LocalAI/README.md

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> :bulb: Get help - [❓FAQ](https://localai.io/faq/) [💭Discussions](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/discussions) [:speech_balloon: Discord](https://discord.gg/uJAeKSAGDy) [:book: Documentation website](https://localai.io/)
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> [💻 Quickstart](https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/) [📣 News](https://localai.io/basics/news/) [ 🛫 Examples ](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/tree/master/examples/) [ 🖼️ Models ](https://localai.io/models/) [ 🚀 Roadmap ](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aroadmap)

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**LocalAI** is the free, Open Source OpenAI alternative. LocalAI act as a drop-in replacement REST API that’s compatible with OpenAI API specifications for local inferencing. It allows you to run LLMs, generate images, audio (and not only) locally or on-prem with consumer grade hardware, supporting multiple model families. Does not require GPU.

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## 💻 [Getting started](https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/index.html)

## 🔥🔥 Hot topics / Roadmap

[Roadmap](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aroadmap)

🆕 New! [LLM finetuning guide](https://localai.io/advanced/fine-tuning/)

Hot topics (looking for contributors):
- Backends v2: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/issues/1126
- Improving UX v2: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/issues/1373

If you want to help and contribute, issues up for grabs: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22up+for+grabs%22



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In a nutshell:

- Local, OpenAI drop-in alternative REST API. You own your data.
- NO GPU required. NO Internet access is required either
  - Optional, GPU Acceleration is available in `llama.cpp`-compatible LLMs. See also the [build section](https://localai.io/basics/build/index.html).
- Supports multiple models
- 🏃 Once loaded the first time, it keep models loaded in memory for faster inference
- ⚡ Doesn't shell-out, but uses C++ bindings for a faster inference and better performance.

LocalAI was created by [Ettore Di Giacinto](https://github.com/mudler/) and is a community-driven project, focused on making the AI accessible to anyone. Any contribution, feedback and PR is welcome!

Note that this started just as a [fun weekend project](https://localai.io/#backstory) in order to try to create the necessary pieces for a full AI assistant like `ChatGPT`: the community is growing fast and we are working hard to make it better and more stable. If you want to help, please consider contributing (see below)!

## 🚀 [Features](https://localai.io/features/)

- 📖 [Text generation with GPTs](https://localai.io/features/text-generation/) (`llama.cpp`, `gpt4all.cpp`, ... [:book: and more](https://localai.io/model-compatibility/index.html#model-compatibility-table))
- 🗣 [Text to Audio](https://localai.io/features/text-to-audio/)
- 🔈 [Audio to Text](https://localai.io/features/audio-to-text/) (Audio transcription with `whisper.cpp`)
- 🎨 [Image generation with stable diffusion](https://localai.io/features/image-generation)
- 🔥 [OpenAI functions](https://localai.io/features/openai-functions/) 🆕
- 🧠 [Embeddings generation for vector databases](https://localai.io/features/embeddings/)
- ✍️ [Constrained grammars](https://localai.io/features/constrained_grammars/)
- 🖼️ [Download Models directly from Huggingface ](https://localai.io/models/)
- 🆕 [Vision API](https://localai.io/features/gpt-vision/)

## 💻 Usage

Check out the [Getting started](https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/index.html) section in our documentation.

### 🔗 Community and integrations

Build and deploy custom containers:
- https://github.com/sozercan/aikit

WebUIs:
- https://github.com/Jirubizu/localai-admin
- https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI-frontend

Model galleries
- https://github.com/go-skynet/model-gallery

Other:
- Helm chart https://github.com/go-skynet/helm-charts

### 🔗 Resources

- 🆕 New! [LLM finetuning guide](https://localai.io/advanced/fine-tuning/)
- [How to build locally](https://localai.io/basics/build/index.html)
- [How to install in Kubernetes](https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/index.html#run-localai-in-kubernetes)
- [Projects integrating LocalAI](https://localai.io/integrations/)
- [How tos section](https://localai.io/howtos/) (curated by our community)

## :book: 🎥 [Media, Blogs, Social](https://localai.io/basics/news/#media-blogs-social)

- [Create a slackbot for teams and OSS projects that answer to documentation](https://mudler.pm/posts/smart-slackbot-for-teams/)
- [LocalAI meets k8sgpt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKrDNuJ_dfE)
- [Question Answering on Documents locally with LangChain, LocalAI, Chroma, and GPT4All](https://mudler.pm/posts/localai-question-answering/)
- [Tutorial to use k8sgpt with LocalAI](https://medium.com/@tyler_97636/k8sgpt-localai-unlock-kubernetes-superpowers-for-free-584790de9b65)

## Citation

If you utilize this repository, data in a downstream project, please consider citing it with:

```
@misc{localai,
  author = {Ettore Di Giacinto},
  title = {LocalAI: The free, Open source OpenAI alternative},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {GitHub},
  journal = {GitHub repository},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI}},
```

## ❤️ Sponsors

> Do you find LocalAI useful?

Support the project by becoming [a backer or sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/mudler). Your logo will show up here with a link to your website.

A huge thank you to our generous sponsors who support this project:

| ![Spectro Cloud logo_600x600px_transparent bg](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/assets/2420543/68a6f3cb-8a65-4a4d-99b5-6417a8905512) |
|:-----------------------------------------------:|
|  [Spectro Cloud](https://www.spectrocloud.com/)  |
|  Spectro Cloud kindly supports LocalAI by providing GPU and computing resources to run tests on lamdalabs!  |

And a huge shout-out to individuals sponsoring the project by donating hardware or backing the project.

- [Sponsor list](https://github.com/sponsors/mudler)
- JDAM00 (donating HW for the CI)

## 🌟 Star history

[![LocalAI Star history Chart](https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=go-skynet/LocalAI&type=Date)](https://star-history.com/#go-skynet/LocalAI&Date)

## 📖 License

LocalAI is a community-driven project created by [Ettore Di Giacinto](https://github.com/mudler/).

MIT - Author Ettore Di Giacinto

## 🙇 Acknowledgements

LocalAI couldn't have been built without the help of great software already available from the community. Thank you!

- [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp)
- https://github.com/tatsu-lab/stanford_alpaca
- https://github.com/cornelk/llama-go for the initial ideas
- https://github.com/antimatter15/alpaca.cpp
- https://github.com/EdVince/Stable-Diffusion-NCNN
- https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
- https://github.com/saharNooby/rwkv.cpp
- https://github.com/rhasspy/piper
- https://github.com/cmp-nct/ggllm.cpp

## 🤗 Contributors

This is a community project, a special thanks to our contributors! 🤗
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