> vLLM Ascend is a community-maintained hardware plugin for running vLLM on Huawei Ascend NPUs.
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Official repository: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend
- For software and version requirements, follow the official Installation and Release Notes pages.
## Features and Models
- [Supported Models Matrix](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/user_guide/support_matrix/supported_models.html): source of truth for support status (`✅`/`🔵`/`❌`), hardware scope, and feature coverage.
- [Supported Features Matrix](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/user_guide/support_matrix/supported_features.html): feature availability per hardware and model type.
## Features and Configuration
- [Additional Configuration](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/user_guide/configuration/additional_config.html): Ascend-specific knobs and runtime options.
- [Quantization Guide](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/user_guide/feature_guide/quantization.html): supported quantization flows and usage.
- [Graph Mode Guide](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/user_guide/feature_guide/graph_mode.html): graph execution modes and constraints.
- [Feature Guide Index](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/user_guide/feature_guide/index.html): all feature guides.
- [Deployment Guide Index](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/user_guide/deployment_guide/index.html): deployment patterns and operations.
- [Performance Benchmark Guide](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/developer_guide/performance_and_debug/performance_benchmark.html): benchmarking methodology and commands.
## Release and Versioning
- [Release Notes](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/user_guide/release_notes.html): user-facing changes by version.
- [Versioning Policy](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/community/versioning_policy.html): branch and release policy.
## Developer Guide
- [Contribution Guide](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/developer_guide/contribution/index.html): setup and contribution workflow.
- [Performance and Debug Index](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend/en/latest/developer_guide/performance_and_debug/index.html): profiling and debugging docs.
## Community and Support
- [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend/issues): bug reports and feature requests.
- [vLLM Discuss Forum (Ascend)](https://discuss.vllm.ai/c/hardware-support/vllm-ascend-support): usage Q&A.
- [Slack `#SIG-Ascend`](https://slack.vllm.ai): community channel.