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Text Embeddings Inference vs Xinference: catalog facts
Text Embeddings Inference	Xinference
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Supports many popular embedding and reranker model families Small Docker images with fast startup	Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls
Serves embedding and classification models only, not text generation Set up as a server, so it suits developers rather than casual users	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: 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 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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