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LLM vs llamafile: catalog facts
LLM	llamafile
Free Free to install; remote model providers charge for their own APIs.	Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
One interface for many remote and local models Logs all prompts and responses to SQLite	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
Command-line only, with no graphical interface Local models need an extra plugin	Single files get large because the model is inside them Versions from 0.10.0 dropped some features that earlier releases had
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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