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MLX LM vs LlamaFactory: catalog facts
MLX LM	LlamaFactory
Free Free to install and use.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Command line	Windows, Linux, Web, Command line
Runs models on Apple silicon through MLX One-command access to models on the Hugging Face Hub	Supports over 100 language and vision-language models Both a web interface and a command line
Apple silicon only Command line and Python, with no graphical interface	Fine-tuning needs a capable GPU Assumes familiarity with model training concepts
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 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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