Awesome LLMOps

Overview

LLMOps (Large Language Model Operations) encompasses the practices, tools, and workflows for deploying, monitoring, and maintaining LLM-based applications in production environments.

Features

Deployment and Serving

• vLLM: High-throughput and memory-efficient inference engine
• Text Generation Inference (TGI): Hugging Face's production-ready serving solution
• Ollama: Local LLM deployment made simple
• LocalAI: Self-hosted OpenAI-compatible API
• Ray Serve: Scalable model serving framework

Orchestration and Frameworks

• LangChain: Framework for developing LLM applications
• LlamaIndex: Data framework for LLM applications
• Haystack: End-to-end NLP framework
• Semantic Kernel: Microsoft's SDK for AI orchestration

Monitoring and Observability

• LangSmith: LangChain's observability platform
• Weights & Biases: Experiment tracking and model monitoring
• MLflow: End-to-end ML lifecycle management
• OpenTelemetry: Distributed tracing for LLM calls
• Helicone: LLM observability and analytics

Evaluation and Testing

• Ragas: RAG evaluation framework
• DeepEval: Unit testing for LLMs
• Promptfoo: Test and evaluate LLM outputs
• TruLens: Evaluation and tracking for LLM apps

Vector Databases

• Pinecone: Managed vector database
• Weaviate: Open-source vector search engine
• Qdrant: Vector similarity search engine
• Milvus: Cloud-native vector database
• Chroma: AI-native embedding database

Prompt Management

• Promptify: Structured prompt engineering
• PromptBase: Prompt marketplace and versioning
• Anthropic Workbench: Prompt testing environment

RAG and Knowledge Management

• RAGFlow: Open-source RAG engine
• Verba: Retrieval augmented generation assistant
• Cognita: Open-source RAG framework

Fine-tuning and Training

• Axolotl: Streamlined fine-tuning framework
• LLaMA Factory: Efficient fine-tuning platform
• PEFT: Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning methods
• LoRA/QLoRA: Low-rank adaptation techniques

Security and Governance

• NeMo Guardrails: Programmable guardrails for LLMs
• LLM Guard: Security toolkit for LLM applications
• PrivateGPT: Private document interaction

Cost Management

• LiteLLM: Unified API for 100+ LLMs with cost tracking
• OpenRouter: Cost-effective LLM routing
• Helicone: Usage analytics and cost monitoring

Use Cases

• Deploying LLMs in production at scale
• Building and monitoring RAG applications
• Implementing conversational AI systems
• Managing prompt versions and testing
• Tracking LLM performance and costs
• Ensuring security and compliance
• Fine-tuning models for specific domains

Pricing

Mix of open-source tools (free) and commercial platforms with various pricing models including usage-based, subscription, and enterprise licensing.