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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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MLC LLM vs Lightrag

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

MLC LLM

Universal LLM Deployment Engine with ML Compilation

Best matched with other inference tools.

22.6K
Stars
+36
Weekly
62/100
Health
Lightrag

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

Best matched with other inference tools.

38.0K
Stars
+3.0K
Weekly
95/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

Lightrag has the larger GitHub footprint with 38.0K 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.

SignalMLC LLMLightrag
Evidence statusBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTCBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC
GitHub stars22.6K38.0K
Weekly growth+36+3.0K
Health scoreHealthy62/100Strong95/100
Contributors164299
Commits per week3.6135.8
Open issues310217
LanguagePythonPython
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Last commit2026-05-11 22:52 UTC2026-07-22 10:56 UTC
Last releaseN/Av1.5.5rc1

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