# LMDeploy review

> LMDeploy is a toolkit for compressing, deploying, and serving LLMs.

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

## LMDeploy at a glance

- **Category:** [Inference and training](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/categories/inference-and-training/)
- **Website:** [lmdeploy.readthedocs.io/en/latest](https://lmdeploy.readthedocs.io/en/latest)

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

- Board rank: #231 overall, #25 in Inference and training, momentum score 40
- Downloads that week: 13.7k (+145% vs 4-week average)
- New GitHub stars per week (last 12 weeks): Aug 9: 13; Aug 16: 12; Aug 23: 22; Aug 30: 13; Sep 6: 20; Sep 13: 19; Sep 20: 19; Sep 27: 11; Oct 4: 4; Oct 11: 7; Oct 18: 13; Oct 25: 14

## LMDeploy 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 | – |

## LMDeploy FAQ

### How popular is LMDeploy?

LMDeploy has 8.1k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 14 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 14 a week. Its main package had 13.7k downloads that week, +145% against its own 4-week average. That made it #25 among LLM inference and training tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.

### What are the best alternatives to LMDeploy?

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/)