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KoboldCppShimmy
Free

Free and open source under the AGPL.

 Free

Free software 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
  • Runs GGUF models behind an OpenAI-compatible API
  • Distributed as a single binary
  • You still have to find and download model files yourself
  • Performance on CPU alone is slow for larger models
  • Support is documented for specific model and quantization combinations
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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