# KoboldCpp vs TextGen (slim)

> KoboldCpp scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against TextGen's 45.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do local inference. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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KoboldCpp scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against TextGen's 45.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do local inference.

- KoboldCpp: C 60.5, rank #462 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/koboldcpp.min.md
- TextGen: E 45.1, rank #775 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.min.md
- KoboldCpp, good for An owner who wants text, image, speech and music models behind one executable with a writing and roleplay interface, and clients that speak the KoboldAI, OpenAI, Ollama or Anthropic formats. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 51; Schema & documentation, 68 against 61; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 50; Maintenance & community, 82 against 24. Also No key needed to call it; No incidents deducted, where TextGen loses 4 points for them.
- TextGen, good 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.

| Category | KoboldCpp | TextGen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 61 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 50 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 24 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 49 |

| Fact (where they differ) | KoboldCpp | TextGen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model platform |
| Vendor | LostRuins (Concedo) | oobabooga |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 for KoboldCpp and KoboldAI Lite. The bundled GGML, llama.cpp and stable-diffusion.cpp code stays under MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-27 | 2026-05-20 |
| Popularity | 12k stars | 48k stars |