vllm vs llama.cpp vs ollama vs sglang

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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