LM Evaluation Harness

An open-source framework for evaluating and benchmarking language models

Vendor
EleutherAI
Also known as
lm-evaluation-harness

What is LM Evaluation Harness?

A framework for conducting few-shot evaluation of language models against various tasks and benchmarks. Supports multiple model backends, custom evaluation metrics, and extensible task definitions for assessing model capabilities and performance.

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LM Evaluation Harness pricing

We don't have LM Evaluation Harness's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

What LM Evaluation Harness does

The capabilities that matter for ai evals testing, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Capabilities
Architecture model
Open source CLI
LLM as a judge prompt grading framework
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Specialized rag metrics faithfulness context relevance
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Deterministic regex and json schema assertions
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Synthetic test dataset generation from documents
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Ci cd github actions pipeline blocking gates
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Red teaming and adversarial vulnerability scanning
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Multi model side by side ab regression testing
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Human in the loop hitl annotation UI
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Dashboard analytics for metric drift over time
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SOC2 type ii
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Mit or apache permissive oss license
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Pricing model
Free open source
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Platform & deployment

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Platforms
  • CLI
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Windows
Deployment
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (5)

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  • Hugging Face
  • PyTorch
  • VLLM
  • GitHub
  • OpenAI-compliant APIs

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

LM Evaluation Harness FAQ

Common questions about LM Evaluation Harness, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is LM Evaluation Harness?

A Python-based evaluation framework that enables testing of language models against 60+ standard academic benchmarks with support for various model formats, APIs, and custom evaluation metrics. It is indexed under AI Evals Testing.

Source: https://github.com/pricing

Is LM Evaluation Harness free to use?

LM Evaluation Harness is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://github.com/pricing

What platforms does LM Evaluation Harness support?

LM Evaluation Harness supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.

Source: https://github.com/pricing

Can LM Evaluation Harness be self-hosted?

Yes. LM Evaluation Harness can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.

Source: https://github.com/pricing

What does LM Evaluation Harness integrate with?

We have confirmed 5 integrations for LM Evaluation Harness, including Hugging Face, PyTorch, VLLM, GitHub and OpenAI-compliant APIs. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://github.com/pricing

Is LM Evaluation Harness open source?

Yes. LM Evaluation Harness is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.

Source: https://github.com/EleutherAI/lm-evaluation-harness

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Balanced composite 48 / 100
low · 35%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Development activity560.126.7✓
Release cadence600.074.0✓
Dependent projects400.083.2✓
Security score550.052.9✓
Stars780.032.6✓
Capabilities290.082.4✓
Integrations220.051.2✓
Security posture00.090.0-
Package downloads00.170.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.080.0-

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Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d57mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars14,221highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90%
Dependent repos252highsource · 2026-10-14 · 85%

Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq6 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesPricing model: free_open_source · Architecture model: open_source_cli · Multi model side by side ab regression testing: Yesmediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count5mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryPythonhighsource · 2026-10-14 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-10-14 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelopen_sourcemediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days72mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 70%
History19 itemsmediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Scorecard5.5highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=lm-eval&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90%
Trust centerhttps://github.com/securitymediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60%
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