vLLM
High-throughput LLM serving engine
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3-0The Panel's Take
vLLM is a high-throughput, memory-efficient LLM inference engine with PagedAttention. The standard for self-hosted LLM serving with continuous batching and speculative decoding.
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“PagedAttention is a breakthrough for inference efficiency. The standard for production self-hosted LLM serving.”
“If you're self-hosting LLMs, vLLM is the obvious choice. Battle-tested and actively maintained.”
“Self-hosted inference will remain important for latency, cost, and privacy. vLLM is the infrastructure layer.”
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