LlamaFactory vs mlc-llm
LlamaFactory and mlc-llm share 8 technologies: FastAPI, uvicorn, sentencepiece, tiktoken, transformers, torch, datasets, and safetensors. Both are written in Python.
What they share and what sets them apart
hiyouga
LlamaFactory
Unified Efficient Fine-Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024)
Python75.9kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 702005cWhat is LlamaFactory built with?Only in LlamaFactory
- Gradio
matplotlib
- einops
torchvision
triton-ascend
accelerate
trl
peft
deepspeed
- liger-kernel
- ModelScope
torchaudio
- bitsandbytes
nltk
- torchdata
- torchcodec
av
- jsonschema-specifications
- referencing
- Pydantic
In common
mlc-ai
mlc-llm
Universal LLM Deployment Engine with ML Compilation
Python23.3kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 44fd06dWhat is mlc-llm built with?Only in mlc-llm
- Jetpack Compose
- androidx.core:core-ktx
- androidx.navigation:navigation-compose
- lifecycle-runtime-ktx
- appcompat
- com.google.android.material:material
- ui-graphics
- MarkdownUI
prompt-toolkit
- androidx.compose.material:material-icons-extended
- apache-tvm-ffi
- flashinfer-python
OpenAI
Side by side
LlamaFactorymlc-llm
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
LlamaFactory62,624 lines written194 code files
mlc-llm80,952 lines written325 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.
LlamaFactory1.6% of its commits signed by AIWith Gemini CLI, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
mlc-llm0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
LlamaFactoryLast push November 4, 20262,769 commits75,890 stars
mlc-llmLast push October 30, 20261,823 commits23,302 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
LlamaFactory62 test files38.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
mlc-llm69 test files16.3% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, LlamaFactory or mlc-llm?
mlc-llm, with 80,952 lines written; LlamaFactory has 62,624.
The proof: mlc-ai/mlc-llm's code at commit 44fd06d
Which has more GitHub stars, LlamaFactory or mlc-llm?
LlamaFactory, with 75,890 stars; mlc-llm has 23,302.
The proof: hiyouga/LlamaFactory on GitHub
Which has more tests, LlamaFactory or mlc-llm?
mlc-llm, with 69 test files; LlamaFactory has 62.
The proof: mlc-ai/mlc-llm's code at commit 44fd06d
Which was updated more recently, LlamaFactory or mlc-llm?
LlamaFactory: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and mlc-llm's on October 30, 2026.
The proof: hiyouga/LlamaFactory's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, LlamaFactory or mlc-llm?
LlamaFactory: an AI signed 1.6% of its commits, with Gemini CLI, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in mlc-llm, 0.2%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in hiyouga/LlamaFactory
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