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Llama Cookbook vs Llamafactory
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Llama Cookbook
Welcome to the Llama Cookbook! This is your go to guide for Building with Llama: Getting started with Inference, Fine-Tuning, RAG. We also show you how to solve end to end problems using Llama model family and using them on various provider services
Best matched with other inference tools.
18.6K
Stars
-3
Weekly
39/100
Health
Llamafactory
Unified Efficient Fine-Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024)
Best matched with other inference tools.
73.5K
Stars
+2.3K
Weekly
75/100
Health
Quick Take
Adoption
Llamafactory has the larger GitHub footprint with 73.5K stars.
Momentum
Llamafactory is currently growing faster at +2.3K stars this week.
Maintenance
Llamafactory has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 75/100. 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.
| Signal | Llama Cookbook | Llamafactory |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:13 UTC | Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 18.6K | 73.5K |
| Weekly growth | -3 | +2.3K |
| Health score | Caution39/100 | Healthy75/100 |
| Contributors | 140 | 288 |
| Commits per week | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| Open issues | 96 | 1.1K |
| Language | Jupyter Notebook | Python |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-05-19 18:42 UTC | 2026-07-17 14:50 UTC |
| Last release | v0.0.5 | v0.9.5 |
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