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OpenLLM vs SGLang: catalog facts
OpenLLMSGLang
Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence; BentoCloud hosting is a separate…

Free

Free to download and run from its public repository.

Self-hosted, Command line Self-hosted, Command line
  • One command starts an OpenAI-compatible server
  • Wide catalogue of open models, plus custom model repositories
  • Built for high-throughput model serving
  • Handles both language and multimodal models
  • Many models require large GPUs
  • Aimed at developers rather than desktop users
  • 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
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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