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KoboldCppllamafile
Free

Free and open source under the AGPL.

 Free

Free and open source under Apache 2.0.

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
  • 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
  • You still have to find and download model files yourself
  • Performance on CPU alone is slow for larger models
  • 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: AGPL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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