# Lemonade review

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Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026. Canonical page: https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/lemonade-sdk-lemonade/

## Lemonade at a glance

- **Category:** [Inference and training](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/categories/inference-and-training/)
- **Website:** [lemonade-server.ai](https://lemonade-server.ai/)

## Usage data (the week of Oct 25–31, 2026)

- Board rank: #255 overall, #28 in Inference and training, momentum score 37
- New GitHub stars per week (last 12 weeks): Aug 9: 80; Aug 16: 73; Aug 23: 98; Aug 30: 92; Sep 6: 70; Sep 13: 56; Sep 20: 48; Sep 27: 39; Oct 4: 50; Oct 11: 64; Oct 18: 67; Oct 25: 57

## Lemonade alternatives

| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | [dsh-our-free-model](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/ebony-vinyl-dsh-our-free-model/) | 54.3k | – |
| #2 | [magpie](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/yetone-magpie/) | 26.9k | – |
| #3 | [Strata](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/niko1221-strata/) | 37.1k | – |
| #4 | [edge0](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/edge0-ai-edge0/) | 8.9k | – |
| #5 | [OmniRoute](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/diegosouzapw-omniroute/) | 83.2k | 106k |
| #6 | [CLIProxyAPI](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/router-for-me-cliproxyapi/) | 57.1k | – |

## Lemonade FAQ

### How popular is Lemonade?

Lemonade has 6k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 57 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 66 a week. That made it #28 among LLM inference and training tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.

### What are the best alternatives to Lemonade?

Other LLM inference and training tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: dsh-our-free-model (#1), magpie (#2), Strata (#3), edge0 (#4), OmniRoute (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

## Sources

1. [Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/)