It 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.
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It allows you to run open-source large language models, such as Llama 2, locally.
RedPajama, C++, Replit, StableLM, Vicuna and 4 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with LocalAI. Here's a list of all 9 tools that integrate with LocalAI.