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vLLM vs SGLang: catalog facts
vLLM	SGLang
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.	Free Free to download and run from its public repository.
Linux, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
High-throughput serving suited to production-scale local deployments Apache-2.0 licensed and actively developed	Built for high-throughput model serving Handles both language and multimodal models
Aimed at developers deploying models rather than casual end users Requires appropriate GPU hardware for good performance	Needs capable GPU hardware Aimed at servers and developers rather than desktop chat use
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, 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 23, 2026

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