Alternatives to vLLM

Ordered by how much they overlap with vLLM, then by score.

Alternatives, ranked

  1. Ollama

    Runtime to download and run large language models locally, with a CLI and a REST API.

    • Higher score
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 3 days ago
    3 93.8 = Compare
  2. llama.cpp

    C/C++ inference engine for LLMs on CPUs and GPUs, using the GGUF format and quantization.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 2 days ago
    9 92.6 = Compare
  3. LocalAI

    Self-hosted, OpenAI-compatible API that runs text, image and audio models on local hardware.

    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 3 days ago
    53 89.1 = Compare