PancakeSwap Review
Ten named auditors and a GPL licence
of 10
PancakeSwap publishes the longest audit list in this comparison — ten named firms — and licenses its Infinity core under GPL-2.0. Its fee documentation gives caps rather than the discrete tiers a trader can look up.
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Licence
GPL-2.0 (infinity-core); v3 repo has no LICENSE file
Protocol fee
33% of LP fee, capped at 0.4%
Fee caps
CLAMM up to 100%; LBAMM capped at 10%
Static fees
Fixed at pool creation, cannot be changed
Cross-chain
7 networks
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (6.0 + 9.0 + 6.0 + 7.0 + 10.0) ÷ 5 = 7.6.
Pros
- Ten auditing firms named including Cyfrin, BlockSec, PeckShield, SlowMist, OtterSec, Zellic and Halborn
- Infinity core released under GNU General Public License v2.0
- Static pool fees fixed at creation and cannot be changed afterwards
- Cross-chain swaps across seven named networks
Cons
- Fee documentation publishes caps (up to 100% CLAMM, 10% LBAMM) rather than usable tiers
- The v3 contracts repository has no LICENSE file at its root
- Contract upgradeability is not stated
Audit disclosure done properly
Ten firms are named on the audits page: Cyfrin, BlockSec, HashDit, PeckShield, SlowMist, Burrasec, Pashov, OtterSec, Zellic and Halborn. Naming the auditor is what makes an audit checkable, and no other protocol in this comparison names as many.
A licence gap between repositories
The Infinity core carries GPL-2.0. The v3 contracts repository, however, has no LICENSE file at its root — meaning that code is published without any grant of rights, whatever the intent. The score reflects the core licence with that caveat noted.
Fees are bounded, not tiered
The documentation states a CLAMM maximum of 100% and an LBAMM cap of 10%, with the protocol taking 33% of the LP fee capped at 0.4%. Those are limits rather than the rate any given pool charges.
How it compares
Jupiter
Zero protocol fees, unpublished core code
1inch
MIT-licensed aggregator with unpublished fees
Orca
Detailed fee tiers under a revocable licence
Curve
Four named auditors, but the code grants no rights
Aerodrome
Honest about which parts stay upgradeable
Raydium
Exact fee tiers under a clean Apache licence
SushiSwap
Widest chain deployment, thinnest current disclosure
Balancer
GPL-3.0 licensed and immutable by design
Uniswap
Published tiers and genuinely immutable core
Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.PancakeSwap — audits — checked
- 2.PancakeSwap infinity-core — LICENSE — checked
- 3.PancakeSwap — Infinity pool types and fees — checked
Frequently asked questions
Is PancakeSwap audited?
Yes. Ten firms are named on the official audits page, including Cyfrin, BlockSec, PeckShield, SlowMist, OtterSec, Zellic and Halborn.
What licence is PancakeSwap under?
The Infinity core is released under GNU General Public License v2.0. Note the v3 contracts repository has no LICENSE file at its root.
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