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Switchyard vs ik_llama.cpp
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● NVIDIA-NeMo/Switchyard (3.3K)
● ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp (3.3K)
☆ 3.3KSwitchyard stars
☆ 3.3Kik_llama.cpp stars
+15Difference
SwitchyardStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
Switchyard Leads
+15 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
ik_llama.cpp Leads
474 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
ik_llama.cpp
Pushed 2d ago
Licensing
Different
Switchyard: Apache-2.0 vs ik_llama.cpp: MIT
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | NVIDIA-NeMo/Switchyard ↗ | ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Switchyard lets LLM applications route traffic across models and providers while preserving native OpenAI and Anthropic API compatibility - enabling flexible model selection, benchmarking, and cost/performance optimization. | llama.cpp fork with additional SOTA quants and improved performance |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 3,295 | ☆ 3,280 |
| Forks | 322 | 474 |
| Open Issues | 102 | 111 |
| Main Language | Rust | C++ |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last Push | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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