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Xinference vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server: catalog facts
Xinference	NVIDIA Triton Inference Server
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Linux, Self-hosted
Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls	Serves models from many ML frameworks in one server Runs on GPUs and CPUs, in the cloud or at the edge
Aimed at developers rather than casual users Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models	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 not stated	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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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