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

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