> :warning: This project has been renamed from `llama-cli` to `LocalAI` to reflect the fact that we are focusing on a fast drop-in OpenAI API rather on the CLI interface. We think that there are already many projects that can be used as a CLI interface already, for instance [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp) and [gpt4all](https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all). If you are were using `llama-cli` for CLI interactions and want to keep using it, use older versions or please open up an issue - contributions are welcome!
LocalAI is a straightforward, drop-in replacement API compatible with OpenAI for local CPU inferencing, based on [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp), [gpt4all](https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all) and [ggml](https://github.com/ggerganov/ggml), including support GPT4ALL-J which is Apache 2.0 Licensed and can be used for commercial purposes.
- Once loaded the first time, it keep models loaded in memory for faster inference
- Support for prompt templates
- Doesn't shell-out, but uses C bindings for a faster inference and better performance. Uses [go-llama.cpp](https://github.com/go-skynet/go-llama.cpp) and [go-gpt4all-j.cpp](https://github.com/go-skynet/go-gpt4all-j.cpp).
It is compatible with the models supported by [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp) supports also [GPT4ALL-J](https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all) and [cerebras-GPT with ggml](https://huggingface.co/lxe/Cerebras-GPT-2.7B-Alpaca-SP-ggml).
Note: You might need to convert older models to the new format, see [here](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp#using-gpt4all) for instance to run `gpt4all`.
> `LocalAI` comes by default as a container image. You can check out all the available images with corresponding tags [here](https://quay.io/repository/go-skynet/local-ai?tab=tags&tag=latest).
The easiest way to run LocalAI is by using `docker-compose`:
The API doesn't inject a default prompt for talking to the model. You have to use a prompt similar to what's described in the standford-alpaca docs: https://github.com/tatsu-lab/stanford_alpaca#data-release.
You can use a default template for every model present in your model path, by creating a corresponding file with the `.tmpl` suffix next to your model. For instance, if the model is called `foo.bin`, you can create a sibiling file, `foo.bin.tmpl` which will be used as a default prompt, for instance this can be used with alpaca:
See the [prompt-templates](https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/tree/master/prompt-templates) directory in this repository for templates for most popular models.
`LocalAI` provides an API for running text generation as a service, that follows the OpenAI reference and can be used as a drop-in. The models once loaded the first time will be kept in memory.
You can check out the [OpenAI API reference](https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create).
Following the list of endpoints/parameters supported.
#### Chat completions
For example, to generate a chat completion, you can send a POST request to the `/v1/chat/completions` endpoint with the instruction as the request body:
gpt4all (https://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all) works as well, however the original model needs to be converted (same applies for old alpaca models, too):