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# Paddler

Open-source LLM/VLM load balancer and serving platform for self-hosting LLMs (and VLMs) at scale 🏓🦙 Alternative to projects like llm-d, Docker Model Runner, etc but with less moving parts and simple deployments built around ggml ecosystem. Runs on CPU and GPU.

## Decision context

- Status: warning
- ToolVitals score: 49/100
- Health score: 53/100
- Shipping score: 43/100
- Score mode: verdict
- Data confidence: 90/100
- Source coverage: 100/100
- Last evidence check: 2026-09-15

## Classification

- Use case: Developer Infrastructure (developer-infrastructure)
- Category: Developer Tools (developer-tools)
- Tool mode: Source-visible project
- Openness: OSI-approved OSS
- License: Apache-2.0
- Tags: open-source, ai, llamacpp, llm, llmops, load-balancer, self-hosted, llm-serving, vlm-serving, load-balancing, cpu, gpu

## Public repository signals

- Repository: [intentee/paddler](https://github.com/intentee/paddler)
- Stars: 1671 (adoption context only)
- Forks: 98
- Open issues: 29
- Last commit date: 2026-07-21
- Releases in 90 days: 3

## Source receipts

- [Official website](https://paddler.intentee.com/) — checked 2026-09-15
- [Source repository](https://github.com/intentee/paddler) — checked 2026-09-15

## Discovery status

- Search indexable: yes
- Reason: sufficient tool evidence

## Interpretation limits

- ToolVitals scores summarize bounded public maintenance, shipping, openness, and evidence signals. They are not user-review ratings.
- GitHub stars and related popularity metrics are adoption context, not quality evidence.
- Missing values mean not collected or not confidently established; they do not mean zero.
- Public signals do not prove security, uptime, support quality, customer satisfaction, or production suitability.
- Verify material decisions against the linked first-party sources and your own requirements.