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Fast LLM inference engine. High-throughput serving for LLMs.

DMI: 27#11 of 262 (Top 5%)HN 30d: 86
72,278 · 14,042 forks
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vLLM has a Developer Momentum Index of 27, ranking #11 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 5.6M monthly package downloads, 72.3K GitHub stars.

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Developer Adoption

Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window

npm Downloads (30d)
30.2K
@llamaindex/vllm
PyPI Downloads (30d)
5.5M
vllm
Total Downloads (30d)
5.6M
npm + PyPI combined
Active Contributors (30d)
342
Unique committers, 30-day window
npm Dependents
3
Packages using @llamaindex/vllm

Active Contributors Trend

325333342351359Mar 5Mar 6
90-day trend

github contributors remained stable at 342 over the last 90 days.

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Dategithub contributors
Mar 5, 2026342
Mar 6, 2026342

npm Dependents Trend

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npm Download Trend

28,72729,48330,23930,99531,751Mar 5Mar 6
90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 30,239 over the last 90 days.

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Datenpm downloads
Mar 5, 202630,239
Mar 6, 202630,239

PyPI Download Trend

5,251,5225,389,7365,527,9515,666,1665,804,380Mar 5Mar 6
90-day trend

PyPI Downloads declined from 5,528,583 to 5,527,319 over the last 90 days.

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Datepypi downloads
Mar 5, 20265,528,583
Mar 6, 20265,527,319
Key Signals

Developer Community Metrics

Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.

HN Discussion Rank#7 in AI Infrastructure by HN mentions (out of 75 tracked)
HN vs Category43.0x category median (86 vs 2 median)
GitHub VelocityCommit velocity steady (1.1x vs 4-week average)
Community Sentiment0% positive HN sentiment (86 comments) • High confidence

Category Benchmark

75 AI Infrastructure companies
5.6M downloads/mo342% above median
0Median: 1.3M2.5M+
Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, vLLM has 30,239 npm downloads in 30 days, with 5,527,319 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 342 active contributors in 30 days, with 3 npm dependent packages, ranks #7 in AI Infrastructure for HN discussion share (out of 75 tracked with 5.2% of HN discussion), with 0% positive developer sentiment (86 HN comments analyzed), with 301 commits/week (steady).

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Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →

About

About

Description

Fast LLM inference engine. High-throughput serving for LLMs.

Estimated Company Size

11 - 50 employees

Website

vllm.ai

Details

Founded

2023

Description

vLLM is a fast LLM inference engine. High-throughput serving for LLMs. Used by many AI applications.

Products & Tools

vLLM

An open-source library for efficient LLM serving and inference, utilizing PagedAttention for high throughput and low latency.

Data Confidence

Excellent
96/ 100

Reflects profile completeness, metric freshness, and signal coverage.

How we calculate this

Open Source

72.4K
Stars
14.1K
Forks
ActivePython
Last commit: 1 day ago
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