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GPT4Allllamafile
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence, including for commercial use.

 Free

Free and open source under Apache 2.0.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • LocalDocs answers questions from your own files, entirely on your machine
  • Runs on CPU; no API calls and no GPU required
  • 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
  • The latest release, 3.10.0, dates from February 2025
  • Nomic’s website now foregrounds a separate commercial platform rather than GPT4All
  • 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
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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