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KoboldCpp vs RWKV Runner: catalog facts
KoboldCpp	RWKV Runner
Free Free and open source under the AGPL.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
A single executable with no installation and no external dependencies Runs on CPU or GPU, with partial offload for machines short on VRAM	Automates model download and startup OpenAI-compatible API works with existing clients
You still have to find and download model files yourself Performance on CPU alone is slow for larger models	Focused on RWKV models only Documentation is partly aimed at Chinese-speaking users
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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