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Foundry Local vs MLC LLM: catalog facts
Foundry Local	MLC LLM
Free Free to download from Microsoft.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Runs models entirely on the device Hardware-accelerated local inference	Broad hardware support across Vulkan, CUDA, ROCm, Metal and WebGPU OpenAI-compatible REST server
Oriented toward developers building applications Licence terms are not stated in the research used here	Aimed at developers rather than casual users Model compilation adds setup steps
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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