LocalAI/README.md

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    LocalAI
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[Documentation website](https://localai.io/)

**LocalAI** is a drop-in replacement REST API that's compatible with OpenAI API specifications for local inferencing. It allows you to run LLMs (and not only) locally or on-prem with consumer grade hardware, supporting multiple model families that are compatible with the ggml format. Does not require GPU.

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:
  - 📖 [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/)
- 🏃 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)!

See the [Getting started](https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/index.html) and [examples](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/tree/master/examples/) sections to learn how to use LocalAI. For a list of curated models check out the [model gallery](https://localai.io/models/).


| [ChatGPT OSS alternative](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/tree/master/examples/chatbot-ui)                                                                                                                | [Image generation](https://localai.io/api-endpoints/index.html#image-generation)                                                                                                              |
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|  ![Screenshot from 2023-04-26 23-59-55](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2420543/234715439-98d12e03-d3ce-4f94-ab54-2b256808e05e.png)            | ![b6441997879](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/assets/2420543/d50af51c-51b7-4f39-b6c2-bf04c403894c)                  |

|                                                                    [Telegram bot](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/tree/master/examples/telegram-bot)   | [Flowise](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/tree/master/examples/flowise)                                                                                                                     |
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![Screenshot from 2023-06-09 00-36-26](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/assets/2420543/e98b4305-fa2d-41cf-9d2f-1bb2d75ca902)   |  ![Screenshot from 2023-05-30 18-01-03](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/assets/2420543/02458782-0549-4131-971c-95ee56ec1af8)|    |

## Hot topics / Roadmap

- [x] Support for embeddings
- [x] Support for audio transcription with https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
- [X] Support for text-to-audio
- [x] GPU/CUDA support ( https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/issues/69 )
- [X] Enable automatic downloading of models from a curated gallery
- [X] Enable automatic downloading of models from HuggingFace
- [ ] Upstream our golang bindings to llama.cpp (https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/351) 
- [ ] Enable gallery management directly from the webui.
- [x] 🔥 OpenAI functions: https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/issues/588
- [ ] 🔥 GPTQ support: https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/issues/796

## News

Check the news and the release notes in the [dedicated section](https://localai.io/basics/news/index.html)

- 🔥🔥🔥 23-07-2023: **v1.22.0**: LLaMa2, huggingface embeddings, and more ! [Changelog](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/releases/tag/v1.22.0)

For latest news, follow also on Twitter [@LocalAI_API](https://twitter.com/LocalAI_API) and [@mudler_it](https://twitter.com/mudler_it)

## 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)

## Contribute and help

To help the project you can:

- [Hacker news post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35726934) - help us out by voting if you like this project.

- If you have technological skills and want to contribute to development, have a look at the open issues. If you are new you can have a look at the [good-first-issue](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22) and [help-wanted](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) labels.

- If you don't have technological skills you can still help improving documentation or add examples or share your user-stories with our community, any help and contribution is welcome!

## Usage

Check out the [Getting started](https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/index.html) section. Here below you will find generic, quick instructions to get ready and use LocalAI.

The easiest way to run LocalAI is by using `docker-compose` (to build locally, see [building LocalAI](https://localai.io/basics/build/index.html)):

```bash

git clone https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI

cd LocalAI

# (optional) Checkout a specific LocalAI tag
# git checkout -b build <TAG>

# copy your models to models/
cp your-model.bin models/

# (optional) Edit the .env file to set things like context size and threads
# vim .env

# start with docker-compose
docker-compose up -d --pull always
# or you can build the images with:
# docker-compose up -d --build

# Now API is accessible at localhost:8080
curl http://localhost:8080/v1/models
# {"object":"list","data":[{"id":"your-model.bin","object":"model"}]}

curl http://localhost:8080/v1/completions -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
     "model": "your-model.bin",            
     "prompt": "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away",
     "temperature": 0.7
   }'
```

### Example: Use GPT4ALL-J model

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```bash
# Clone LocalAI
git clone https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI

cd LocalAI

# (optional) Checkout a specific LocalAI tag
# git checkout -b build <TAG>

# Download gpt4all-j to models/
wget https://gpt4all.io/models/ggml-gpt4all-j.bin -O models/ggml-gpt4all-j

# Use a template from the examples
cp -rf prompt-templates/ggml-gpt4all-j.tmpl models/

# (optional) Edit the .env file to set things like context size and threads
# vim .env

# start with docker-compose
docker-compose up -d --pull always
# or you can build the images with:
# docker-compose up -d --build
# Now API is accessible at localhost:8080
curl http://localhost:8080/v1/models
# {"object":"list","data":[{"id":"ggml-gpt4all-j","object":"model"}]}

curl http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
     "model": "ggml-gpt4all-j",
     "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "How are you?"}],
     "temperature": 0.9 
   }'

# {"model":"ggml-gpt4all-j","choices":[{"message":{"role":"assistant","content":"I'm doing well, thanks. How about you?"}}]}
```
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### Build locally

<details>

In order to build the `LocalAI` container image locally you can use `docker`:

```
# build the image
docker build -t localai .
docker run localai
```

Or you can build the binary with `make`:

```
make build
```

</details>

See the [build section](https://localai.io/basics/build/index.html) in our documentation for detailed instructions.

### Run LocalAI in Kubernetes

LocalAI can be installed inside Kubernetes with helm. See [installation instructions](https://localai.io/basics/getting_started/index.html#run-localai-in-kubernetes).

## Supported API endpoints

See the [list of the LocalAI features](https://localai.io/features/index.html) for a full tour of the available API endpoints.

## Frequently asked questions

See [the FAQ](https://localai.io/faq/index.html) section for a list of common questions.

## Projects already using LocalAI to run local models

Feel free to open up a PR to get your project listed!

- [Kairos](https://github.com/kairos-io/kairos)
- [k8sgpt](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt#running-local-models)
- [Spark](https://github.com/cedriking/spark)
- [autogpt4all](https://github.com/aorumbayev/autogpt4all)
- [Mods](https://github.com/charmbracelet/mods)
- [Flowise](https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise)
- [BMO Chatbot](https://github.com/longy2k/obsidian-bmo-chatbot)
- [Mattermost OpenOps](https://openops.mattermost.com)

## 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!  |

## 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 and others

## 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

## Contributors

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