exo vs vllm
exo and vllm share 11 technologies: FastAPI, Hugging Face, Tokio, AIOHTTP, datasets, tiktoken, transformers, jinja2, Pydantic, msgspec, and psutil. Both are written in Python.
What they share and what sets them apart
exo-explore
exo
Run frontier AI locally.
Python48.2kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 1d72c2aWhat is exo built with?Only in exo
- anyio
- hypercorn
- Tailwind CSS
lm-eval
- math-verify
- openai-harmony
- python-daemon
loguru
- log
- env_logger
- pyo3-log
In common
vllm-project
vllm
A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs
Python96.3kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 75f6761What is vllm built with?Only in vllm
- axum
- gitdb
- pyzmq
starlette
- Ray
- tower
mkdocs-material
- indicatif
- NVIDIA
OpenAIpeft
- quack-kernels
- sentencepiece
- torch
- einops
safetensors
- triton
torchvision
torchaudio
- MCP
tokenizers
- markdown
markupsafe
- pymdown-extensions
pillow
- image
- jsonschema
- pydantic-core
- opentelemetry-api
- python-json-logger
tracing
prometheus-client
tracing-subscriber
- OpenTelemetry
- opentelemetry-sdk
- prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator
Side by side
exovllm
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
exo161,527 lines written386 code files
vllm2,375,117 lines written3,289 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.
exo12% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, and Jules
vllm12.8% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Devin, Mistral Vibe, CodeRabbit, Factory, and Qwen Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
exoLast push November 5, 20262,248 commits48,204 stars
vllmLast push November 4, 202624,593 commits96,302 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
exo290 test files51.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
vllm2,419 test files60.2% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, exo or vllm?
vllm, with 2,375,117 lines written; exo has 161,527.
The proof: vllm-project/vllm's code at commit 75f6761
Which has more GitHub stars, exo or vllm?
vllm, with 96,302 stars; exo has 48,204.
The proof: vllm-project/vllm on GitHub
Which has more tests, exo or vllm?
vllm, with 2,419 test files; exo has 290.
The proof: vllm-project/vllm's code at commit 75f6761
Which was updated more recently, exo or vllm?
exo: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and vllm's on November 4, 2026.
The proof: exo-explore/exo's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, exo or vllm?
vllm: an AI signed 12.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Devin, Mistral Vibe, CodeRabbit, Factory, and Qwen Code; in exo, 12%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in vllm-project/vllm
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