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OpenLLM	llama.cpp
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence; BentoCloud hosting is a separate…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line
One command starts an OpenAI-compatible server Wide catalogue of open models, plus custom model repositories	No Python and no dependencies; one binary runs the model Quantisation down to 1.5 bits fits big models into small memory
Many models require large GPUs Aimed at developers rather than desktop users	Command line first; the web interface is basic next to dedicated apps Quantising hard reduces answer quality, and the trade-off is yours to judge
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
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 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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