vLLM Alternatives
5 alternatives to vLLM — free and paid AI coding tools covering similar jobs, with pricing and standout strengths.
LiteLLM
Call 100+ LLM APIs with one OpenAI-format interface — as a Python library or a self-hosted gateway/proxy.
Llama Cpp
The C/C++ inference engine that made local LLMs possible — GGUF quantization, every GPU backend, and an OpenAI-compatible server, with no dependencies.
LM Studio
A desktop app for discovering, downloading, and running open-weight LLMs locally with a GUI and a local OpenAI-compatible server.
Ollama
An open-source tool to run open-weight LLMs locally with a single command, including a local OpenAI-compatible API.
Unsloth
An open-source library that makes LoRA/QLoRA fine-tuning of LLMs roughly 2x faster and far more memory-efficient, so you can fine-tune on a single GPU.