Project comparison
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LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.
A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs
vLLM has the larger GitHub footprint with 79.7K stars.
vLLM is currently growing faster at +606 stars this week.
vLLM has the stronger health score at 93/100.
| Signal | LocalAI | vLLM |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 46.2K | 79.7K |
| Weekly growth | +130 | +606 |
| Health score | 91 | 93 |
| Contributors | 197 | 2.6K |
| Commits per week | 60.5 | 208.8 |
| Open issues | 161 | 4.9K |
| Language | Go | Python |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 16h ago | 15h ago |
| Last release | v4.2.1 | v0.20.2 |
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