vLLM vs LM Studio

FeaturevLLMLM Studio
CategoryLocal AI InfrastructureLocal AI Infrastructure
PricingFree (open-source)Free
GitHub Stars45,000—
PlatformsLinuxmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ PagedAttention
  • ✓ Continuous batching
  • ✓ Tensor parallelism
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ Multi-GPU
  • ✓ Quantization
  • ✓ Model discovery
  • ✓ One-click download
  • ✓ Chat UI
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ GPU acceleration
  • ✓ GGUF support
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