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DS4 Control vs Llama: catalog facts
DS4 Control	Llama
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to download via Homebrew or GitHub releases.
macOS	macOS
Starts, supervises and monitors a local ds4 server Switch between DeepSeek V4 and V4.1 variants from the menu bar	Built on llama.cpp by its own maintainers Runs a local API server for other apps
macOS only Only runs DeepSeek models through dwarfstar	macOS only Lives in the menu bar rather than offering a full chat workspace
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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