is higher, draft upserts crashing on existing attack patterns, OTP handling in the stream middleware, and case template relation authorization. Score fields were added to threat actor groups, intrusion sets and malware.

◆ Where it's heading

The platform's feature energy went into the connector catalog and integrations rework in July, and the releases since have been consolidating: mass operations on relation times, shareable saved searches, and now a pass over ingestion robustness. Adding score to more entity types continues the slow enrichment of the data model that runs underneath the feature work.

◆ Prediction

Given score arriving on three entity types in one release, expect it to keep spreading across the data model, and the queue-blocking class of bug to draw more worker-side hardening.

Alternatives to ggsurvfit and OpenCTI

Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either ggsurvfit or OpenCTI.

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Recent activity from ggsurvfit and OpenCTI

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 1d agoOpenCTIMalformed STIX no longer blocks worker queues indefinitely
  2. 4d agoOpenCTILTS branch gets the security backport: access-scoped streams, dependency sweep
  3. 7d agoOpenCTIMass operations can now edit relation start and stop times
  4. 11d agoOpenCTISaved searches and dashboard filters become shareable and reusable
  5. 15d agoOpenCTIData sanity operations can be stopped mid-run
  6. 20d agoOpenCTIIntegrations experience reworked around the new catalog, plus draft approval workflows
  7. 25d agoggsurvfitGray-test p-values matched to the plotted outcome by name
  8. 10mo agoggsurvfitggplot2 v4.0.0 compatibility and multi-state CI label fix
  9. 2y agoggsurvfitNegative follow-up times and a cloglog transformation
  10. 2y agoggsurvfitAesthetic defaults become switchable and alignment is exported
  11. 2y agoggsurvfitConfidence limits corrected for monotonicity-reversing transforms
  12. 3y agoggsurvfitGlue syntax in risk tables and coxph model support

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between ggsurvfit and OpenCTI?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. OpenCTI is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is ggsurvfit better than OpenCTI?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. OpenCTI is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to ggsurvfit?

Top ggsurvfit alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ggsurvfit alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ggsurvfit for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to OpenCTI?

Top OpenCTI alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenCTI alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/opencti for the full list with editorial commentary on each.