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LlamaFactory vs Kiln: catalog facts
LlamaFactoryKiln
Free

Free and open source.

Free

The app is free and the accompanying library is open source.

Windows, Linux, Web, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Supports over 100 language and vision-language models
  • Both a web interface and a command line
  • Evals, fine-tuning and synthetic data in one app
  • RAG, agents and MCP support
  • Fine-tuning needs a capable GPU
  • Assumes familiarity with model training concepts
  • Licence of the desktop app is not stated in the research
  • Broad scope can be more than a small project needs
Downloadable app 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

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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