---
title: "ollama vs vllm"
type: "comparison"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/ollama-ollama-vs-vllm-project-vllm"
tools: ["ollama-ollama", "vllm-project-vllm"]
---

# ollama vs vllm

Neutral, constraint-first comparison with live GitHub stats.

| | [ollama](/tools/ollama-ollama.md) | [vllm](/tools/vllm-project-vllm.md) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tagline | Get up and running with Kimi-K2.6, GLM-5.1, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models. | A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs |
| Stars | 175,664 | 85,621 |
| Forks | 16,872 | 19,078 |
| Open issues | 3,378 | 5,598 |
| Language | Go | Python |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Categories | AI Agents, LLM Frameworks | Model Training, Inference & Serving |

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=ollama-ollama`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=ollama-ollama)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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