Step-by-step migration guidance to adopt vLLM as the inference/serving backend for Haystack orchestration. Includes suitability, inventory, phased plan, tests, data/API considerations, and rollback gates.
$ Discover the best projects built with vLLM
What is vLLM?
vLLM is a high-throughput inference engine for serving large language models at scale. This gallery lists 332 open-source projects built with vLLM, most of them in AI & ML, DevTools and Docs, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.
How projects are selected
Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:vllm” and at least 10 stars. Each repository is checked against vLLM’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.
vLLM projects: FAQ
- How many open-source vLLM projects are listed?
- 332 open-source projects built with vLLM are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
- What is the most-starred vLLM project on GitHub?
- FunASR by modelscope leads with 19,644 GitHub stars (19.6k), followed by llama-cookbook with 18,552.
- What kinds of projects are built with vLLM?
- The largest category is AI & ML, with 278 projects (84% of the gallery), followed by DevTools with 44. Projects span 7 categories in total.
- Which license do most vLLM projects use?
- Apache-2.0 is the most common license, used by 133 of 332 projects (40%); MIT is next with 110. 72 projects declare no recognized license.
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A practical, evidence-grounded ecosystem map for vLLM covering the core repository, integration patterns, evaluation criteria, maintenance signals, licensing, and a discovery workflow.


