LocalAI — Self-Hosted OpenAI Alternative

Overview

LocalAI, the open-source drop-in replacement for OpenAI's API that runs locally. Helps developers self-host LLMs, image generators, audio transcription, and text-to-speech models with an OpenAI-compatible API — no GPU required, completely offline and private.

Instructions

Quick Start with Docker

# Run LocalAI with Docker (CPU-only, no GPU needed)
docker run -p 8080:8080 \
  -v ./models:/build/models \
  localai/localai:latest-cpu