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QVAC vs Foundry Local: catalog facts
QVAC	Foundry Local
Free Free and open source under Apache-2.0.	Free Free to download from Microsoft.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Command line
Runs models entirely on the local device Covers text, speech, images, OCR and translation	Runs models entirely on the device Hardware-accelerated local inference
Large parts of the project are aimed at developers rather than end users Model performance depends on local hardware	Oriented toward developers building applications Licence terms are not stated in the research used here
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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