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H2O LLM Studio vs Kiln: catalog facts
H2O LLM Studio	Kiln
Free Free and open source.	Free The app is free and the accompanying library is open source.
Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Fine-tune models without writing training code Runs on your own hardware	Evals, fine-tuning and synthetic data in one app RAG, agents and MCP support
Needs a capable GPU for practical training Aimed at people with some machine learning background	Licence of the desktop app is not stated in the research Broad scope can be more than a small project needs
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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