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Aphrodite Engine vs SGLang: catalog facts
Aphrodite Engine	SGLang
Free Free to download and run yourself.	Free Free to download and run from its public repository.
Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Command line
OpenAI-compatible API Built for high-throughput serving	Built for high-throughput model serving Handles both language and multimodal models
Aimed at server deployments rather than casual desktop use Repository has moved to a new name, dphnAI/sonar	Needs capable GPU hardware Aimed at servers and developers rather than desktop chat use
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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