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QVAC vs Lemonade: catalog facts
QVAC	Lemonade
Free Free and open source under Apache-2.0.	Free Free to use, with no paid tier mentioned.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Runs models entirely on the local device Covers text, speech, images, OCR and translation	Chat, vision, image, speech, transcription and embeddings in one runtime Comes with a GUI, a CLI and API endpoints
Large parts of the project are aimed at developers rather than end users Model performance depends on local hardware	Hardware support details are not covered on the homepage An embeddable SDK means some features are aimed at developers rather than end users
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	Not stated if it 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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