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llamafile vs Foundry Local: catalog facts
llamafile	Foundry Local
Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.	Free Free to download from Microsoft.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Command line
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	Runs models entirely on the device Hardware-accelerated local inference
Single files get large because the model is inside them Versions from 0.10.0 dropped some features that earlier releases had	Oriented toward developers building applications Licence terms are not stated in the research used here
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	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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