DeepSpeed vs LocalAI
DeepSpeed and LocalAI share 8 technologies: accelerate, sentencepiece, torch, transformers, einops, diffusers, safetensors, and torchvision. DeepSpeed is written in Python and LocalAI in Go.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
deepspeedai
DeepSpeed
DeepSpeed is a deep learning optimization library that makes distributed training and inference easy, efficient, and effective.
Python43.3kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit f47dc3eWhat is DeepSpeed built with?Only in DeepSpeed
In common
mudler
LocalAI
LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.
Go50.2kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit efc6f93What is LocalAI built with?Only in LocalAI
- React
- net/http
- Echo
pyarrow
s3
- NATS.io
- Postgres
- github.com/glebarez/sqlite
- SQLite
- MCP
- Hugging Face
OpenAI- anyio
- FastAPI
- Lightning
uvicorn
- Tokio
react-router-dom
- Vite
- Gradio
matplotlib
- gorm.io/gorm
- github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2
- github.com/nats-io/nkeys
- golang.org/x/oauth2
github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3
- bitsandbytes
- conformer
- coqui-tts
- flash-attn
llama-cpp-python
- llvmlite
- Model Context Protocol
- ModelScope
- ONNX
- onnxruntime-gpu
openai-go
- phonemizer
- s3tokenizer
scikit-image
- spacy-pkuseg
- tiktoken
torchao
- vector-quantize-pytorch
mlx
opencv-python
insightface
- mlx-lm
torchaudio
- vLLM
librosa
- onnxruntime
sglang
- datasets
- faster-whisper
funasr
- kokoro
- mlx-audio
optimum
peft
- QWen
- rerankers
sentence-transformers
tokenizers
trl
- whisperx
av
- sox
- torchcodec
github.com/go-audio/wav
pillow
github.com/charmbracelet/glamour
- github.com/dhowden/tag
github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday
- golang.org/x/image
imageio
imageio-ffmpeg
- jinja2
loguru
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric
- OpenTelemetry
- Docker
tracing
- github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
- Prometheus
fontsource-variable
- CodeMirror
- @lezer/highlight
yaml
- dompurify
highlight.js
marked
Side by side
DeepSpeedLocalAI
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
DeepSpeed247,033 lines written760 code files
LocalAI1,389,292 lines written2,979 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
DeepSpeed2.7% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code
LocalAI3.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
DeepSpeedLast push November 6, 20263,619 commits43,302 stars
LocalAILast push November 5, 20269,317 commits50,214 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
DeepSpeed395 test files33% of its code files have a test that imports them
LocalAI2,911 test files60.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, DeepSpeed or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 1,389,292 lines written; DeepSpeed has 247,033.
The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93
Which has more GitHub stars, DeepSpeed or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 50,214 stars; DeepSpeed has 43,302.
The proof: mudler/LocalAI on GitHub
Which has more tests, DeepSpeed or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 2,911 test files; DeepSpeed has 395.
The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93
Which was updated more recently, DeepSpeed or LocalAI?
DeepSpeed: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and LocalAI's on November 5, 2026.
The proof: deepspeedai/DeepSpeed's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, DeepSpeed or LocalAI?
LocalAI: an AI signed 3.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in DeepSpeed, 2.7%.
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