SGLang

by SGLang Project

Structured generation runtime — supports Qwen-Audio / Phi-Multimodal.

TL;DR

Structured generation runtime — supports Qwen-Audio / Phi-Multimodal.

Best for audio-LLM serving with structured prompts + parallel decoding. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux, Docker

What it is

A high-performance LLM serving engine with structured generation. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Audio-LLM serving with structured prompts + parallel decoding.
Watch out for: Newer than vLLM; audio support evolving.

Install / use

pip install sglang

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

SGLang vs Whipscribe

FeatureSGLangWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinux, DockerWeb, API, MCP

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