LocalAI
LocalAI is an open-source, self-hosted app in the AI & LLM Tools category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to ChatGPT and ships a Docker image. It has 49,964 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 49,964
- Forks
- 4,546
- Open issues
- 105
- Commits, last 12 months
- 3,910
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v4.12.1Oct 23, 2026
- Created
- Mar 18, 2023
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 3,910 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 3,910 |
| Latest release | v4.12.1 (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 140 |
| Open issues | 105 |
| Open pull requests | 81 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 18, 2023 |
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About LocalAI
Run your AI models locally and generate images and audio (alternative to OpenAI and Claude).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/mudler/LocalAI.
Topics
- llama
- ai
- llm
- stable-diffusion
- api
- tts
- musicgen
- mamba
- audio-generation
- image-generation
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Is LocalAI free and open source?
Yes. LocalAI is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run LocalAI with Docker?
Yes. LocalAI provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to LocalAI?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to LocalAI include Ollama, Stable Diffusion WebUI and Open-WebUI. LocalAI itself is a self-hosted alternative to ChatGPT.
Is LocalAI actively maintained?
The most recent commit to LocalAI was on Oct 26, 2026 with 3,910 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v4.12.1, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 105 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.