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vLLM vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server: catalog facts
vLLM	NVIDIA Triton Inference Server
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Command line	Linux, Self-hosted
High-throughput serving suited to production-scale local deployments Apache-2.0 licensed and actively developed	Serves models from many ML frameworks in one server Runs on GPUs and CPUs, in the cloud or at the edge
Aimed at developers deploying models rather than casual end users Requires appropriate GPU hardware for good performance	Aimed at infrastructure teams rather than individual desktop users Setup and tuning take real effort
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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