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NVIDIA Dynamo

Distributed inference orchestration above vLLM, SGLang and TensorRT-LLM

Open-source, datacenter-scale orchestration layer that coordinates vLLM, SGLang and TensorRT-LLM across nodes with disaggregated serving, KV-aware routing, multi-tier cache management and automatic scaling.

About NVIDIA Dynamo

NVIDIA Dynamo is an open-source distributed inference orchestration layer that runs above engines such as SGLang, TensorRT-LLM and vLLM rather than replacing them. It coordinates multi-node serving through disaggregated prefill and decode, load- and KV-aware request routing, multi-tier KV cache management, discovery and automatic scaling for language, reasoning, multimodal and video-generation workloads. Teams can start supported runtimes in containers or Python environments, while the recommended production path deploys the Dynamo platform on Kubernetes; the project also documents Amazon ECS and managed Kubernetes paths. Current engine coverage varies by feature, so backend compatibility, model support and performance must be checked against the selected release and hardware. Benchmark numbers in the repository come from NVIDIA or named partners and should remain attributed claims, not universal results. Dynamo is aimed at platform teams coordinating clusters of accelerators and multiple inference workers; a single model on one GPU generally needs only its inference engine. The existing Triton Inference Server remains a separate active product and is not replaced or modified by this entry.

Pricing & Platform Specs

Pricing Summary

Free and open source under Apache-2.0 for the core orchestration project. Operators manage and pay for their own GPU clusters and cloud infrastructure.

Supported Platforms

Container, Python and Kubernetes deployment paths for distributed inference with SGLang, TensorRT-LLM and vLLM backends, disaggregated serving, KV-aware routing, multi-tier cache management and autoscaling. Current verified release: v1.3.1.

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Open Source

Fast serving framework for LLMs and vision models

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NVIDIA's LLM inference optimization and acceleration library

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Open Source

High-throughput LLM serving engine

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Open Source

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FAQ

What is NVIDIA Dynamo?

Open-source, datacenter-scale orchestration layer that coordinates vLLM, SGLang and TensorRT-LLM across nodes with disaggregated serving, KV-aware routing, multi-tier cache management and automatic scaling.

Is NVIDIA Dynamo free?

Yes — NVIDIA Dynamo is open source and free to use. Free and open source under Apache-2.0 for the core orchestration project. Operators manage and pay for their own GPU clusters and cloud infrastructure.

Is NVIDIA Dynamo open source?

Yes — NVIDIA Dynamo is open source.

Is NVIDIA Dynamo still maintained?

Yes — NVIDIA Dynamo is active. Its listing was last verified on August 26, 2026.

What are the best NVIDIA Dynamo alternatives?

The first editor-selected NVIDIA Dynamo alternatives are AIBrix, llm-d, KServe, and more.