llama.cpp AlternativesLarge Language Model (LLM) Tools & AI Chatbots like llama.cpp

llama.cpp is described as 'The main goal of llama.cpp is to enable LLM inference with minimal setup and state-of-the-art performance on a wide range of hardware - locally and in the cloud' and is a large language model (llm) tool in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 25 alternatives to llama.cpp for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best llama.cpp alternative is Ollama, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like llama.cpp are GPT4ALL, Jan.ai, AnythingLLM and LM Studio.

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  1. Ollama icon
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    Supports local deployment of Llama 3, Code Llama, and other language models, enabling users to customize and create personalized models. Ideal for AI development, it offers flexibility for offline AI needs and integrates AI writing and chatbot tools in local setups.

    81 Ollama alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. GPT4ALL icon
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    Locally runs open-source chatbots focused on privacy using consumer CPUs, requiring no internet or GPU. Supports multiple models, custom settings, code and dialogue generation, integrated model downloader, familiar chat UI, and both MIT and enterprise licensing.

    187 GPT4ALL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  3. Jan.ai icon
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    Open-source offline AI platform supports local LLMs including Llama, Gemma, Qwen, GPT-oss, integrates cloud services like OpenAI and Anthropic, enables custom assistant creation, offers OpenAI-compatible API on localhost, operates across diverse hardware and ensures privacy.

    209 Jan.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. AnythingLLM icon
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    Open-source privacy-focused chatbot platform allowing unlimited document uploads, multi-user and single-user modes, AI-powered chat with documents, vector database and LLM compatibility, customizable interface, message history, secure desktop deployment, and full user controls.

    183 AnythingLLM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  5. MLC LLM icon
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    MLC LLM is a machine learning compiler and high-performance deployment engine for large language models. The mission of this project is to enable everyone to develop, optimize, and deploy AI models natively on everyone’s platforms.

    58 MLC LLM alternatives

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Python
    • Online
     
  6. LocalAI  icon
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    Drop-In OpenAI replacement, On-device, local-first, Generate text/image/speech/music/etc... Backend Agnostic: (llama.cpp, diffusers, bark.cpp, etc...), Optional Distributed Inference(P2P/Federated).

    57 LocalAI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. NexaSDK icon
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    Run frontier LLMs and VLMs with day-0 model support across GPU, NPU, and CPU, with comprehensive runtime coverage for PC (Python/C++), mobile (Android & iOS), and Linux/IoT (Arm64 & x86 Docker). Supporting OpenAI GPT-OSS, IBM Granite-4, Qwen-3-VL, Gemma-3n, Ministral-3, and more.

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    • Windows
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  8. KoboldCpp icon
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    KoboldCpp is an easy-to-use AI text-generation software for GGML models. It's a single self contained distributable from Concedo, that builds off llama.cpp, and adds a versatile Kobold API endpoint, additional format support, backward compatibility, as well as a fancy UI...

    24 KoboldCpp alternatives

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