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

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