---
title: "DeepSpeed-MII"
type: "tool"
slug: "deepspeedai-deepspeed-mii"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/deepspeedai-deepspeed-mii"
github_url: "https://github.com/deepspeedai/DeepSpeed-MII"
homepage_url: null
stars: 2109
forks: 191
primary_language: "Python"
license: "Apache-2.0"
archived: false
categories: ["inference-serving"]
tags: ["deep-learning", "pytorch", "inference"]
updated_at: "2026-07-11T17:57:56.166567+00:00"
---

# DeepSpeed-MII

> Low-latency and high-throughput inference for deep learning models

DeepSpeed-MII enables users to deploy non-persistent and persistent inference services for supported AI models efficiently by minimizing setup and compile times through pre-compiled Python wheels.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/deepspeedai/DeepSpeed-MII
- Stars: 2,109 · Forks: 191 · Open issues: 209 · Watchers: 41
- Primary language: Python
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last pushed: 2025-06-30T16:21:45+00:00

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## Categories

- [Inference & Serving](/categories/inference-serving.md)

## Tags

deep-learning, pytorch, inference

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## README (excerpt)

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````text
# Getting Started with MII

DeepSpeed-MII allows users to create non-persistent and persistent deployments for supported models in just a few lines of code.

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Non-Persistent Pipeline](#non-persistent-pipeline)
- [Persistent Deployment](#persistent-deployment)

---

## Installation

The fasest way to get started is with our [PyPI release of DeepSpeed-MII](https://pypi.org/project/deepspeed-mii/) which means you can get started within minutes via:

```bash
pip install deepspeed-mii
```

For ease of use and significant reduction in lengthy compile times that many projects require in this space we distribute a pre-compiled python wheel covering the majority of our custom kernels through a new library called [DeepSpeed-Kernels](https://github.com/deepspeedai/DeepSpeed-Kernels). We have found this library to be very portable across environments with NVIDIA GPUs with compute capabilities 8.0+ (Ampere+), CUDA 11.6+, and Ubuntu 20+. In most cases you shouldn't even need to know this library exists as it is a dependency of DeepSpeed-MII and will be installed with it. However, if for whatever reason you need to compile our kernels manually please see our [advanced installation docs](https://github.com/deepspeedai/DeepSpeed-Kernels#source).

---

## Persistent Deployment

A persistent deployment is ideal for use with long-running and production applications. The persistent model uses a lightweight GRPC server that can be queried by multiple clients at once. The full example for running a persistent model is only 5 lines. Give it a try!

```python
import mii
client = mii.serve("mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1")
response = client.generate(["Deepspeed is", "Seattle is"], max_new_tokens=128)
print(response)
```

The returned `response` is a list of `Response` objects. We can access several details about the generation (e.g., `response[0].prompt_length`):

- `generated_text: str` Text generated by the model.
- `prompt_length: int` Number of tokens in the original prompt.
- `generated_length: int` Number of tokens generated.
- `finish_reason: str` Reason for stopping generation. `stop` indicates the EOS token was generated and `length` indicates the generation reached `max_new_tokens` or `max_length`.

If we want to generate text from other processes, we can do that too:

```python
client = mii.client("mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1")
response = client.generate("Deepspeed is", max_new_tokens=128)
```

When we no longer need a persistent deployment, we can shutdown the server from any client:

```python
client.terminate_server()
```

---

### Persistent Deployment Options
While only the model name or path is required to stand up a persistent deployment, we offer customization options to our users.

**`mii.serve()` Options**:
- `model_name_or_path: str` (Required) Name or local path to a [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/) model.
- `max_length: int` (Defaults to maximum sequence length in model config) Sets the default maximum token length for the prompt + response.
- `deployment_name: str` (Defaults to `f"{model_name_or_path}-mii-deployment"`) A unique identifying string for the persistent model. If provided, client objects should be retrieved with `client = mii.client(deployment_name)`.
- `tensor_parallel: int` (Defaults to `1`) Number of GPUs to split the model across.
- `replica_num: int` (Defaults to `1`) The number of model replicas to stand up.
- `enable_restful_api: bool` (Defaults to `False`) When enabled, a RESTful API gateway process is launched that can be queried at `http://{host}:{restful_api_port}/mii/{deployment_name}`. See the [section on RESTful APIs](#restful-api) for more details.
- `restful_api_port: int` (Defaults to `28080`) The port number used to interface with the RESTful API when `enable_restful_api` is set to `True`.

**`mii.client()` Options**:
- `model_or_deployment_name: str` Name of the model or `deployment_name` passed to `mii.serve()`

Users can also control the generation characteristic
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---

**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/deepspeedai-deepspeed-mii`](/api/graphcanon/tools/deepspeedai-deepspeed-mii)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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