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Foundry Localllamafile
Free

Free to download from Microsoft.

 Free

Free and open source under Apache 2.0.

Windows, macOS, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Runs models entirely on the device
  • Hardware-accelerated local inference
  • One file holds both the model and the runtime, with nothing to install
  • The same file runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and BSD across several CPU architectures
  • Oriented toward developers building applications
  • Licence terms are not stated in the research used here
  • Single files get large because the model is inside them
  • Versions from 0.10.0 dropped some features that earlier releases had
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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