Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs
Best matched with other inference tools.
Get up and running with Kimi-K2.6, GLM-5.2, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.
Best matched with other inference tools.
ollama has the larger GitHub footprint with 176.7K stars.
vllm is currently growing faster at +606 stars this week.
ollama has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 90/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | vllm | ollama |
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| Evidence status | Recently verified· 15h ago | Recently verified· 15h ago |
| GitHub stars | 86.9K | 176.7K |
| Weekly growth | +606 | +450 |
| Health score | Strong88/100 |
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| Contributors | 2.6K | 600 |
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| Commits per week | 208.8 | 24.5 |
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| Open issues | 4.9K | 3.2K |
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| Language | Python | Go |
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| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
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| Last commit | 15h ago | 1d ago |
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| Last release | v0.20.2 | v0.23.2 |
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