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lm-evaluation-harness vs DeepEval: catalog facts
lm-evaluation-harnessDeepEval
Free

Free and open source.

Free

The framework is free and open source.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Command line
  • Hundreds of benchmark tasks in one tool
  • New tasks defined through YAML templates
  • Treats LLM output checks like unit tests
  • Very active development with a large user base
  • Command-line and Python only, no graphical interface
  • Running large benchmarks needs substantial compute
  • Aimed at developers comfortable with Python code
  • Evaluations that rely on a judge model may need API access to one
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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