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Lemonade vs mistral.rs
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| Fact | Lemonade | mistral.rs |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C++ | Rust |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Stars | 5.8k | 7.7k |
| Latest | v2026.40.0 | v0.9.4 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-01 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | about 18 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 63 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 7 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace LM Studio. Alternatives to LM Studio →
PartialLemonadeA local server and app for running models, tuned for AMD GPUs and NPUs.
Partialmistral.rsRuns text, vision and speech models locally behind an OpenAI-compatible API, without a desktop app.
Lemonade
- v2026.40.02026-09-30Streaming models now run on AMD integrated GPUs by sizing against the APU GTT pool instead of the fixed VRAM carve-out,…
- candidate-v2026.41.02026-09-30v2026.41.0 (release candidate)pre-release
- v2026.39.12026-09-23TheNoise updated to 0.7.1 with support for image editing and additional AMD GPUs: gfx103X, gfx110X, and gfx120X.
- candidate-v2026.40.02026-09-23v2026.40.0 (release candidate)pre-release
- candidate-v2026.39.12026-09-16v2026.39.1 (release candidate)pre-release
mistral.rs
- v0.9.42026-09-24chore(deps): fix open Dependabot security alerts
- v0.9.32026-09-07feat(core): concurrency fixes and scheduler improvements
- v0.9.22026-08-20fix(fav3): misc fixes relating to FAv3
- v0.9.12026-08-14feat(install): show suggested commands for installer script
- v0.9.02026-07-07Fix CUDA version extraction in install.sh
Lemonade
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mistral.rs
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