localai

localai

Latest Version: v3.12.1

LocalAI is a self-hosted, local-first open-source alternative to OpenAI and Claude, running on consumer hardware without requiring a GPU.

Owner: mudler

OSSauto-discoveredgithub-searchai

Stars

43.0k

GitHub star count

Last Release

1 months ago

v3.12.1

Contributors

100

N/A

Health Score

N/A

N/A

Key Features

  • ai

  • api

  • audio generation

  • decentralized

  • distributed

Tech Stack

Go
auto-discovered
github-search
ai
api
audio-generation
decentralized
distributed
gemma
image-generation
libp2p
llama
llm

About

LocalAI is a self-hosted, local-first open-source alternative to OpenAI and Claude, running on consumer hardware without requiring a GPU.

v3.12.1 is a patch release updating llama.cpp to fix Qwen 3 coder incompatibilities, adding backend traces, cleaning up bark.cpp remnants, and merging openresponses messages.

Analyst Note

LocalAI is a self-hosted, local-first open-source alternative to OpenAI and Claude, running on consumer hardware without requiring a GPU.

Best For

  • Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
  • Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
  • Track delivery cadence and release quality from mudler
  • ai

Not Ideal For

  • Release cadence may shift with maintainer priorities; plan controlled upgrade windows

Typical Use Cases

Technical stack evaluation for engineering teamsDependency governance and upgrade planning in production systemsTrack delivery cadence and release quality from mudler

Decision Snapshot

  • Product type: Open Source
  • Primary language: Go
  • Pricing model: Free
  • License: MIT
  • Last Release: 2/21/2026
Data Basis
  • Last Sync: Feb 23, 2026, 08:31 AM
  • Metrics Updated: Feb 23, 2026, 08:31 AM
  • Completeness: 100%
  • Last Verified: Feb 23, 2026, 08:31 AM

Data Status

Stale
Last SyncFeb 23, 2026, 08:31 AM
Metrics UpdatedFeb 23, 2026, 08:31 AM
Completeness100%
Last VerifiedFeb 23, 2026, 08:31 AM

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong community adoption.
  • Broad maintainer participation.
  • Active maintenance cadence.

Cons

  • -Release cadence may shift with maintainer priorities; plan controlled upgrade windows

All Metrics

Adoption

4/4
Stars43.0k
Forks3.6k
Open Issues166
Contributors100

Health

0/4
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Trend ScorePending
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Reliability ScorePending

Core

3/5
Latest Versionv3.12.1
Last Release2/21/2026
Last Commit2/22/2026
StatusPending
Activity LevelPending

Security

0/1
Security ScorePending