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Rankings use public ecosystem signals. Treat them as a starting point, then confirm license, setup, safety, and fit with the upstream project.
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Airllm vs vllm

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

Airllm

AirLLM 70B inference with single 4GB GPU

Best matched with other inference tools.

24.1K
Stars
+6.4K
Weekly
57/100
Health
vllm

A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

Best matched with other inference tools.

93.1K
Stars
+606
Weekly
86/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

vllm has the larger GitHub footprint with 93.1K stars.

Momentum

Airllm is currently growing faster at +6.4K stars this week.

Maintenance

vllm has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 86/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

SignalAirllmvllm
Evidence statusNeeds recheck· 2026-08-31 11:03 UTCVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars24.1K93.1K
Weekly growth+6.4K+606
Health scoreWatch57/100Strong86/100
Contributors102.6K
Commits per week2.5208.8
Open issues1154.9K
LanguageJupyter NotebookPython
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Last commit2026-07-23 08:29 UTC2026-10-04 06:11 UTC
Last releasev3.0.1v0.20.2

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