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Kong vs vLLM
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Kong
🦍 The API and AI Gateway
43.4K
Stars
0
Weekly
40/100
Health
vLLM
A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs
79.7K
Stars
+606
Weekly
93/100
Health
Quick Take
Adoption
vLLM has the larger GitHub footprint with 79.7K stars.
Momentum
vLLM is currently growing faster at +606 stars this week.
Maintenance
vLLM has the stronger health score at 93/100.
Side-by-side Metrics
| Signal | Kong | vLLM |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 43.4K | 79.7K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | +606 |
| Health score | 40 | 93 |
| Contributors | 448 | 2.6K |
| Commits per week | 0.2 | 208.8 |
| Open issues | 138 | 4.9K |
| Language | Lua | Python |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 15h ago |
| Last release | 3.9.1 | v0.20.2 |
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