# DeepSeek Open-Sources DeepInfer: The Production Inference Engine

> Source: <https://byteiota.com/deepseek-open-sources-deepinfer-production-engine/>
> Published: 2026-10-23 05:07:09+00:00

DeepSeek just open-sourced the inference engine actually running its production services. On October 20, DeepInfer landed on GitHub under Apache 2.0 — not a demo, not a research artifact, but the C++-backed runtime serving real user traffic at scale. It crossed 10,000 stars within days. Before you get too excited: read the hardware requirements. They are not what most teams want to hear. What DeepInfer Actually Is DeepInfer is the production inference framework behind DeepSeek’s public API — the engine handling millions of daily requests. It is built largely as a vLLM fork and integrates the kernel libraries DeepSeek has […]

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