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LocalAI vs Sonar: catalog facts
LocalAI	Sonar
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Linux, macOS, Self-hosted	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Offers compatible APIs for several common AI services.	OpenAI-compatible API with streaming, embeddings and tool calls Continuous batching and several forms of parallelism for many concurrent users
You must supply model files and enough resources to run them.	Aimed at server deployments rather than casual desktop chat Recently renamed from Aphrodite Engine, so older guides use the old name
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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