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Foundry Local vs LocalAI: catalog facts
Foundry Local	LocalAI
Free Free to download from Microsoft.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, macOS, Command line	Linux, macOS, Self-hosted
Runs models entirely on the device Hardware-accelerated local inference	Offers compatible APIs for several common AI services.
Oriented toward developers building applications Licence terms are not stated in the research used here	You must supply model files and enough resources to run them.
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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