{ "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 TextGen's 45.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "text-generation-webui", "name": "TextGen", "vendor": "oobabooga", "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/oobabooga", "kind": "platform", "category": "local-ai", "summary": "Open-source desktop and browser app for running language models on the owner's hardware, formerly text-generation-webui. With `--api` it serves an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible local API with tool calling, vision, embeddings and image generation.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/text-generation-webui.json", "repo": "https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The API takes one optional key from `--api-key`, off by default, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` on the OpenAI routes and as `x-api-key` on `/v1/messages`. A second key from `--admin-key` guards model and LoRA loading, unloading and listing, and equals the API key when unset. Keys are set at launch, have no scopes and change only with a restart. Without `--listen` or `--public-api` the server binds 127.0.0.1, rejects other Host headers and limits CORS to localhost. The web UI has no login unless `--gradio-auth` is set.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and AGPL-3.0, with no account, card or paid edition. Portable builds and source are on GitHub (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the docs folder or the API source (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 47700, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/wiki", "capabilities": [ "inference.local", "inference.open-weights", "agent.mcp-client", "embed.text", "image.generate" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "self-hosted", "free", "no-card", "account-free", "openai-compatible", "open-weights", "streaming", "mcp", "docker", "no-telemetry" ], "lastRelease": "2026-05-20", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.5, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1028, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1218, "categoryRank": 17, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 60, "reliability": 51, "schema": 61, "security": 40, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-03-18. Two Critical advisories at 9.1. GHSA-jg96-p5p6-q3cv (CVE-2026-35050) let a user of the web UI write Python files through a path traversal in extension settings and run them, in 4.1 and earlier, fixed in 4.1.1. GHSA-4p45-76cc-7p62 let a caller write or delete files through a character name on instances started with `--listen`, fixed in 4.0. Both fixed and published, -2. https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/security/advisories/GHSA-jg96-p5p6-q3cv", "2026-03-18. GHSA-fpwc-4mvr-7jpr (High, 7.1). `/v1/chat/completions` and `/v1/completions` fetched any `image_url` from the server side, so a caller could reach internal addresses, in 4.1 and earlier. Fixed in 4.1.1 and published, -1. https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/security/advisories/GHSA-fpwc-4mvr-7jpr", "2025-10-13 to 2026-04-03. Seven more advisories in the year, four High and three Moderate, among them a file read through an uploaded symbolic link, four path traversals in preset, grammar, template and prompt loading, an SSRF in the superbooga extensions and a Gradio path-check bypass fixed in 4.3. All published with fixes, -1. https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/security" ], "verdict": "AGPL-3.0 with no telemetry, and a local API on 127.0.0.1:5000 that checks the Host header, limits CORS to localhost and separates an admin key from the caller's key. No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026, no code commits since 31 May, no test suite, and ten security advisories in the year, all fixed.", "bestFor": "A person who wants one app for several backends (llama.cpp, ExLlamaV3, Transformers) with an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, LoRA training and image generation.", "strengths": [ "AGPL-3.0, with analytics switched off in the source and a README that states zero telemetry", "One server answers `/v1/chat/completions`, `/v1/completions` and Anthropic's `/v1/messages`, with tool calling and streaming", "Since v4.9 the API rejects Host headers other than localhost and 127.0.0.1 and limits CORS to localhost unless `--listen` or `--public-api` is set", "A separate `--admin-key` guards model and LoRA loading, apart from the `--api-key` callers use", "Ten security advisories published on GitHub with patched versions named, the newest on 3 April 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026 and no code commit on `main` or `dev` since 31 May 2026", "No test suite. The seven GitHub workflows only build release packages on manual dispatch", "807 open issues and 40 open pull requests, with no SECURITY.md or disclosure address", "Two Critical advisories (9.1) published on 18 March 2026, both path traversals in the web UI, fixed in 4.0 and 4.1.1", "The API key is off by default, set only at launch, and has no scopes or per-client keys", "No rate limits, error list or published OpenAPI file in the docs. The schema is served only by a running server at `/docs`" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the owner to launch with `--api`. Nothing listens on port 5000 without it, and a model must be loaded first", "Call `http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1`. Any Host header other than localhost or 127.0.0.1 gets 400 `Invalid host header` unless `--listen` is set", "Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer` on OpenAI routes and as `x-api-key` on `/v1/messages`. Model loading needs the admin key", "Read `http://127.0.0.1:5000/docs` or `modules/api/typing.py` for parameters. `max_tokens` defaults to 512 on chat completions", "Run tool calls yourself. The API returns `finish_reason: \"tool_calls\"` and executes nothing on the server", "Use the repository name `oobabooga/textgen`. The old `text-generation-webui` URL redirects" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 60, "reliability": 51, "schema": 61, "security": 40, "transparency": 70 }, "provenanceScore": 36, "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": "git clone https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen\ncd textgen\npython -m venv venv\nsource venv/bin/activate\npip install -r requirements/portable/requirements.txt --upgrade\npython server.py --portable --api --auto-launch", "http": "curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1/chat/completions \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Hello!\"}], \"temperature\": 0.6, \"top_p\": 0.95, \"top_k\": 20}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local", "tool": "https://letme.dev/text-generation-webui" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "github.com/oobabooga", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The project belongs to a developer who publishes as oobabooga. The LICENSE is the AGPL-3.0 text and names no legal entity, and the README acknowledges a grant from Andreessen Horowitz in August 2023.", "No vendor domain. The README links only the GitHub repository, its wiki, a subreddit, a Substack and a Hugging Face space.", "No terms of use and no privacy policy were found in the repository, the README or the wiki, so both fields are left out. The README states zero telemetry.", "No SECURITY.md (the Security tab says none is set up) and no security.txt of the project's own.", "There's no hosted endpoint. The API answers on the owner's machine, at 127.0.0.1:5000 by default." ], "score": 36 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.json", "live": { "slug": "text-generation-webui", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "oobabooga/textgen", "version": "v4.9", "released": "2026-05-20", "seenAt": "2026-10-27T11:37:01.477304284Z" } ], "githubStars": 47725, "domain": { "domain": "github.com/oobabooga", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:56:25.022777187Z" }, "github": { "repo": "oobabooga/textgen", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T07:51:44.622039884Z", "stars": 47725, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-08-17T17:38:16Z", "openIssues": 810, "openPRs": 56, "issuesOpened90d": 7, "issuesClosed90d": 1, "prsMerged90d": 0, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-85fx-vw25-4c95", "cve": "CVE-2026-35483", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-04-03T01:40:16Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-jvrj-w5hq-6cp2", "cve": "CVE-2026-35486", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-04-03T01:40:15Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-w3cv-4447-5hf5", "cve": "CVE-2026-35484", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-04-03T01:40:14Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-hqg5-487v-5mc6", "cve": "CVE-2026-35485", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-04-03T01:40:14Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-r2qq-p5wg-gf5g", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-04-03T01:40:13Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-mfgg-vvc6-vqq7", "cve": "CVE-2026-35487", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-04-03T01:39:19Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-j53j-fh8f-rpw3", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-03-18T05:44:07Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-6j2r-r6xw-423x", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-03-18T05:44:06Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-fpwc-4mvr-7jpr", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-03-18T05:41:08Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-jg96-p5p6-q3cv", "cve": "CVE-2026-35050", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-03-18T04:12:07Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-4p45-76cc-7p62", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-03-18T04:10:18Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-66rw-q8w5-c2hg", "cve": "CVE-2025-62364", "severity": "high", "published": "2025-10-13T02:41:40Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 22, "medianDays": 0.1 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T11:37:01.477304284Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub)", "b": "oobabooga", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "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": "AGPL-3.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-23", "b": "2026-05-20", "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": "48k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2.5/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Berth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against TextGen's 45.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Berth or TextGen?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Berth. No hosted endpoint is listed for TextGen.", "question": "Can an agent call Berth and TextGen 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). TextGen is open source (AGPL-3.0).", "question": "Are Berth and TextGen open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 76 against 51", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 61", "Agent ergonomics, 75 against 50", "Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 40", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 76 against 24", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 53" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where TextGen loses 4 points for them" ], "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": null, "goodFor": "A person who wants one app for several backends (llama.cpp, ExLlamaV3, Transformers) with an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, LoRA training and image generation.", "slug": "text-generation-webui", "watchFor": "No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026 and no code commit on `main` or `dev` since 31 May 2026" } ], "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-text-generation-webui.json", "title": "AnythingLLM vs TextGen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-text-generation-webui" }, { "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": 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/berth.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/berth.json\n- TextGen: grade E, 45.5/100, rank #1028 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/text-generation-webui.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 51\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 69 against 61\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 50\n- Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 76 against 24\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where TextGen loses 4 points for them\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### TextGen (E)\n\nGood for: A person who wants one app for several backends (llama.cpp, ExLlamaV3, Transformers) with an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, LoRA training and image generation.\n\nWatch for: No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026 and no code commit on `main` or `dev` since 31 May 2026\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Berth | TextGen | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 76 | 51 | Berth +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 61 | Berth +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 50 | Berth +25 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 40 | Berth +11 |\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 | 24 | Berth +52 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 53 | Berth +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.6 · B** | **45.5 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Berth | TextGen |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Trevin Tindall (T-Crypt on GitHub) | oobabooga |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\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 | AGPL-3.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-05-20 |\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 | 48k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (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**TextGen.** AGPL-3.0 with no telemetry, and a local API on 127.0.0.1:5000 that checks the Host header, limits CORS to localhost and separates an admin key from the caller's key. No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026, no code commits since 31 May, no test suite, and ten security advisories in the year, all fixed.\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### TextGen\n\n1. Ask the owner to launch with `--api`. Nothing listens on port 5000 without it, and a model must be loaded first\n2. Call `http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1`. Any Host header other than localhost or 127.0.0.1 gets 400 `Invalid host header` unless `--listen` is set\n3. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer` on OpenAI routes and as `x-api-key` on `/v1/messages`. Model loading needs the admin key\n4. Read `http://127.0.0.1:5000/docs` or `modules/api/typing.py` for parameters. `max_tokens` defaults to 512 on chat completions\n5. Run tool calls yourself. The API returns `finish_reason: \"tool_calls\"` and executes nothing on the server\n6. Use the repository name `oobabooga/textgen`. The old `text-generation-webui` URL redirects\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Berth or TextGen?\n\nBerth scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against TextGen's 45.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Can an agent call Berth and TextGen without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Berth. No hosted endpoint is listed for TextGen.\n\n### Are Berth and TextGen 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). TextGen is open source (AGPL-3.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-text-generation-webui.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/berth-vs-text-generation-webui.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"berth\", \"b\": \"text-generation-webui\"}`. 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