# vLLM: self-hosting guide & alternatives | SelfHostAI

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Last updated: 2026-10-15


**Short answer:** How to self-host vLLM: requirements, licence and alternatives.

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High-throughput LLM serving engine.

| Category | LLM runtime |
|---|---|
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Repo | [vllm-project/vllm](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm) |

## How do you self-host it?

See the official README for Docker or binary install. A 2 vCPU / 4 GB VPS runs most UIs; LLM runtimes need a GPU or must run small quantised models on CPU.

## What are the alternatives?

Ollama, LocalAI, llama.cpp