# Berth vs llama.cpp (slim)

> Berth scores 67.6 (B) to llama.cpp's 60.6 (C) for local inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against llama.cpp's 60.6 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. llama.cpp leads on maintenance & community. Both do local inference.

- Berth: B 67.6, rank #283 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.min.md
- llama.cpp: C 60.6, rank #578 of 1218 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/llama-cpp.min.md
- Berth, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 76 against 64; Schema & documentation, 69 against 47.
- llama.cpp, good for An owner who wants the engine itself, any GGUF model, the widest hardware support and the most control over flags, behind an OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible API. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 81 against 76. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | Berth | llama.cpp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 76 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 69 | 47 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Berth | llama.cpp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub) | ggml.ai (Hugging Face) |
| Auth | API key | None |
| 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 |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-09-23 |
| Popularity | 245 stars | 130k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |