Your own AI, on your own hardware.
Ready to work for you.
LocalAI runs open models on your own machine. Chat, work with your files, make Office documents and connect your chat apps. Free and open source.
Files, Office and chat apps: in development builds, coming in the next release.
curl -sSL https://localai.io/install.sh | shOr a container, the macOS app or Kubernetes. Then open http://localhost:8080.
Chat
Talk. Then it works.
Chat with an open model that runs on your own hardware. Ask it to read a file, make a table or write a report.
- Save agents. Each one has its own model, skills and memory.
- Ask for an image, a sound or a spoken line. The result is saved in Files.
- The assistant can propose a memory. You confirm it before it is kept.
In development builds, coming in the next release.
Files and Sandbox
Files in. Python in a box.
Put a spreadsheet in Files and ask for a chart. The Sandbox runs Python on it and saves the result in Files.
- Your files stay on your server, and an agent can read and search them.
- The sandbox has no internet unless an admin allows it.
- Every change is listed in History, with an Undo button.
Sandbox is an add-on. An admin installs it once.
In development builds, coming in the next release.
import pandas as pd df = pd.read_excel("data.xlsx") df.plot().figure.savefig("chart.png")
chart.png
Saved in Files. Listed in History, with Undo.
Office
A sentence becomes a document.
Ask in a chat. LocalAI makes real Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files and saves them in Files.
- Reads a spreadsheet and writes the report around it.
- Shows a preview in the chat. The file opens in Office.
- Makes and reads PDF files. It does not edit them.
Office is an add-on. An admin installs it once.
In development builds, coming in the next release.
report.docx
Saved in Files.
Team
One server. Your whole team.
Each person has a login and their own chats. An admin chooses what each person can use.
- An admin turns features on or off for each person.
- Shared folders give the team files in common.
- Admins can read all chats.
In development builds, coming in the next release.
Collections
Ask your documents.
Collections index PDF, text, Markdown and web pages. An agent finds the passages by meaning.
- An agent searches a collection only when you name it.
- Add files or a web address as a source.
With user accounts, an admin turns Collections on for each person.
In development builds, coming in the next release.
Home, pages and triggers
A Home that keeps itself current.
Ask for a small page and pin it to Home. Widgets show your data. A trigger can start a run on a schedule, or when a file arrives.
- The assistant proposes a page. You confirm it, then it is saved to your files.
- Home takes up to three page tiles and twelve widgets.
- A schedule trigger runs at most once every five minutes.
Pages and Triggers are off for new users until an admin turns them on.
In development builds, coming in the next release.
Add-ons and chat apps
Add what you need. Text it from your phone.
Add-ons bring Office, Sandbox, Tables and more. Others connect an agent to Slack, Telegram and Discord.
- You see what an add-on may do before it installs, and you choose.
- A chat app connection is bound to one agent.
- The agent answers from your Files.
An admin installs add-ons and turns on connectors.
In development builds, coming in the next release.
Word, Excel, PDF and PowerPoint.
InstallPython and shell, isolated.
InstallData the assistant can read.
InstallA calendar inside LocalAI.
InstallYou see what an add-on may do before it installs.
Models
Open models, your hardware.
Pick a model from the gallery. LocalAI installs it and picks an engine that fits your machine.
- It runs on a CPU. A GPU makes it faster.
- Engines download the first time a model needs one.
- The team wrote 17 of the engines itself.
- Chat modelengine picked for you
- Speech modelengine picked for you
- Image modelengine picked for you
Builds your machine can run are ranked first.
Everything new.
Each card opens the page that says how to use it.
Office
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF from a sentence.
In development buildsDocs →Files
Upload, share folders, use them in a chat.
In development buildsDocs →Sandbox
Python and shell in an isolated box.
In development buildsDocs →Team
A login per person. Admins choose features.
In development buildsDocs →Collections
Search your documents by meaning.
In development buildsDocs →Home and pages
Widgets, small pages and triggers.
In development buildsDocs →Chat apps
Slack, Telegram and Discord.
In development buildsDocs →Add-ons
Install tools, apps and services.
In development buildsDocs →Models
A gallery. An engine that fits your machine.
Docs →MCP and API
OpenAI and Anthropic APIs. MCP tools.
Docs →Get started
Install in a minute.
macOS app, Linux script, Docker or Kubernetes. Backends download the first time a model needs one.
Script
$ curl -sSL https://localai.io/install.sh | sh $ local-ai run qwen3-4b # the API and the web UI are on http://localhost:8080
Docker
$ docker run -p 8080:8080 --name local-ai -ti localai/localai:latest # Podman works the same way
Kubernetes
$ helm repo add go-skynet https://go-skynet.github.io/helm-charts/ $ helm install local-ai go-skynet/local-ai # or: kubectl apply -f https://localai.io/install/kubernetes.yaml
More: containers and GPU images, the macOS app, Linux, Helm chart, build from source
The script, the macOS app and the latest container image give version 4.12.1. Office, Sandbox, Team and add-ons need a development build or a newer release.