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SGLang

Inference engines Advanced Open source Free

A high-performance serving engine notable for fast structured output and efficient KV-cache sharing. Its RadixAttention makes it particularly strong for prefix-heavy RAG and multi-turn chat, where reused context is the main lever.

Strengths

  • Efficient KV-cache reuse, strong for RAG and multi-turn chat
  • Fast constrained and structured output generation
  • OpenAI-compatible API for easy integration

Weaknesses

  • Steeper learning curve than a desktop app
  • NVIDIA-focused, and needs a GPU to be worthwhile
  • A newer project than vLLM, with a smaller community

At a glance

Licence
Apache 2.0
Pricing
Free
Platforms
Linux, Docker
GPU required
Yes

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Entry last verified 30 July 2026.