machine learning inference engines
Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.
Machine learning inference engines execute and optimize trained models for low-latency predictions across specialized hardware environments like Apple Silicon, CPUs, and GPUs. They are built for software developers and MLOps engineers who need fast, resource-efficient model deployment locally, in browsers, or in production clusters. Unlike model training frameworks or end-user AI applications, these runtimes focus strictly on execution speed, hardware acceleration, and minimal runtime overhead.
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Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▲ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inferway | PH | 1 | 2026-10-12 |
| Maliklang-V3 | PH | 1 | 2026-09-28 |
| Yacti | PH | 2 | 2026-10-11 |
| TachyRoute | PH | 3 | 2026-10-04 |
| Bare-Metal AI | HN | 5 | 2026-09-14 |
| Orchestra: Self-optimizing inference cloud to cut your AI costs by 100x | YC | 5 | 2026-09-07 |
| Flow Matching model inference in C | HN | 5 | 2026-07-23 |
| Smile-Serve | HN | 5 | 2026-05-04 |
| dual-loop-controller | GITHUB | 6 | 2026-09-15 |
| OpenFlux-Multi-Stream_fork | GITHUB | 6 | 2026-09-13 |
| Grunden | HN | 7 | 2026-05-12 |
| genpark-agent-speculative-decoding-orchestrator-skill | GITHUB | 7 | 2026-09-15 |
| genpark-dense-feedforward-mlp-backprop-skill | GITHUB | 7 | 2026-09-28 |
| genpark-dense-feedforward-mlp-backprop-skill | GITHUB | 7 | 2026-09-28 |
| friendlilink | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-16 |
| brier | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-29 |
| NeuroFlow 55.8x video inference speedup for Vision Transformers PyTorch | HN | 8 | 2026-05-26 |
| laya-rs | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-09-23 |
| laya-candle | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-09-22 |
| zlaya | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-09-23 |
| Netra Runtime | PH | 10 | 2026-09-14 |
| flappynn | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-10-07 |
| vla.simd | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-21 |
| tachyroute | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-24 |
| gpu-cron | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-12 |
| laya-apple | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-22 |
| systemANE | GITHUB | 14 | 2026-09-20 |
| Turbo-dLLM | GITHUB | 15 | 2026-09-16 |
| sabi | GITHUB | 15 | 2026-09-18 |
| inferpd | GITHUB | 18 | 2026-09-19 |
| layaForWeb | GITHUB | 18 | 2026-09-21 |
| open-jev | GITHUB | 19 | 2026-09-16 |
| blink | GITHUB | 20 | 2026-09-22 |
| OSS implementation of Test Time Diffusion that runs on a 24gb GPU | HN | 21 | 2025-11-07 |
| Piris Labs: Inference at Light Speed | YC | 21 | 2026-02-12 |
| laya-mps | GITHUB | 22 | 2026-09-21 |
| arbiter | GITHUB | 23 | 2026-09-20 |
| tarski | GITHUB | 25 | 2026-09-28 |
| minojev | GITHUB | 25 | 2026-09-18 |
| Sup AI, a confidence-weighted ensemble (52.15% on Humanity's Last Exam) | HN | 26 | 2026-03-26 |
| keys-Mac-TensorFold-MiniMax-H3-MLX | GITHUB | 26 | 2026-10-04 |
| laya-ort | GITHUB | 27 | 2026-10-09 |
| DVD | GITHUB | 28 | 2026-10-09 |
| typed-decision-bert | GITHUB | 32 | 2026-09-21 |
| QwenJev | GITHUB | 33 | 2026-09-21 |
| TRiP | HN | 38 | 2026-04-30 |
| runntime | GITHUB | 43 | 2026-09-14 |
| Lumabri | HN | 48 | 2026-08-14 |
| basal | GITHUB | 54 | 2026-09-26 |
| Reame | HN | 59 | 2026-07-11 |