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SGLang vs Xinference: catalog facts
SGLang	Xinference
Free Free to download and run from its public repository.	Free Free and open source.
Self-hosted, Command line	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Built for high-throughput model serving Handles both language and multimodal models	Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls
Needs capable GPU hardware Aimed at servers and developers rather than desktop chat use	Aimed at developers rather than casual users Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models
Downloadable app, 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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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