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Xinference vs vLLM: catalog facts
Xinference	vLLM
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Linux, Command line
Serves language, speech and multimodal models from one place API designed as a drop-in replacement for GPT calls	High-throughput serving suited to production-scale local deployments Apache-2.0 licensed and actively developed
Aimed at developers rather than casual users Requires setup and suitable hardware for larger models	Aimed at developers deploying models rather than casual end users Requires appropriate GPU hardware for good performance
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is 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 22, 2026

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