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      "slug": "foundry-local",
      "name": "Foundry Local",
      "vendor": "Microsoft",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.foundrylocal.ai",
      "kind": "sdk",
      "category": "local-ai",
      "summary": "Microsoft's on-device model runtime, built on ONNX Runtime. Applications embed it through SDKs for C#, JavaScript, Python and Rust, and it can start an optional OpenAI-compatible server on localhost. A preview CLI is also available.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/foundry-local.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/microsoft/Foundry-Local",
      "license": "MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "foundry-local-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "foundry-local-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "nuget",
          "name": "Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local"
        },
        {
          "registry": "cargo",
          "name": "foundry-local-sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "No authentication. The SDK runs in the application's own process, and the optional local server takes no key or token. It binds to 127.0.0.1 on a dynamic port unless the owner configures `web.urls` or starts the CLI daemon with `--port`. No account or Azure subscription is needed.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free, with no account, card or Azure subscription. The SDK is MIT and the CLI is a free download under Microsoft's licence terms. Microsoft states there are no per-token costs. Foundry Local on Azure Local is a separate product for servers and is not covered here (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the README or the SDK source (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 2600,
        "npmWeekly": 105372,
        "pypiWeekly": 47344,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/",
      "capabilities": [
        "inference.local",
        "inference.open-weights",
        "embed.text",
        "speech.stt"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "local",
        "open-source",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "account-free",
        "no-auth",
        "openai-compatible",
        "csharp",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "rust",
        "npu",
        "telemetry-on-by-default"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-29",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 60.5,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 461,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 842,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 61,
          "maintenance": 88,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 68,
          "schema": 53,
          "security": 39,
          "transparency": 72
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "The SDK and its native runtime are MIT, at 2.1.0 on four registries, and pick a CPU, GPU or NPU model variant automatically. The optional local server has no credential, its current routes aren't in the published REST reference, and telemetry is on by default with an opt-out.",
        "bestFor": "An application that ships a model to end users' Windows, macOS or Linux devices and wants NPU and GPU variants chosen automatically, especially on Windows.",
        "strengths": [
          "SDK 2.1.0 published on npm, PyPI, NuGet and crates.io on 29 September 2026, with the SDK and the v2 native runtime under MIT in a public repository",
          "A model alias selects the best variant for the machine's CPU, GPU or NPU, with CUDA, WebGPU, OpenVINO, QNN and Vitis AI execution providers",
          "The v2 server answers `/v1/chat/completions`, `/v1/responses`, `/v1/embeddings`, `/v1/audio/transcriptions` and `/v1/models` in OpenAI's shapes",
          "Six releases in the 90 days to 8 October 2026, and the v2.0.1 notes carry a breaking-changes section",
          "No account, key, card or Azure subscription is needed, and prompts and outputs are processed on the device per the docs"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The local server takes no credential, and its routes include model load and unload and `POST /shutdown`",
          "The REST reference on Microsoft Learn lists `/openai/*` and `/foundry/list` routes that the v2 runtime source doesn't register, and doesn't cover `/v1/responses`",
          "Telemetry is on by default through Microsoft's 1DS SDK. The opt-out covers non-essential telemetry only, and the Learn FAQ doesn't mention it",
          "The CLI is a closed-source public preview, and its REST reference warns of breaking changes without notice",
          "76 open issues on 8 October 2026, among them a Linux ARM64 segmentation fault (#1182) and several unanswered GPU and NPU detection reports"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Read the server URL from `manager.urls[0]` or `foundry server status`. The port is dynamic unless the owner sets `web.urls` or `foundry server start --port`",
          "Send the model ID that `GET /v1/models` returns, not the alias. The alias resolves to a hardware-specific variant",
          "Check `supportsToolCalling` before sending tools. Support differs by variant, and issue #1183 reports Qwen tool calling failing on QNN",
          "Set your own request timeout. Inference has no built-in one, and cancellation takes effect only after the current generation step",
          "Ask the owner to set `ORT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `disableNonessentialTelemetry` before the manager is created if telemetry must be off"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 60.5
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 61,
          "maintenance": 88,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 68,
          "schema": 53,
          "security": 39,
          "transparency": 63
        },
        "provenanceScore": 80
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install foundry-local-sdk   # or: npm install foundry-local-sdk\n# CLI (preview): winget install Microsoft.FoundryLocal   # macOS: brew tap microsoft/foundrylocal \u0026\u0026 brew install foundrylocal",
        "http": "foundry server start --port 39839 --idle-timeout 0\ncurl http://localhost:39839/v1/chat/completions \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model\": \"\u003cMODEL_ID\u003e\", \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"What is the golden ratio?\"}]}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/foundry-local"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "azure-foundry-fine-tuning",
        "azure-ai-content-safety",
        "azure-speech-to-text",
        "azure-text-to-speech",
        "microsoft-agent-framework",
        "microsoft-execution-containers",
        "microsoft-entra-agent-id",
        "azure-key-vault",
        "azure-document-intelligence",
        "azure-devops-mcp",
        "microsoft-learn-mcp",
        "playwright-mcp",
        "azure-mcp",
        "azure-maps",
        "azure-translator",
        "microsoft-graph-calendar",
        "azure-blob-storage",
        "onedrive-sharepoint",
        "microsoft-teams",
        "dynamics-365-sales",
        "power-automate",
        "microsoft-advertising-api",
        "microsoft-excel-graph",
        "outlook-mail-graph"
      ],
      "area": "models",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation",
        "domain": "microsoft.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/microsoft/Foundry-Local/releases",
        "securityTxt": "expired",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The repository is under GitHub's microsoft organisation, the licence file reads Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, and foundrylocal.ai names Microsoft Corporation as publisher.",
          "The terms link is the repository's LICENSE file, which holds the MIT licence for the SDK and the Microsoft Software Licence Terms for the CLI. Microsoft publishes no other agreement for Foundry Local that we found.",
          "The privacy link is the product's own privacy file in the repository, which the README links. It and the CLI licence both refer on to the Microsoft Privacy Statement, a company-wide notice, which answered 403 to our request.",
          "www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt loads and points to the MSRC researcher portal, but its Expires field is 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z, which had passed on 8 October 2026. learn.microsoft.com and foundrylocal.ai return 404.",
          "No status page is listed because the software runs on the owner's machine. The model catalogue is a cloud service with no status page that we found.",
          "RDAP gives microsoft.com a registration date of 1991-05-02 and foundrylocal.ai one of 2025-10-07."
        ],
        "score": 80
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/foundry-local.json"
    },
    "answer": "Foundry Local scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against TextGen's 45.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TextGen leads on schema \u0026 documentation.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "text-generation-webui",
      "name": "TextGen",
      "vendor": "oobabooga",
      "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/oobabooga",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "local-ai",
      "summary": "Open-source desktop and browser app for running language models on the owner's hardware, formerly text-generation-webui. With `--api` it serves an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible local API with tool calling, vision, embeddings and image generation.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/text-generation-webui.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen",
      "license": "AGPL-3.0",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "The API takes one optional key from `--api-key`, off by default, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` on the OpenAI routes and as `x-api-key` on `/v1/messages`. A second key from `--admin-key` guards model and LoRA loading, unloading and listing, and equals the API key when unset. Keys are set at launch, have no scopes and change only with a restart. Without `--listen` or `--public-api` the server binds 127.0.0.1, rejects other Host headers and limits CORS to localhost. The web UI has no login unless `--gradio-auth` is set.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free and AGPL-3.0, with no account, card or paid edition. Portable builds and source are on GitHub (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the docs folder or the API source (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 47700,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/wiki",
      "capabilities": [
        "inference.local",
        "inference.open-weights",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "embed.text",
        "image.generate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "local",
        "self-hosted",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "account-free",
        "openai-compatible",
        "open-weights",
        "streaming",
        "mcp",
        "docker",
        "no-telemetry"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-05-20",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 45.1,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 775,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 842,
        "categoryRank": 15,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 50,
          "maintenance": 24,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 51,
          "schema": 61,
          "security": 40,
          "transparency": 49
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-03-18. Two Critical advisories at 9.1. GHSA-jg96-p5p6-q3cv (CVE-2026-35050) let a user of the web UI write Python files through a path traversal in extension settings and run them, in 4.1 and earlier, fixed in 4.1.1. GHSA-4p45-76cc-7p62 let a caller write or delete files through a character name on instances started with `--listen`, fixed in 4.0. Both fixed and published, -2. https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/security/advisories/GHSA-jg96-p5p6-q3cv",
          "2026-03-18. GHSA-fpwc-4mvr-7jpr (High, 7.1). `/v1/chat/completions` and `/v1/completions` fetched any `image_url` from the server side, so a caller could reach internal addresses, in 4.1 and earlier. Fixed in 4.1.1 and published, -1. https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/security/advisories/GHSA-fpwc-4mvr-7jpr",
          "2025-10-13 to 2026-04-03. Seven more advisories in the year, four High and three Moderate, among them a file read through an uploaded symbolic link, four path traversals in preset, grammar, template and prompt loading, an SSRF in the superbooga extensions and a Gradio path-check bypass fixed in 4.3. All published with fixes, -1. https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/security"
        ],
        "verdict": "AGPL-3.0 with no telemetry, and a local API on 127.0.0.1:5000 that checks the Host header, limits CORS to localhost and separates an admin key from the caller's key. No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026, no code commits since 31 May, no test suite, and ten security advisories in the year, all fixed.",
        "bestFor": "A person who wants one app for several backends (llama.cpp, ExLlamaV3, Transformers) with an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, LoRA training and image generation.",
        "strengths": [
          "AGPL-3.0, with analytics switched off in the source and a README that states zero telemetry",
          "One server answers `/v1/chat/completions`, `/v1/completions` and Anthropic's `/v1/messages`, with tool calling and streaming",
          "Since v4.9 the API rejects Host headers other than localhost and 127.0.0.1 and limits CORS to localhost unless `--listen` or `--public-api` is set",
          "A separate `--admin-key` guards model and LoRA loading, apart from the `--api-key` callers use",
          "Ten security advisories published on GitHub with patched versions named, the newest on 3 April 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026 and no code commit on `main` or `dev` since 31 May 2026",
          "No test suite. The seven GitHub workflows only build release packages on manual dispatch",
          "807 open issues and 40 open pull requests, with no SECURITY.md or disclosure address",
          "Two Critical advisories (9.1) published on 18 March 2026, both path traversals in the web UI, fixed in 4.0 and 4.1.1",
          "The API key is off by default, set only at launch, and has no scopes or per-client keys",
          "No rate limits, error list or published OpenAPI file in the docs. The schema is served only by a running server at `/docs`"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Ask the owner to launch with `--api`. Nothing listens on port 5000 without it, and a model must be loaded first",
          "Call `http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1`. Any Host header other than localhost or 127.0.0.1 gets 400 `Invalid host header` unless `--listen` is set",
          "Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer` on OpenAI routes and as `x-api-key` on `/v1/messages`. Model loading needs the admin key",
          "Read `http://127.0.0.1:5000/docs` or `modules/api/typing.py` for parameters. `max_tokens` defaults to 512 on chat completions",
          "Run tool calls yourself. The API returns `finish_reason: \"tool_calls\"` and executes nothing on the server",
          "Use the repository name `oobabooga/textgen`. The old `text-generation-webui` URL redirects"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 45.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 50,
          "maintenance": 24,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 51,
          "schema": 61,
          "security": 40,
          "transparency": 70
        },
        "provenanceScore": 27
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "git clone https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen\ncd textgen\npython -m venv venv\nsource venv/bin/activate\npip install -r requirements/portable/requirements.txt --upgrade\npython server.py --portable --api --auto-launch",
        "http": "curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1/chat/completions \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"Hello!\"}], \"temperature\": 0.6, \"top_p\": 0.95, \"top_k\": 20}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/inference.local",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/text-generation-webui"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "github.com/oobabooga",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The project belongs to a developer who publishes as oobabooga. The LICENSE is the AGPL-3.0 text and names no legal entity, and the README acknowledges a grant from Andreessen Horowitz in August 2023.",
          "No vendor domain. The README links only the GitHub repository, its wiki, a subreddit, a Substack and a Hugging Face space.",
          "No terms of use and no privacy policy were found in the repository, the README or the wiki, so both fields are left out. The README states zero telemetry.",
          "No SECURITY.md (the Security tab says none is set up) and no security.txt of the project's own.",
          "There's no hosted endpoint. The API answers on the owner's machine, at 127.0.0.1:5000 by default."
        ],
        "score": 27
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.json"
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "SDK + MCP",
        "b": "Model platform",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Microsoft",
        "b": "oobabooga",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "None",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Free",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own",
        "b": "AGPL-3.0",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-29",
        "b": "2026-05-20",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "2.6k stars, 105k npm/wk, 47k PyPI/wk",
        "b": "48k stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "Foundry Local scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against TextGen's 45.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. TextGen leads on schema \u0026 documentation.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Foundry Local or TextGen?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Yes. Foundry Local is open source (MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own). TextGen is open source (AGPL-3.0).",
        "question": "Are Foundry Local and TextGen open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 68 against 51",
          "Agent ergonomics, 61 against 50",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 24",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 49"
        ],
        "also": [
          "No key needed to call it",
          "No incidents deducted, where TextGen loses 4 points for them"
        ],
        "goodFor": "An application that ships a model to end users' Windows, macOS or Linux devices and wants NPU and GPU variants chosen automatically, especially on Windows.",
        "slug": "foundry-local",
        "watchFor": "The local server takes no credential, and its routes include model load and unload and `POST /shutdown`"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 61 against 53"
        ],
        "also": null,
        "goodFor": "A person who wants one app for several backends (llama.cpp, ExLlamaV3, Transformers) with an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, LoRA training and image generation.",
        "slug": "text-generation-webui",
        "watchFor": "No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026 and no code commit on `main` or `dev` since 31 May 2026"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "inference.local",
      "name": "Local inference"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-foundry-local.json",
        "title": "AnythingLLM vs Foundry Local",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-foundry-local"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-text-generation-webui.json",
        "title": "AnythingLLM vs TextGen",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anythingllm-vs-text-generation-webui"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-model-runner-vs-foundry-local.json",
        "title": "Docker Model Runner vs Foundry Local",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/docker-model-runner-vs-foundry-local"
      },
      {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/text-generation-webui.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/text-generation-webui.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Foundry Local (C)\n\nGood for: An application that ships a model to end users' Windows, macOS or Linux devices and wants NPU and GPU variants chosen automatically, especially on Windows.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 51\n- Agent ergonomics, 61 against 50\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 88 against 24\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 49\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- No incidents deducted, where TextGen loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: The local server takes no credential, and its routes include model load and unload and `POST /shutdown`\n\n### TextGen (E)\n\nGood for: A person who wants one app for several backends (llama.cpp, ExLlamaV3, Transformers) with an OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, LoRA training and image generation.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 61 against 53\n\nWatch for: No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026 and no code commit on `main` or `dev` since 31 May 2026\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Foundry Local | TextGen | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 51 | Foundry Local +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 61 | TextGen +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 61 | 50 | Foundry Local +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 39 | 40 | TextGen +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 88 | 24 | Foundry Local +64 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 49 | Foundry Local +23 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.5 · C** | **45.1 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Foundry Local | TextGen |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | Model platform |\n| Vendor | Microsoft | oobabooga |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT for the SDKs and the v2 native runtime. The CLI is closed source under Microsoft Software Licence Terms. Execution providers carry NVIDIA, Intel and Qualcomm licences, and each model carries its own | AGPL-3.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-05-20 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models |  |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |\n| Popularity | 2.6k stars, 105k npm/wk, 47k PyPI/wk | 48k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Foundry Local.** The SDK and its native runtime are MIT, at 2.1.0 on four registries, and pick a CPU, GPU or NPU model variant automatically. The optional local server has no credential, its current routes aren't in the published REST reference, and telemetry is on by default with an opt-out.\n\n**TextGen.** AGPL-3.0 with no telemetry, and a local API on 127.0.0.1:5000 that checks the Host header, limits CORS to localhost and separates an admin key from the caller's key. No release since v4.9 on 20 May 2026, no code commits since 31 May, no test suite, and ten security advisories in the year, all fixed.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Foundry Local\n\n1. Read the server URL from `manager.urls[0]` or `foundry server status`. The port is dynamic unless the owner sets `web.urls` or `foundry server start --port`\n2. Send the model ID that `GET /v1/models` returns, not the alias. The alias resolves to a hardware-specific variant\n3. Check `supportsToolCalling` before sending tools. Support differs by variant, and issue #1183 reports Qwen tool calling failing on QNN\n4. Set your own request timeout. Inference has no built-in one, and cancellation takes effect only after the current generation step\n5. Ask the owner to set `ORT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `disableNonessentialTelemetry` before the manager is created if telemetry must be off\n\n### TextGen\n\n1. Ask the owner to launch with `--api`. Nothing listens on port 5000 without it, and a model must be loaded first\n2. Call `http://127.0.0.1:5000/v1`. Any Host header other than localhost or 127.0.0.1 gets 400 `Invalid host header` unless `--listen` is set\n3. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer` on OpenAI routes and as `x-api-key` on `/v1/messages`. Model loading needs the admin key\n4. Read `http://127.0.0.1:5000/docs` or `modules/api/typing.py` for parameters. `max_tokens` defaults to 512 on chat completions\n5. Run tool calls yourself. The API returns `finish_reason: \"tool_calls\"` and executes nothing on the server\n6. Use the repository name `oobabooga/textgen`. 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TextGen is open source (AGPL-3.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-text-generation-webui.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/foundry-local-vs-text-generation-webui.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"foundry-local\", \"b\": \"text-generation-webui\"}`. 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