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  "what": "Runs text, voice, image and video models behind one OpenAI-style address.",
  "what_source": "editor",
  "why": "Runs open models on your own hardware.",
  "icon": "Cpu",
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  "repo": "https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI",
  "homepage": "https://localai.io",
  "readme": "https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI#readme",
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  "install": [
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      "run": "docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 localai/localai:latest",
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      "source": "README (auto-extracted)",
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    "Latest release v4.12.0 (2026-10-22): redesigned web app, streaming voice replies, model catalogue of 1,896 entries.",
    "Mac app: download LocalAI.dmg from the latest GitHub release. It is not signed by Apple; the README gives the extra step to open it.",
    "Runs on NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple Silicon, Vulkan or CPU only."
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