{ "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": 284, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "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", "live": { "slug": "berth", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "T-Crypt/berth", "version": "v0.4.0", "released": "2026-10-29", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:00:53.267964214Z" } ], "githubStars": 259, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/T-Crypt/berth/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:47:49.517542398Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-30T05:47:49.517542398Z", "fingerprint": "d2e9c069e77f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T14:00:53.267964214Z" } }, "answer": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against HyperQwen's 56.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "hyperqwen", "name": "HyperQwen", "vendor": "syv.ai (syv-ai on GitHub)", "vendorUrl": "https://syv.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "local-ai", "summary": "HyperQwen is syv.ai's open-source serving setup for Qwen3.8-27B on one 24 GB NVIDIA GPU. A patch series against a pinned vLLM, a requantisation pipeline and Docker Compose profiles run vLLM's OpenAI-compatible API on port 18020.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperqwen", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperqwen.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperqwen.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperqwen.json", "repo": "https://github.com/syv-ai/HyperQwen", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/syv-ai/hyperqwen" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No credential by default. `VLLM_API_KEY` in `.env` (or an `api_key.txt` file) turns on vLLM's Bearer check. With no key, the launcher binds 127.0.0.1 outside a container, and Docker Compose publishes the port on 127.0.0.1 unless `BIND` is changed. With a key set, the launcher binds every interface. The key is vLLM's own, one static key with no scopes, which vLLM checks only under `/v1`, `/v2`, `/inference` and `/cohere` (per the vLLM listing's check of 9 October 2026, https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/main/docs/usage/security.md).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under Apache-2.0 with no account, key or card. Nothing is sold. The README links a Ko-fi page for donations towards GPU time. The owner pays for a 24 GB NVIDIA GPU, about 40 GB of disk and electricity.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the docs or the launch scripts (checked 2026-10-30). Nothing is sold.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2400, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/syv-ai/HyperQwen#readme", "capabilities": [ "inference.local", "inference.open-weights" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "self-hosted", "free", "no-card", "apache-2.0", "openai-compatible", "docker", "tool-calling", "reasoning", "pre-1.0" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56.9, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 738, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 60, "reliability": 59, "schema": 56, "security": 41, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-30" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "HyperQwen packages a patched vLLM 0.32.0 and requantised Qwen3.8-27B weights into one container with tool calling preset and a loopback bind when no key is set. It runs one model family, its speed figures come from one RTX 3090, and it has no versioned releases, changelog or security policy.", "bestFor": "An operator with one 24 GB NVIDIA card who wants Qwen3.8-27B behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a coding or tool-calling agent, with long context.", "strengths": [ "Prebuilt image on ghcr.io with an immutable tag per commit, built by CI that applies all 60 patches and runs the build-time tests", "Tool calling on by default with the `qwen3_coder` parser and argument schemas enforced (`TOOL_STRICT=parameter`)", "With no API key the server listens on 127.0.0.1 only, and a CI check tests that default", "Five documented setups from 64k to 240k context, with the measured cost of each knob", "Apache-2.0 throughout, with vendored kernels and patches carrying their upstream references" ], "weaknesses": [ "Serves Qwen3.8-27B and checkpoints derived from it only. Other models are on the roadmap", "No tags, releases or changelog. Changes reach users through `latest` on every push to main", "No SECURITY.md or disclosure route, and the base weights come from a third-party repository with no pinned revision", "vLLM's key covers only `/v1`-style prefixes, so control routes such as `/pause` answer without it", "First start pulls a 9.5 GB image and about 20 GB of weights and can take over 30 minutes" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call http://127.0.0.1:18020/v1 with model `qwen3.8-27b` and the `VLLM_API_KEY` value, or any string if no key was set", "Poll `/health` before the first request. A first start downloads and prepares the model and compiles kernels, which can take over 30 minutes", "Declare the context window your setup uses (65,536 by default, 131,072 for `CTX=long`, 245,760 for `CTX=huge`) so the client doesn't truncate", "Ask the owner to set `VLLM_API_KEY` before setting `BIND=0.0.0.0`, and to front the port with a proxy that allowlists routes", "Treat the README's tokens-per-second figures as the project's measurements on one RTX 3090 at 250 W" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 56.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 60, "reliability": 59, "schema": 56, "security": 41, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 49, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-30", "maintenance": "2026-10-30", "payments": "2026-10-30", "reliability": "2026-10-30", "schema": "2026-10-30", "security": "2026-10-30", "transparency": "2026-10-30" }, "last": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-30", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "git clone https://github.com/syv-ai/HyperQwen \u0026\u0026 cd HyperQwen\ncp .env.example .env\n\ndocker compose --profile single up -d # one or a few people chatting\ndocker compose --profile batch up -d # API backend, many concurrent requests" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local", "tool": "https://letme.dev/hyperqwen" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "syv.ai (Copenhagen, CVR DK44671247)", "domain": "syv.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://syv.ai/privatlivspolitik", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-30", "notes": [ "The Hugging Face organisation syvai, full name syv.ai, links https://syv.ai and github.com/syv-ai, and hosts the drafter files HyperQwen downloads. syv.ai's own pages don't mention HyperQwen.", "syv.ai's contact page gives the address in Copenhagen and CVR DK44671247. The Danish CVR register answered with a bot check and wasn't read.", "No terms, SECURITY.md or changelog for HyperQwen. The Apache-2.0 licence stands in for terms. The privacy policy listed is syv.ai's website policy and doesn't cover the software, which runs on the owner's machine.", "syv.ai answers 404 at /.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt." ], "score": 49 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperqwen.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub)", "b": "syv.ai (syv-ai on GitHub)", "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": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-23", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no date given", "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": "2.4k stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against HyperQwen's 56.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Berth or HyperQwen?" }, { "answer": "Berth needs an API key. HyperQwen needs no key.", "question": "Do Berth and HyperQwen need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Berth. No hosted endpoint is listed for HyperQwen.", "question": "Can an agent call Berth and HyperQwen 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). HyperQwen is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Berth and HyperQwen open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 76 against 59", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 56", "Agent ergonomics, 75 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 41", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 76 against 68", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 55" ], "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": null, "also": [ "No key needed to call it" ], "goodFor": "An operator with one 24 GB NVIDIA card who wants Qwen3.8-27B behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a coding or tool-calling agent, with long context.", "slug": "hyperqwen", "watchFor": "Serves Qwen3.8-27B and checkpoints derived from it only. Other models are on the roadmap" } ], "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-hyperqwen.json", "title": "AnythingLLM vs HyperQwen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-hyperqwen" }, { "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-foundry-local.json", "title": "Berth vs Foundry Local", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-foundry-local" }, { "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": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-vllm.json", "title": "Berth vs vLLM", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-vllm" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitrun-vs-hyperqwen.json", "title": "BitRun vs HyperQwen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bitrun-vs-hyperqwen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-model-runner-vs-hyperqwen.json", "title": "Docker Model Runner vs HyperQwen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-model-runner-vs-hyperqwen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-hyperqwen.json", "title": "Foundry Local vs HyperQwen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-hyperqwen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-hyperqwen.json", "title": "Core vs HyperQwen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-core-vs-hyperqwen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-hyperqwen.json", "title": "GPT4All vs HyperQwen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpt4all-vs-hyperqwen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-jan.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs Jan", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-jan" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-khoj.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs Khoj", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-khoj" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-koboldcpp.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs KoboldCpp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-koboldcpp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-lemonade.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs Lemonade", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-lemonade" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-llama-cpp.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs llama.cpp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-llama-cpp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-lm-studio.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs LM Studio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-lm-studio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-localai.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs LocalAI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-localai" }, { 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-vllm.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs vLLM", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-vllm" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-underdog.json", "title": "HyperQwen vs Underdog", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperqwen-vs-underdog" } ], "scores": [ { "berth": 76, "by": 17, "edge": "berth", "hyperqwen": 59, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "berth": 69, "by": 13, "edge": "berth", "hyperqwen": 56, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "berth": 75, "by": 10, "edge": "berth", "hyperqwen": 65, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "berth": 51, "by": 10, "edge": "berth", "hyperqwen": 41, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "berth": 60, "by": 0, "edge": "", "hyperqwen": 60, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "berth": 76, "by": 8, "edge": "berth", "hyperqwen": 68, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "berth": 68, "by": 13, "edge": "berth", "hyperqwen": 55, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against HyperQwen's 56.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do local inference.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "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.", "hyperqwen": "HyperQwen packages a patched vLLM 0.32.0 and requantised Qwen3.8-27B weights into one container with tool calling preset and a loopback bind when no key is set. It runs one model family, its speed figures come from one RTX 3090, and it has no versioned releases, changelog or security policy." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-hyperqwen", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-hyperqwen.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-hyperqwen.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-hyperqwen.min.md" }, "markdown": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against HyperQwen's 56.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do local inference.\n\n- Berth: grade B, 67.6/100, rank #284 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/berth.json\n- HyperQwen: grade C, 56.9/100, rank #738 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperqwen.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperqwen.json\n- Best local AI models and assistants: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/local-ai/index.md\n- All 253 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 59\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 56\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 41\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 76 against 68\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 55\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### HyperQwen (C)\n\nGood for: An operator with one 24 GB NVIDIA card who wants Qwen3.8-27B behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for a coding or tool-calling agent, with long context.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: Serves Qwen3.8-27B and checkpoints derived from it only. Other models are on the roadmap\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Berth | HyperQwen | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 76 | 59 | Berth +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 56 | Berth +13 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 65 | Berth +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 41 | Berth +10 |\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 | 68 | Berth +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 55 | Berth +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.6 · B** | **56.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Berth | HyperQwen |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub) | syv.ai (syv-ai on GitHub) |\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 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-23 | none |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |\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 | 2.4k stars |\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**HyperQwen.** HyperQwen packages a patched vLLM 0.32.0 and requantised Qwen3.8-27B weights into one container with tool calling preset and a loopback bind when no key is set. It runs one model family, its speed figures come from one RTX 3090, and it has no versioned releases, changelog or security policy.\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### HyperQwen\n\n1. Call http://127.0.0.1:18020/v1 with model `qwen3.8-27b` and the `VLLM_API_KEY` value, or any string if no key was set\n2. Poll `/health` before the first request. A first start downloads and prepares the model and compiles kernels, which can take over 30 minutes\n3. Declare the context window your setup uses (65,536 by default, 131,072 for `CTX=long`, 245,760 for `CTX=huge`) so the client doesn't truncate\n4. Ask the owner to set `VLLM_API_KEY` before setting `BIND=0.0.0.0`, and to front the port with a proxy that allowlists routes\n5. Treat the README's tokens-per-second figures as the project's measurements on one RTX 3090 at 250 W\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Berth or HyperQwen?\n\nBerth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against HyperQwen's 56.9 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Berth and HyperQwen need an API key?\n\nBerth needs an API key. HyperQwen needs no key.\n\n### Can an agent call Berth and HyperQwen without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Berth. No hosted endpoint is listed for HyperQwen.\n\n### Are Berth and HyperQwen 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). HyperQwen is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-hyperqwen.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-hyperqwen.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"berth\", \"b\": \"hyperqwen\"}`. 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