--- title: "airunner vs TengineKit" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/capsize-games-airunner-vs-oaid-tenginekit" tools: ["capsize-games-airunner", "oaid-tenginekit"] --- # airunner vs TengineKit *GraphCanon updated Jul 31, 2026* ## Verdict Pick airunner if aIRunner supports offline multimodal operations with a strong focus on image generation, real-time voice conversations, and LLM-powered chatbots via GUI or API; pick TengineKit if tengineKit is an easy-to-integrate AI algorithm SDK targeting mobile platforms for real-time detection and recognition tasks like face and body landmarks, attributes, hand detections. [airunner](https://airunner.capsizegames.com) reports 1.3k GitHub stars, 100 forks, and 5 open issues, last pushed Jul 8, 2026. [TengineKit](https://github.com/OAID/TengineKit) has 2.3k stars, 307 forks, and 32 open issues, last pushed Oct 18, 2021. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [airunner's repository](https://github.com/Capsize-Games/airunner) and [TengineKit's repository](https://github.com/OAID/TengineKit). | | [airunner](/tools/capsize-games-airunner.md) | [TengineKit](/tools/oaid-tenginekit.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Offline inference engine for art, real-time voice conversations, LLM powered chatbots and automated workflows | TengineKit - Real-Time Mobile AI Algorithm SDK | | Stars | 1,312 | 2,320 | | Forks | 100 | 307 | | Open issues | 5 | 32 | | Language | Python | C++ | | Adopt for | AIRunner supports offline multimodal operations with a strong focus on image generation, real-time voice conversations, and LLM-powered chatbots via GUI or API. | TengineKit is an easy-to-integrate AI algorithm SDK targeting mobile platforms for real-time detection and recognition tasks like face and body landmarks, attributes, hand detections. | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | GPL-3.0, ensuring free use but requiring sharing of modifications in a similar manner. | Other | | Categories | Computer Vision, Inference & Serving, Speech & Audio | Computer Vision | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [airunner](/tools/capsize-games-airunner.md) | [TengineKit](/tools/oaid-tenginekit.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Active (82%) | Dormant (18%) | | Days since push | 21d | 1746d | | Open issues (now) | 5 | 32 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/capsize-games-airunner/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/oaid-tenginekit/trust.md) | ## Decision facts: airunner - **Requirements:** Min 16 GB RAM; Requires Docker; Requires specific GPU support (NVIDIA) and larger storage allocations compared to competitors - **Adopt for:** AIRunner supports offline multimodal operations with a strong focus on image generation, real-time voice conversations, and LLM-powered chatbots via GUI or API. - **License detail:** GPL-3.0, ensuring free use but requiring sharing of modifications in a similar manner. ## Decision facts: TengineKit - **Requirements:** The tool requires C++ skills to be effectively utilized in development.; Performance optimization is reported on select mobile platforms, mainly focusing on Kirin and Qualcomm series. - **Adopt for:** TengineKit is an easy-to-integrate AI algorithm SDK targeting mobile platforms for real-time detection and recognition tasks like face and body landmarks, attributes, hand detections. ## Choose when ### Choose airunner if… - airunner is primarily Python; TengineKit is C++. - License: airunner is GPL-3.0, TengineKit is Other. - Requirements: Min 16 GB RAM; Requires Docker; Requires specific GPU support (NVIDIA) and larger storage allocations compared to competitors. - Tags unique to airunner: ai-art, chatbot, image-generation, speech-to-text. - Also covers Inference & Serving, Speech & Audio. - airunner ships Docker support for self-hosted deployment. - When needing an all-inclusive offline tool for both image generation and speech-to-text/text-to-speech functionalities ### Choose TengineKit if… - TengineKit is primarily C++; airunner is Python. - License: TengineKit is Other, airunner is GPL-3.0. - Requirements: The tool requires C++ skills to be effectively utilized in development.; Performance optimization is reported on select mobile platforms, mainly focusing on Kirin and Qualcomm series.. - Tags unique to TengineKit: ai, android, artificial-intelligence, computer-vision. - You aim to integrate comprehensive real-time AI algorithms on mobile devices such as face detection, landmarks, and attributes with low latency. ## When NOT to use airunner - If your primary need is cloud-based services as AIRunner focuses on local deployments only - In scenarios where minimal hardware requirements are crucial, given AIRunner's higher system demands (min. 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 3060) ## When NOT to use TengineKit - Your project does not require features like hand or body detection/landmarks in real-time on mobile devices, as these are not fully supported yet on the mobile platform provided by this SDK. - The necessity of using an open-source license is a critical factor for your decision since TengineKit's license is listed as 'Other', suggesting restrictions may apply. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between airunner and TengineKit? airunner: Offline inference engine for art, real-time voice conversations, LLM powered chatbots and automated workflows. TengineKit: TengineKit - Real-Time Mobile AI Algorithm SDK. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose airunner over TengineKit? Choose airunner over TengineKit when airunner is primarily Python; TengineKit is C++; License: airunner is GPL-3.0, TengineKit is Other; Requirements: Min 16 GB RAM; Requires Docker; Requires specific GPU support (NVIDIA) and larger storage allocations compared to competitors; Tags unique to airunner: ai-art, chatbot, image-generation, speech-to-text; Also covers Inference & Serving, Speech & Audio; airunner ships Docker support for self-hosted deployment; When needing an all-inclusive offline tool for both image generation and speech-to-text/text-to-speech functionalities. ### When should I choose TengineKit over airunner? Choose TengineKit over airunner when TengineKit is primarily C++; airunner is Python; License: TengineKit is Other, airunner is GPL-3.0; Requirements: The tool requires C++ skills to be effectively utilized in development.; Performance optimization is reported on select mobile platforms, mainly focusing on Kirin and Qualcomm series.; Tags unique to TengineKit: ai, android, artificial-intelligence, computer-vision; You aim to integrate comprehensive real-time AI algorithms on mobile devices such as face detection, landmarks, and attributes with low latency. ### When should I avoid airunner? If your primary need is cloud-based services as AIRunner focuses on local deployments only In scenarios where minimal hardware requirements are crucial, given AIRunner's higher system demands (min. 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 3060) ### When should I avoid TengineKit? Your project does not require features like hand or body detection/landmarks in real-time on mobile devices, as these are not fully supported yet on the mobile platform provided by this SDK. The necessity of using an open-source license is a critical factor for your decision since TengineKit's license is listed as 'Other', suggesting restrictions may apply. ### Is airunner or TengineKit more popular on GitHub? TengineKit has more GitHub stars (2,320 vs 1,312). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are airunner and TengineKit open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (airunner: GPL-3.0, TengineKit: Other). ### Where can I find alternatives to airunner or TengineKit? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [airunner alternatives](/tools/capsize-games-airunner/alternatives) and [TengineKit alternatives](/tools/oaid-tenginekit/alternatives) ([airunner markdown twin](/tools/capsize-games-airunner/alternatives.md), [TengineKit markdown twin](/tools/oaid-tenginekit/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/capsize-games-airunner-vs-oaid-tenginekit.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, airunner or TengineKit? airunner: Active. TengineKit: Dormant. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for airunner and TengineKit? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [airunner trust report](/tools/capsize-games-airunner/trust); [TengineKit trust report](/tools/oaid-tenginekit/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=capsize-games-airunner`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=capsize-games-airunner) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_