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Lightrag vs vllm

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

Lightrag

[EMNLP2025] "LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation"

Best matched with other inference tools.

38.0K
Stars
+3.0K
Weekly
95/100
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

Lightrag is currently growing faster at +3.0K stars this week.

Maintenance

Lightrag has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. 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.

SignalLightragvllm
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTCVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars38.0K93.1K
Weekly growth+3.0K+606
Health scoreStrong95/100Strong86/100
Contributors2992.6K
Commits per week135.8208.8
Open issues2174.9K
LanguagePythonPython
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Last commit2026-07-22 10:56 UTC2026-10-04 06:11 UTC
Last releasev1.5.5rc1v0.20.2

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