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vllm-project/vllm

RepoRadar surfaced vllm-project/vllm — an AI project — into the LLM Inference section, where it sits at Gold tier with a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is practical usefulness, scored 10.0 out of 10.

Score9.8
Popularity99.0
Riskconditional
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness10.0
Novelty9.0
Momentum10.0
Maturity9.5
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential10.0
Setup ease4.2

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Use this if you run LLM APIs today and care about throughput, latency, and memory efficiency.

Who should use it

ML platform teams startups exposing internal APIs for LLM apps MLOps teams optimizing throughput and GPU utilization

Who should skip it

Consider vllm-project/vllm lower priority if you already have a working solution in this category.

About this signal

vllm-project/vllm is tracked by RepoRadar as an AI project in the LLM Inference section. First seen 2026-06-18; the source record was last checked on 2026-06-18. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and advanced setup difficulty. The standout signals for vllm-project/vllm are practical usefulness (10.0) and momentum (10.0), while setup ease (4.2) trails — that balance shapes where it fits best. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The vllm-project/vllm record combines a 9.8/10 composite score with separate popularity (99.0), risk (conditional), and setup (advanced) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Putting this into practice? Read How to evaluate an AI tool before you adopt it for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

GPU-heavy deployments require careful capacity planning and model compatibility checks; Serving misconfiguration can expose sensitive payloads or cause service instability under traffic spikes.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
llm serving inference gpu performance
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-08-13T20:20:15Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

47 dated snapshots retained from 2026-06-18 through 2026-08-13; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score9.8 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum9.6 current · -0.4 net
GitHub stars (observed)88,984 current · +2,853 net
GitHub stars88,984 exact observation
Versionv0.27.1
Last release2026-08-11T10:47:49Z
Maintenanceactive
Current riskconditional
Current verdicttry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineOpenAI

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-08-139.89.688,984conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-129.89.688,886conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-119.810.088,761conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-109.89.688,641conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-099.89.688,576conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-089.89.688,505conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-079.810.088,046conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-069.810.0Not recordedconditionaltry nownot recorded
2026-08-059.810.0Not recordedconditionaltry nownot recorded
2026-08-049.810.088,046conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-039.810.088,046conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-029.89.687,922conditionaltry nowactive

Why the record changed

stars changed

Stars changed: 88886 → 88984.

version changed

Version changed: v0.27.0 → v0.27.1.

stars changed

Stars changed: 88761 → 88886.

stars changed

Stars changed: 88641 → 88761.

version changed

Version changed: v0.26.0 → v0.27.0.

stars changed

Stars changed: 88576 → 88641.

stars changed

Stars changed: 88505 → 88576.

stars changed

Stars changed: 88046 → 88505.

stars changed

Stars changed: 87922 → 88046.

stars changed

Stars changed: 87838 → 87922.

stars changed

Source-observed stars changed: 87816 → 87838. This reports the retained observation delta and does not infer why the upstream change occurred.

stars changed

Source-observed stars changed: 87815 → 87816. This reports the retained observation delta and does not infer why the upstream change occurred.