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llamafile vs RWKV Runner: catalog facts
llamafile	RWKV Runner
Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
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	Automates model download and startup OpenAI-compatible API works with existing clients
Single files get large because the model is inside them Versions from 0.10.0 dropped some features that earlier releases had	Focused on RWKV models only Documentation is partly aimed at Chinese-speaking users
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	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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