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LMDeploy vs SGLang: catalog facts
LMDeploy	SGLang
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to download and run from its public repository.
Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
Combines model compression and serving in one toolkit Built for high-throughput inference	Built for high-throughput model serving Handles both language and multimodal models
Aimed at developers, not casual users Needs suitable GPU hardware for larger models	Needs capable GPU hardware Aimed at servers and developers rather than desktop chat use
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	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 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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