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NVIDIA Triton Inference Server vs Xinference: catalog facts
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server	Xinference
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Self-hosted	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Serves models from many ML frameworks in one server Runs on GPUs and CPUs, in the cloud or at the edge	Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls
Aimed at infrastructure teams rather than individual desktop users Setup and tuning take real effort	Aimed at developers rather than casual users Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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