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Xinference vs Sonar: catalog facts
Xinference	Sonar
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls	OpenAI-compatible API with streaming, embeddings and tool calls Continuous batching and several forms of parallelism for many concurrent users
Aimed at developers rather than casual users Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models	Aimed at server deployments rather than casual desktop chat Recently renamed from Aphrodite Engine, so older guides use the old name
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
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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