Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/mlc-ai/mlc-llm/vs/mudler/LocalAI
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/mlc-ai/mlc-llm/vs/mudler/LocalAI.md
Description: mlc-llm and LocalAI share 9 technologies: FastAPI, uvicorn, datasets, OpenAI, sentencepiece, transformers, safetensors, tiktoken, and torch. mlc-llm is written in Python and LocalAI in Go.

# mlc-llm vs LocalAI

mlc-llm and LocalAI share 9 technologies: FastAPI, uvicorn, datasets, OpenAI, sentencepiece, transformers, safetensors, tiktoken, and torch. mlc-llm is written in Python and LocalAI in Go.

- [mlc-ai/mlc-llm](https://seerepo.com/r/mlc-ai/mlc-llm): Universal LLM Deployment Engine with ML Compilation
- [mudler/LocalAI](https://seerepo.com/r/mudler/LocalAI): LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: FastAPI, uvicorn, datasets, OpenAI, sentencepiece, transformers, safetensors, tiktoken, torch
- 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
- Only in LocalAI: React, net/http, Echo, pyarrow, s3, NATS.io, Postgres, github.com/glebarez/sqlite, SQLite, MCP, Hugging Face, anyio, Lightning, 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/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3, accelerate, bitsandbytes, conformer, coqui-tts, einops, flash-attn, llama-cpp-python, llvmlite, Model Context Protocol, ModelScope, ONNX, onnxruntime-gpu, openai-go, phonemizer, s3tokenizer, scikit-image, spacy-pkuseg, torchao, torchvision, vector-quantize-pytorch, diffusers, mlx, opencv-python, insightface, mlx-lm, torchaudio, vLLM, librosa, onnxruntime, sglang, 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/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, Prometheus, tracing-subscriber, fontsource-variable, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, yaml, dompurify, highlight.js, marked

## Side by side

| | mlc-llm | LocalAI |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 80,952 lines written, 325 code files | 1,389,292 lines written, 2,979 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and GitHub Copilot | 3.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push October 30, 2026, 1,823 commits, 23,302 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 9,317 commits, 50,214 stars |
| Tests | 69 test files. 16.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,911 test files. 60.8% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, mlc-llm or LocalAI?

LocalAI, with 1,389,292 lines written; mlc-llm has 80,952.

The proof: [mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/efc6f9373ffd35c87cf45e334cdbf7f5f19076f6)

### Which has more GitHub stars, mlc-llm or LocalAI?

LocalAI, with 50,214 stars; mlc-llm has 23,302.

The proof: [mudler/LocalAI on GitHub](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI)

### Which has more tests, mlc-llm or LocalAI?

LocalAI, with 2,911 test files; mlc-llm has 69.

The proof: [mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/efc6f9373ffd35c87cf45e334cdbf7f5f19076f6)

### Which was updated more recently, mlc-llm or LocalAI?

LocalAI: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and mlc-llm's on October 30, 2026.

The proof: [mudler/LocalAI's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, mlc-llm or LocalAI?

LocalAI: an AI signed 3.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in mlc-llm, 0.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in mudler/LocalAI](https://seerepo.com/r/mudler/LocalAI/ai)

## Sources

- mlc-ai/mlc-llm: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 44fd06d (https://github.com/mlc-ai/mlc-llm/tree/44fd06d04f22c87820e205b0f2b2e5e6a1f6ca85)
- mudler/LocalAI: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit efc6f93 (https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/efc6f9373ffd35c87cf45e334cdbf7f5f19076f6)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.