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LocalAI

Run your AI models locally and generate images and audio (alternative to OpenAI and Claude).

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Still maintained? Yes: 1,411 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.12.1 (Oct 2026).

Docker #6 of 14 in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

At a glance

LocalAI quick facts

Health score
99/100 GOOD
Stars
50,068
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v4.12.1, Oct 2026
Licence
MIT
View mudler/LocalAI on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

LocalAI scores 99/100, #6 of 14 in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI): 1,411 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.12.1, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 50,068 stars add 18.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 1.2 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    1411 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v4.12.1 released 7 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 18.8 / 20

    50k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

3885 commits over the last 12 months
1411
Last 90 days
3,885
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #6 of 14 tools in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) by health , between LibreChat (#5) and Onyx Community Edition (#7) .

Details

LicenceMIT
PlatformsDocker, K8S
Latest releasev4.12.1 · 7 days ago
Stars50,068
Open issues104
DockerYes
Repositorymudler/LocalAI ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

LocalAI vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with LocalAI (Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
LobeHub 100 84k ⊘ Proprietary today
Ollama 100 185k MIT today
Open-WebUI 100 157k BSD-3-Clause today
LocalAI (this tool) 99 50k MIT today
GoModel 92 1.3k MIT yesterday
LLMKube 90 248 Apache-2.0 yesterday

LocalAI: common questions

Is LocalAI still maintained?

LocalAI had 1,411 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v4.12.1, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.