{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "berth", "name": "Berth", "vendor": "Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub)", "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/T-Crypt", "kind": "http-api", "category": "local-ai", "summary": "Berth is an open-source Go daemon and CLI that leases one GPU to local inference engines, image pipelines and games in turn, with a priority queue, measured VRAM handoffs and a preview OpenAI-compatible gateway on loopback.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/berth.json", "repo": "https://github.com/T-Crypt/berth", "license": "Apache-2.0. The Berth name, the Pilot mascot and the artwork in assets/ are excluded from the licence, per the NOTICE file", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/T-Crypt/berth" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The gateway (`berth gateway`, 127.0.0.1:9799) takes one bearer key on every API route. The key is created on first use in `~/.config/berth/api.key` with mode 600, a group- or world-readable file is refused, `berth key` prints it, and the comparison is constant-time. The gateway binds loopback only, refuses non-loopback Host names and any request with a browser Origin. The key has no scopes and no documented rotation command. The daemon itself answers on a Unix socket with mode 600 in a 700 directory, so only the owning user can lease the card. The harbor web UI (127.0.0.1:9798) is read-only with no login, and its actions need a device paired with `berth pair`. The wake page and the optional `--comfyui-listen` port take no key by design.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under Apache-2.0 with nothing to buy and no account. No hosted service.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the docs or the changelog (checked 2026-10-28). Nothing is sold.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 245, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-28" }, "docsUrl": "https://t-crypt.github.io/berth/", "capabilities": [ "inference.local", "compute.gpu" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "self-hosted", "free", "no-card", "apache-2.0", "openai-compatible", "go", "cli", "linux", "windows", "gpu", "agent-skill", "alpha", "pre-1.0", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 283, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1218, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 76, "payments": 60, "reliability": 76, "schema": 69, "security": 51, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-28" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Berth coordinates one NVIDIA card between engines, ComfyUI and games, grants a lease only after the driver shows memory free, and gives agents a skill, JSON output and a keyed loopback gateway. It is 17 days old, alpha and maintained by one developer, with Windows and AMD experimental and no machine-readable API spec.", "bestFor": "Someone running several GPU programs (llama.cpp, llama-swap, Ollama, vLLM, ComfyUI, games) on one NVIDIA card who wants them to take turns, and agents that need to ask for the card.", "strengths": [ "A lease is granted only after the driver shows the previous holder's memory free, and processes it did not start are reported, never killed", "Every reporting command takes `--format json|yaml`, with results on stdout and exit codes 0, 1, 2 and 75 by one documented rule", "Gateway failures return 503 with Retry-After and a machine code such as `outranked`, `engine_oom` or `no_headroom`", "CI builds, vets, lints and tests on Linux and Windows, and releases publish SHA256SUMS that `berth update` checks", "Apache-2.0, no account and no telemetry upload, with the one GitHub update check documented and switchable off" ], "weaknesses": [ "First released on 11 October 2026 and called alpha. Windows, AMD and multiple GPUs are experimental, and the gateway is a preview", "One bearer key with no scopes or documented rotation controls every gateway route, including switch and stop", "No OpenAPI file or llms.txt. The gateway's own routes are documented in Markdown with curl examples", "No SECURITY.md, security.txt or disclosure route, and the harbor has no login when bound past loopback", "Linux and NVIDIA only for full support, through nvidia-smi. Intel and Apple GPUs are not supported" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run `berth status --format json` before starting, stopping or switching any GPU engine. If berthd is unreachable, no engine is protected", "Never kill a process to free VRAM. Ask for the card with `berth run`, `berth hold` or a gateway request, and report stowaways to the user", "Send gateway requests to http://127.0.0.1:9799/v1 with `Authorization: Bearer $(berth key)`, and use `\"stream\": true` for cold starts of up to minutes", "On a 503, read the `code` and wait for `Retry-After`. A pinned holder (a game or `berth hold`) answers 409 to stop and is the user's call", "Ask the user before `berth reclaim LEASE --yes`, any berth.toml edit or `berth update`. Each changes the node" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 76, "payments": 60, "reliability": 76, "schema": 69, "security": 51, "transparency": 74 }, "provenanceScore": 61, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-28", "maintenance": "2026-10-28", "payments": "2026-10-28", "reliability": "2026-10-28", "schema": "2026-10-28", "security": "2026-10-28", "transparency": "2026-10-28" }, "last": "2026-10-28", "oldest": "2026-10-28", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "go install github.com/T-Crypt/berth/cmd/berth@latest # or a release binary checked against SHA256SUMS\nberth service install --harbor\nberth status\nberth run --as llama --priority foreground -- llama-server -m model.gguf --port 8080", "http": "curl -s http://127.0.0.1:9799/v1/berth/board -H \"Authorization: Bearer $(berth key)\"", "claudeCode": "berth skill install # writes the Berth and ComfyUI skills, including to ~/.claude/skills" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local", "tool": "https://letme.dev/berth" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub)", "domain": "", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/T-Crypt/berth/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-28", "notes": [ "The project has no website of its own. The docs are an MkDocs site at https://t-crypt.github.io/berth/. The NOTICE and README name Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt) as the creator and maintainer, and the licence is Apache-2.0.", "No terms, privacy policy, SECURITY.md or security.txt. The changelog has a Security heading for v0.3.4.", "The software runs on the owner's machine, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check.", "T-Crypt/berth is the original. jenerestain/berth, sefator/berth and Bacongineer/berth-upstream keep its module path, copyright and links, and are forks of earlier snapshots." ], "score": 61 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.json" }, "answer": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Foundry Local's 60.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Foundry Local leads on maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "foundry-local", "name": "Foundry Local", "vendor": "Microsoft", "vendorUrl": "https://www.foundrylocal.ai", "kind": "sdk", "category": "local-ai", "summary": "Microsoft's on-device model runtime, built on ONNX Runtime. Applications embed it through SDKs for C#, JavaScript, Python and Rust, and it can start an optional OpenAI-compatible server on localhost. A preview CLI is also available.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/foundry-local.json", "repo": "https://github.com/microsoft/Foundry-Local", "license": "MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "foundry-local-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "foundry-local-sdk" }, { "registry": "nuget", "name": "Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local" }, { "registry": "cargo", "name": "foundry-local-sdk" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No authentication. The SDK runs in the application's own process, and the optional local server takes no key or token. It binds to 127.0.0.1 on a dynamic port unless the owner configures `web.urls` or starts the CLI daemon with `--port`. No account or Azure subscription is needed.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free, with no account, card or Azure subscription. The SDK is MIT and the CLI is a free download under Microsoft's licence terms. Microsoft states there are no per-token costs. Foundry Local on Azure Local is a separate product for servers and is not covered here (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the README or the SDK source (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2600, "npmWeekly": 105372, "pypiWeekly": 47344, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/", "capabilities": [ "inference.local", "inference.open-weights", "embed.text", "speech.stt" ], "tags": [ "local", "open-source", "free", "no-card", "account-free", "no-auth", "openai-compatible", "csharp", "typescript", "python", "rust", "npu", "telemetry-on-by-default" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 60.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 579, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1218, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 53, "security": 39, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The SDK and its native runtime are MIT, at 2.1.0 on four registries, and pick a CPU, GPU or NPU model variant automatically. The optional local server has no credential, its current routes aren't in the published REST reference, and telemetry is on by default with an opt-out.", "bestFor": "An application that ships a model to end users' Windows, macOS or Linux devices and wants NPU and GPU variants chosen automatically, especially on Windows.", "strengths": [ "SDK 2.1.0 published on npm, PyPI, NuGet and crates.io on 29 September 2026, with the SDK and the v2 native runtime under MIT in a public repository", "A model alias selects the best variant for the machine's CPU, GPU or NPU, with CUDA, WebGPU, OpenVINO, QNN and Vitis AI execution providers", "The v2 server answers `/v1/chat/completions`, `/v1/responses`, `/v1/embeddings`, `/v1/audio/transcriptions` and `/v1/models` in OpenAI's shapes", "Six releases in the 90 days to 8 October 2026, and the v2.0.1 notes carry a breaking-changes section", "No account, key, card or Azure subscription is needed, and prompts and outputs are processed on the device per the docs" ], "weaknesses": [ "The local server takes no credential, and its routes include model load and unload and `POST /shutdown`", "The REST reference on Microsoft Learn lists `/openai/*` and `/foundry/list` routes that the v2 runtime source doesn't register, and doesn't cover `/v1/responses`", "Telemetry is on by default through Microsoft's 1DS SDK. The opt-out covers non-essential telemetry only, and the Learn FAQ doesn't mention it", "The CLI is a closed-source public preview, and its REST reference warns of breaking changes without notice", "76 open issues on 8 October 2026, among them a Linux ARM64 segmentation fault (#1182) and several unanswered GPU and NPU detection reports" ], "agentNotes": [ "Read the server URL from `manager.urls[0]` or `foundry server status`. The port is dynamic unless the owner sets `web.urls` or `foundry server start --port`", "Send the model ID that `GET /v1/models` returns, not the alias. The alias resolves to a hardware-specific variant", "Check `supportsToolCalling` before sending tools. Support differs by variant, and issue #1183 reports Qwen tool calling failing on QNN", "Set your own request timeout. Inference has no built-in one, and cancellation takes effect only after the current generation step", "Ask the owner to set `ORT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `disableNonessentialTelemetry` before the manager is created if telemetry must be off" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 60.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 53, "security": 39, "transparency": 63 }, "provenanceScore": 83, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-08", "maintenance": "2026-10-08", "payments": "2026-10-08", "reliability": "2026-10-08", "schema": "2026-10-08", "security": "2026-10-08", "transparency": "2026-10-08" }, "last": "2026-10-08", "lastMoved": "2026-10-27", "oldest": "2026-10-08", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install foundry-local-sdk # or: npm install foundry-local-sdk\n# CLI (preview): winget install Microsoft.FoundryLocal # macOS: brew tap microsoft/foundrylocal \u0026\u0026 brew install foundrylocal", "http": "foundry server start --port 39839 --idle-timeout 0\ncurl http://localhost:39839/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\": \"\u003cMODEL_ID\u003e\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"What is the golden ratio?\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local", "tool": "https://letme.dev/foundry-local" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-document-intelligence", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-maps", "azure-translator", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "azure-blob-storage", "onedrive-sharepoint", "microsoft-teams", "dynamics-365-sales", "copilot-studio-mcp", "power-automate", "microsoft-decision-1", "microsoft-advertising-api", "microsoft-excel-graph", "outlook-mail-graph", "microsoft-graph-people" ], "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "microsoft.com", "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/microsoft/Foundry-Local/releases", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The repository is under GitHub's microsoft organisation, the licence file reads Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, and foundrylocal.ai names Microsoft Corporation as publisher.", "The terms link is the repository's LICENSE file, which holds the MIT licence for the SDK and the Microsoft Software Licence Terms for the CLI. Microsoft publishes no other agreement for Foundry Local that we found.", "The privacy link is the product's own privacy file in the repository, which the README links. It and the CLI licence both refer on to the Microsoft Privacy Statement, a company-wide notice, which answered 403 to our request.", "www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt loads and points to the MSRC researcher portal, but its Expires field is 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z, which had passed on 8 October 2026. learn.microsoft.com and foundrylocal.ai return 404.", "No status page is listed because the software runs on the owner's machine. The model catalogue is a cloud service with no status page that we found.", "RDAP gives microsoft.com a registration date of 1991-05-02 and foundrylocal.ai one of 2025-10-07." ], "score": 83 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local.json", "live": { "slug": "foundry-local", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "microsoft/Foundry-Local", "version": "v2.2.1", "released": "2026-10-23", "seenAt": "2026-10-27T11:00:17.40561549Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "foundry-local-sdk", "version": "2.2.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-27T11:00:16.394148869Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "foundry-local-sdk", "version": "2.2.1", "released": "2026-10-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-27T11:00:17.209774963Z" } ], "githubStars": 2599, "npmWeekly": 24280, "pypiWeekly": 48777, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T15:31:26.781483531Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "microsoft.com", "registered": "1991-05-02", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/microsoft.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:59:13.024843334Z" }, "github": { "repo": "microsoft/foundry-local", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T07:45:31.620788383Z", "stars": 2599, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-26T03:33:25Z", "openIssues": 90, "openPRs": 39, "issuesOpened90d": 101, "issuesClosed90d": 53, "prsMerged90d": 146, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 39, "failure": 11, "other": 0, "latest": "failure", "latestAt": "2026-10-16T17:44:05Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 19, "medianDays": 4.4 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T15:31:26.781483531Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "SDK + MCP", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub)", "b": "Microsoft", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0. The Berth name, the Pilot mascot and the artwork in assets/ are excluded from the licence, per the NOTICE file", "b": "MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-23", "b": "2026-09-29", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "245 stars", "b": "2.6k stars, 105k npm/wk, 47k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Foundry Local's 60.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Foundry Local leads on maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Berth or Foundry Local?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Berth. No hosted endpoint is listed for Foundry Local.", "question": "Can an agent call Berth and Foundry Local without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Berth is open source (Apache-2.0. The Berth name, the Pilot mascot and the artwork in assets/ are excluded from the licence, per the NOTICE file). Foundry Local is open source (MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own).", "question": "Are Berth and Foundry Local open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 76 against 68", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 53", "Agent ergonomics, 75 against 61", "Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 39" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Someone running several GPU programs (llama.cpp, llama-swap, Ollama, vLLM, ComfyUI, games) on one NVIDIA card who wants them to take turns, and agents that need to ask for the card.", "slug": "berth", "watchFor": "First released on 11 October 2026 and called alpha. Windows, AMD and multiple GPUs are experimental, and the gateway is a preview" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 76", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 68" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it" ], "goodFor": "An application that ships a model to end users' Windows, macOS or Linux devices and wants NPU and GPU variants chosen automatically, especially on Windows.", "slug": "foundry-local", "watchFor": "The local server takes no credential, and its routes include model load and unload and `POST /shutdown`" } ], "job": { "capability": "inference.local", "name": "Local inference" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-berth.json", "title": "AnythingLLM vs Berth", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-berth" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-foundry-local.json", "title": "AnythingLLM vs Foundry Local", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-foundry-local" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-bitrun.json", "title": "Berth vs BitRun", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-bitrun" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-docker-model-runner.json", "title": "Berth vs Docker Model Runner", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-docker-model-runner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-ghost-core.json", "title": "Berth vs Core", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-ghost-core" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-gpt4all.json", "title": "Berth vs GPT4All", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-gpt4all" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-jan.json", "title": "Berth vs Jan", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-jan" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-khoj.json", "title": "Berth vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-koboldcpp.json", "title": "Berth vs KoboldCpp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-koboldcpp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-lemonade.json", "title": "Berth vs Lemonade", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-lemonade" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-llama-cpp.json", "title": "Berth vs llama.cpp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-llama-cpp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-lm-studio.json", "title": "Berth vs LM Studio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-lm-studio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-localai.json", "title": "Berth vs LocalAI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-localai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-mlx-lm.json", "title": "Berth vs MLX LM", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-mlx-lm" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-ollama.json", "title": "Berth vs Ollama", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-ollama" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-open-webui.json", "title": "Berth vs Open WebUI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-open-webui" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-screenpipe.json", "title": "Berth vs screenpipe", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-screenpipe" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-text-generation-webui.json", "title": "Berth vs TextGen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-text-generation-webui" }, { "json": 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The optional local server has no credential, its current routes aren't in the published REST reference, and telemetry is on by default with an opt-out." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-foundry-local", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-foundry-local.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-foundry-local.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-foundry-local.min.md" }, "markdown": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Foundry Local's 60.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Foundry Local leads on maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do local inference.\n\n- Berth: grade B, 67.6/100, rank #283 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/berth.json\n- Foundry Local: grade C, 60.5/100, rank #579 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/foundry-local.json\n- Best local AI models and assistants: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-ai/index.md\n- All 229 local ai comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/local-ai/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Berth (B)\n\nGood for: Someone running several GPU programs (llama.cpp, llama-swap, Ollama, vLLM, ComfyUI, games) on one NVIDIA card who wants them to take turns, and agents that need to ask for the card.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 76 against 68\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 53\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 61\n- Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 39\n\nWatch for: First released on 11 October 2026 and called alpha. Windows, AMD and multiple GPUs are experimental, and the gateway is a preview\n\n### Foundry Local (C)\n\nGood for: An application that ships a model to end users' Windows, macOS or Linux devices and wants NPU and GPU variants chosen automatically, especially on Windows.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 76\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 68\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: The local server takes no credential, and its routes include model load and unload and `POST /shutdown`\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Berth | Foundry Local | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 76 | 68 | Berth +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 53 | Berth +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 61 | Berth +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 39 | Berth +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 88 | Foundry Local +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 73 | Foundry Local +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.6 · B** | **60.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Berth | Foundry Local |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |\n| Vendor | Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub) | Microsoft |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0. The Berth name, the Pilot mascot and the artwork in assets/ are excluded from the licence, per the NOTICE file | MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 245 stars | 2.6k stars, 105k npm/wk, 47k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Berth.** Berth coordinates one NVIDIA card between engines, ComfyUI and games, grants a lease only after the driver shows memory free, and gives agents a skill, JSON output and a keyed loopback gateway. It is 17 days old, alpha and maintained by one developer, with Windows and AMD experimental and no machine-readable API spec.\n\n**Foundry Local.** The SDK and its native runtime are MIT, at 2.1.0 on four registries, and pick a CPU, GPU or NPU model variant automatically. The optional local server has no credential, its current routes aren't in the published REST reference, and telemetry is on by default with an opt-out.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Berth\n\n1. Run `berth status --format json` before starting, stopping or switching any GPU engine. If berthd is unreachable, no engine is protected\n2. Never kill a process to free VRAM. Ask for the card with `berth run`, `berth hold` or a gateway request, and report stowaways to the user\n3. Send gateway requests to http://127.0.0.1:9799/v1 with `Authorization: Bearer $(berth key)`, and use `\"stream\": true` for cold starts of up to minutes\n4. On a 503, read the `code` and wait for `Retry-After`. A pinned holder (a game or `berth hold`) answers 409 to stop and is the user's call\n5. Ask the user before `berth reclaim LEASE --yes`, any berth.toml edit or `berth update`. Each changes the node\n\n### Foundry Local\n\n1. Read the server URL from `manager.urls[0]` or `foundry server status`. The port is dynamic unless the owner sets `web.urls` or `foundry server start --port`\n2. Send the model ID that `GET /v1/models` returns, not the alias. The alias resolves to a hardware-specific variant\n3. Check `supportsToolCalling` before sending tools. Support differs by variant, and issue #1183 reports Qwen tool calling failing on QNN\n4. Set your own request timeout. Inference has no built-in one, and cancellation takes effect only after the current generation step\n5. Ask the owner to set `ORT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `disableNonessentialTelemetry` before the manager is created if telemetry must be off\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Berth or Foundry Local?\n\nBerth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Foundry Local's 60.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Foundry Local leads on maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Can an agent call Berth and Foundry Local without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Berth. No hosted endpoint is listed for Foundry Local.\n\n### Are Berth and Foundry Local open source?\n\nYes. Berth is open source (Apache-2.0. The Berth name, the Pilot mascot and the artwork in assets/ are excluded from the licence, per the NOTICE file). Foundry Local is open source (MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-foundry-local.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-foundry-local.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"berth\", \"b\": \"foundry-local\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare berth foundry-local`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/berth.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/foundry-local.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Berth or Foundry Local\n\n- [AnythingLLM vs Berth](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-berth.md)\n- [AnythingLLM vs Foundry Local](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-foundry-local.md)\n- [Berth vs BitRun](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-bitrun.md)\n- [Berth vs Docker Model Runner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-docker-model-runner.md)\n- [Berth vs Core](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-ghost-core.md)\n- [Berth vs GPT4All](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-gpt4all.md)\n- [Berth vs Jan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-jan.md)\n- [Berth vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Berth vs KoboldCpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-koboldcpp.md)\n- [Berth vs Lemonade](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-lemonade.md)\n- [Berth vs llama.cpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-llama-cpp.md)\n- [Berth vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [Berth vs LocalAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-localai.md)\n- [Berth vs MLX LM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-mlx-lm.md)\n- [Berth vs Ollama](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-ollama.md)\n- [Berth vs Open WebUI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-open-webui.md)\n- [Berth vs screenpipe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-screenpipe.md)\n- [Berth vs TextGen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-text-generation-webui.md)\n- [Berth vs vLLM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-vllm.md)\n- [BitRun vs Foundry Local](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitrun-vs-foundry-local.md)\n- [Docker Model Runner vs Foundry Local](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-model-runner-vs-foundry-local.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs Core](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-ghost-core.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs GPT4All](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-gpt4all.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs Jan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-jan.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs Khoj](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-khoj.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs KoboldCpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-koboldcpp.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs Lemonade](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-lemonade.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs llama.cpp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-llama-cpp.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs LM Studio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-lm-studio.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs LocalAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-localai.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs MLX LM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-mlx-lm.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs Ollama](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-ollama.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs Open WebUI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-open-webui.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs screenpipe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-screenpipe.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs TextGen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-text-generation-webui.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs vLLM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-vllm.md)\n- [Foundry Local vs Underdog](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-underdog.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "attributionRequired": true, "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link the page or API address you took it from (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-28", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.7", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Berth vs Foundry Local", "url": "" } ], "description": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) to Foundry Local's 60.5 (C) for local inference. 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