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vllm-project/vllm

Establishedrank #21

A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

92.8k+1.4k · 7d 22.7k 486est. Apache-2.0Pythonpushed 8h ago
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Composite

76

conf 65%

Momentum

72

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

80

conf 67%

Community

62

conf 60%

Security & maint.

92

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

78

conf 60%

Opportunity

56

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

66%

conf 71%

Executive summary

vllm is currently classified as established with a composite score of 76/100. Momentum (72) and vitality (80) are aligned — growth is backed by sustained maintenance. Estimated 7-day gain of 1,442 stars against a 92.8k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 66%.

Analyst note

AI-drafted · numbers from tracked data

The momentum-vs-vitality relationship suggests that a project with high vitality (80/100) and moderate momentum (72/100) may be more attractive to adopt or build on now, as it indicates a growing interest in the technology. This could indicate a potential opportunity for growth and adoption, making it a worthwhile consideration for someone evaluating whether to invest time and resources into the project.

90-day trajectory

+5.4k · 30d
2026-06-302026-09-27

Score breakdown

Every input, weight and normalized value — nothing hidden. Inputs marked est. are estimated until the full ingestion pipeline lands.

Momentum

Star velocityest.25%88
Star accelerationest.15%57
Fork velocityest.10%85
Contributor growthest.10%98
Issue activity growthest.10%68
PR activity growthest.10%76
External mention velocityest.10%14
Release event impactest.5%79
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%73

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 100%

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%99
Release cadenceest.15%88
PR responsivenessest.15%86
Issue responsivenessest.15%37
Contributor diversityest.10%100
Maintainer continuityest.10%85
Documentation qualityest.5%80
Dependency freshnessest.5%71
Security hygieneest.5%43

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 67% · coverage 100%

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%99
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%99
Dependency stalenessest.15%73
Bus factorest.15%90

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 85% · coverage 100%

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%100
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%89
Documentation citationsest.15%49
Contributor overlapest.15%34
Registry adoptionest.10%71
Topic centralityest.10%100

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 92% · missing: packageRegistryAdoption