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Lemonade vs vllm

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

Lemonade

Lemonade helps users discover and run local AI apps by serving optimized LLMs right from their own GPUs and NPUs. Join our discord: https://discord.gg/5xXzkMu8Zk

Best matched with other inference tools.

5.6K
Stars
+1.7K
Weekly
89/100
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

Lemonade is currently growing faster at +1.7K stars this week.

Maintenance

Lemonade has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 89/100. 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.

SignalLemonadevllm
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTCVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars5.6K93.1K
Weekly growth+1.7K+606
Health scoreStrong89/100Strong86/100
Contributors1322.6K
Commits per week38.8208.8
Open issues5524.9K
LanguageC++Python
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Last commit2026-09-07 07:08 UTC2026-10-04 06:11 UTC
Last releasev11.9.0v0.20.2

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