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QVAC vs Xinference: catalog facts
QVAC	Xinference
Free Free and open source under Apache-2.0.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Runs models entirely on the local device Covers text, speech, images, OCR and translation	Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls
Large parts of the project are aimed at developers rather than end users Model performance depends on local hardware	Aimed at developers rather than casual users Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is 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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