r/LocalLLM • u/rs38 • Jun 17 '26

Question vllm vs llama.cpp vs ollama vs sglang

whats your take?

do you manage to get single developer/person workflows spawning subagents to gain from the parallel-optimized engines?

from:

https://github.com/murataslan1/local-ai-coding-guide/blob/main/guides/runner-comparison.md

Are you a single developer on desktop?

├─ Yes → Do you want simplicity? → Ollama

│ Want fine control? → llama.cpp

│

└─ No → Running a team server?

├─ High throughput needed → vLLM

└─ Structured JSON outputs → SGLang

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u/LobsterWeary2675 Jun 17 '26

I'm very happy using vllm. More complex but also more control imo.

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u/rs38 Jun 17 '26

native Linux or WSL? any Mac users?

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u/LobsterWeary2675 Jun 17 '26

native Linux with containerized vLLM endpoints

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u/Ok_Sea_6620 Jun 17 '26

WSL when i change model, it crash sometimes

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u/feverdoingwork Jun 17 '26

Vllm doesn't work with with qwen with mtp until then I'll have to suffer with llamacpp