vLLMStrong
vLLM Project
Open-source high-throughput inference and serving engine for large language models.
BREAF's verdict
Why BREAF recommends (or doesn't) vLLM, the full guide, and the sources it was checked against are Premium.
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Free tier
Entire engine is free and open source; you pay only for the compute you run it on
Commercial use
Included in every plan
Platforms
linux, cli, docker
License
Apache-2.0
API docs
Available
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