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KoboldCppLemonade
Free

Free and open source under the AGPL.

 Free

Free to use, with no paid tier mentioned.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • A single executable with no installation and no external dependencies
  • Runs on CPU or GPU, with partial offload for machines short on VRAM
  • Chat, vision, image, speech, transcription and embeddings in one runtime
  • Comes with a GUI, a CLI and API endpoints
  • You still have to find and download model files yourself
  • Performance on CPU alone is slow for larger models
  • Hardware support details are not covered on the homepage
  • An embeddable SDK means some features are aimed at developers rather than end users
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0 License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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