--- title: "exllama alternatives" type: "alternatives" slug: "turboderp-exllama" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/turboderp-exllama/alternatives" of: "turboderp-exllama" count: 24 --- # exllama alternatives *GraphCanon updated Jul 11, 2026* Open-source alternatives to [exllama](/tools/turboderp-exllama.md) in Model Training, Inference & Serving, Computer Vision. ## In short Top alternatives to exllama are aikit and litgpt, ranked by typed graph edges - model-training. [exllama](https://github.com/turboderp/exllama) has 2.9k GitHub stars and 65 open issues, last pushed Sep 30, 2023 per [its repository](https://github.com/turboderp/exllama). The top typed alternative, [aikit](https://github.com/kaito-project/aikit), shows 533 stars and 57 forks, last pushed Jul 11, 2026. ## Same categories - [aikit](/tools/kaito-project-aikit.md) - Fine-tune, build, and deploy open-source LLMs easily! (★ 533) [Very active] - [litgpt](/tools/lightning-ai-litgpt.md) - High-performance LLMs with recipes for pretraining, finetuning and deployment (★ 13,473) [Very active] _[Freemium]_ - [OneCompression](/tools/fujitsuresearch-onecompression.md) - Python package for LLM compression (★ 396) [Very active] - [oumi](/tools/oumi-ai-oumi.md) - Easily fine-tune, evaluate and deploy Gemma 4, Qwen3.5, Qwen3.6, gpt-oss, DeepSeek-R1, or any open source LLM / VLM! (★ 9,338) [Very active] - [reasoning-from-scratch](/tools/rasbt-reasoning-from-scratch.md) - Implement a reasoning LLM in PyTorch from scratch, step by step (★ 4,717) [Very active] - [airllm](/tools/lyogavin-airllm.md) - AirLLM 70B inference with single 4GB GPU (★ 22,399) [Very active] _[Freemium]_ - [Awesome-Chinese-LLM](/tools/aihubcn-awesome-chinese-llm.md) - 整理开源的中文大语言模型 (★ 22,670) [Steady] - [awesome-generative-ai](/tools/steven2358-awesome-generative-ai.md) - A curated list of modern Generative Artificial Intelligence projects and services (★ 12,279) [Active] - [Awesome-LLM-Compression](/tools/huangowen-awesome-llm-compression.md) - Awesome LLM compression research papers and tools to accelerate LLM training and inference. (★ 1,848) [Active] - [flash-linear-attention](/tools/fla-org-flash-linear-attention.md) - 🚀 Efficient implementations for emerging model architectures (★ 5,325) [Very active] - [free-llm-api-resources](/tools/cheahjs-free-llm-api-resources.md) - A list of free LLM inference resources accessible via API. (★ 26,774) [Very active] - [gpt4all](/tools/nomic-ai-gpt4all.md) - GPT4All: Run Local LLMs on Any Device. Open-source and available for commercial use. (★ 77,386) [Dormant] - [GPTRouter](/tools/writesonic-gptrouter.md) - Smoothly Manage Multiple LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure) and Image Models (Dall-E, SDXL), Speed Up Responses, and Ensure Non-Stop Reliability. (★ 454) [Dormant] - [Liger-Kernel](/tools/linkedin-liger-kernel.md) - Efficient Triton Kernels for LLM Training (★ 6,494) [Very active] - [litellm](/tools/berriai-litellm.md) - Python SDK and Proxy Server for calling multiple LLM APIs (★ 53,271) [Very active] _[Freemium]_ - [llama.cpp](/tools/ggml-org-llama-cpp.md) - LLM inference in C/C++ (★ 120,002) [Very active] - [llm](/tools/simonw-llm.md) - Access large language models from the command-line (★ 12,172) [Very active] - [llmfit](/tools/alexsjones-llmfit.md) - Hundreds of models & providers. One command to find what runs on your hardware. (★ 29,280) [Very active] - [LLMForEverybody](/tools/luhengshiwo-llmforeverybody.md) - 每个人都能看懂的大模型知识分享，LLMs春/秋招大模型面试前必看，让你和面试官侃侃而谈 (★ 6,920) [Steady] - [LLMKube](/tools/defilantech-llmkube.md) - Kubernetes operator for self-hosted LLM inference across various GPU types (★ 163) [Very active] - [modelz-llm](/tools/tensorchord-modelz-llm.md) - OpenAI compatible API for LLMs and embeddings (LLaMA, Vicuna, ChatGLM and many others) (★ 276) [Dormant] - [peft](/tools/huggingface-peft.md) - State-of-the-art Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (★ 21,385) [Very active] - [Rapid-MLX](/tools/raullenchai-rapid-mlx.md) - The fastest local AI engine for Apple Silicon. 4.2x faster than Ollama, 0.08s cached TTFT, 100% tool calling. 17 tool parsers, prompt cache, reasoning separation, cloud routing. Drop-in OpenAI replace (★ 3,250) [Very active] - [ray-llm](/tools/ray-project-ray-llm.md) - RayLLM - LLMs on Ray (Archived). Read README for more info. (★ 1,263) [Archived] ## Head-to-head comparisons - [exllama vs aikit](/compare/kaito-project-aikit-vs-turboderp-exllama.md) - [exllama vs litgpt](/compare/lightning-ai-litgpt-vs-turboderp-exllama.md) - [exllama vs OneCompression](/compare/fujitsuresearch-onecompression-vs-turboderp-exllama.md) - [exllama vs oumi](/compare/oumi-ai-oumi-vs-turboderp-exllama.md) - [exllama vs reasoning-from-scratch](/compare/rasbt-reasoning-from-scratch-vs-turboderp-exllama.md) - [exllama vs airllm](/compare/lyogavin-airllm-vs-turboderp-exllama.md) - [exllama vs Awesome-Chinese-LLM](/compare/aihubcn-awesome-chinese-llm-vs-turboderp-exllama.md) - [exllama vs awesome-generative-ai](/compare/steven2358-awesome-generative-ai-vs-turboderp-exllama.md) ## When NOT to use exllama - Last GitHub push was 1015 days ago (dormant maintenance, Sep 30, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on exllama. - Model Training: Try prompting and RAG first; fine-tuning is the answer to style/format, not missing knowledge. - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. ## Related alternatives hubs - [LangChain alternatives](/tools/langchain-ai-langchain/alternatives.md) - [LlamaIndex alternatives](/tools/run-llama-llama-index/alternatives.md) - [Qdrant alternatives](/tools/qdrant-qdrant/alternatives.md) ## Common questions ### What are the best alternatives to exllama? Graph-backed alternatives to exllama include aikit, litgpt, OneCompression, oumi, reasoning-from-scratch. GraphCanon ranks them by typed relationship edges and constraint overlap from decision_facts - not marketing votes or raw star sort. ### How does GraphCanon rank exllama alternatives? Direct alternative and successor edges from the knowledge graph come first, ordered by edge type and shared constraint facets (persona, runtime, hosting). Category neighbours fill the list only after curated edges. Stars are shown for context, not as the primary sort. ### When should I avoid exllama? Last GitHub push was 1015 days ago (dormant maintenance, Sep 30, 2023). Validate activity before betting a new project on exllama. Model Training: Try prompting and RAG first; fine-tuning is the answer to style/format, not missing knowledge. Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. ### Is exllama open source? Yes. exllama is an open-source project on GitHub under the MIT license, with 2,930 stars. ### What is exllama used for? A more memory-efficient rewrite of the HF transformers implementation of Llama for use with quantized weights. ### What category is exllama in? exllama is categorized under Model Training, Inference & Serving, Computer Vision in the GraphCanon knowledge graph. ### How do exllama alternatives compare head-to-head? Each alternative has a neutral compare page against exllama, for example [aikit vs exllama](/compare/kaito-project-aikit-vs-turboderp-exllama), [litgpt vs exllama](/compare/lightning-ai-litgpt-vs-turboderp-exllama), [OneCompression vs exllama](/compare/fujitsuresearch-onecompression-vs-turboderp-exllama). Stats come from live GitHub metadata. ### Is there a machine-readable alternatives list? Yes. The markdown twin at [exllama alternatives](/tools/turboderp-exllama/alternatives.md) lists direct alternatives and same-category tools with internal links to each tool markdown page. ### Where are other high-intent alternatives hubs? Related P0 OSS-vs-OSS hubs: [LangChain alternatives](/tools/langchain-ai-langchain/alternatives), [LlamaIndex alternatives](/tools/run-llama-llama-index/alternatives), [Qdrant alternatives](/tools/qdrant-qdrant/alternatives). Vector-database intent (including Pinecone-style queries) is covered at [Qdrant alternatives](/tools/qdrant-qdrant/alternatives). ### Where can I see maintenance and security signals for exllama? GraphCanon publishes a sourced trust report for exllama at [exllama trust report](/tools/turboderp-exllama/trust) - maintenance posture, fork provenance, and dependency/MCP scan status with methodology tags. Not a safety grade. --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=turboderp-exllama`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=turboderp-exllama) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_