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koboldcpp
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LostRuins / koboldcpp

koboldcpp

KoboldCpp - Run GGUF AI models locally with a KoboldAI UI. One File. Zero Install.

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KoboldCpp - Run GGUF AI models locally with a KoboldAI UI. One File. Zero Install.

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Koboldcpp has built in support for image models. Model search and download, one executable to run, UI, OpenAI API endpoint, llama.cpp endpoint, highly configurable. If you want to get up and running instantly, just pick a kcppt file and open that and it will download everything you need and load it for you. Engine: * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/latest/ Kcppt files: * https://huggingface.co/koboldcpp/kcppt/tree/main
In Qwen-Image-2.0: Professional infographics, exquisite photorealism
Try koboldcpp with the kcppt config file. The easiest way by far. Download the release here * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/tag/v1.103 Download the config file here * https://huggingface.co/koboldcpp/kcppt/resolve/main/z-image-... Set +x to the koboldcpp executable and launch it, select 'Load config' and point at the config file, then hit 'launch'. Wait until the model weights are downloaded and launched, then open a browser and go to: * http://localhost:5001/sdui EDIT: This will work for Linux, Windows and Mac
In Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters
Oh, that horrible Electron UI. Under Windows it pegs a core on my CPU at all times! If you're just working as a single user via the OpenAI protocol, you might want to consider koboldcpp. It bundles a GUI launcher, then starts in text-only mode. You can also tell it to just run a saved configuration, bypassing the GUI; I've successfully run it as a system service on Windows using nssm. https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases Though there are a lot of roleplay-centric gimmicks in its feature set, its context-shifting feature is singular. It caches the intermediate state used by your last query, extending it to build the next one. As a result you save on generation time with large contexts, and also any conversation that has been pushed out of the context window still indirectly influences the current exchange.
In MCP in LM Studio
It would be great if you included a section on running with Docker on Linux. The only one that worked out of the box was Ollama, and it had an example. https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/docker.md has a docker image but no examples to run it https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/blob/master/docs/dock... has a docker image but no examples to run it https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp?tab=readme-ov-file#do... docker image was broken for me on 7800xt running rhel9 https://github.com/Atinoda/text-generation-webui-docker
In AMD GPU Inference
MiniCPM-V 2.6 is based on Qwen 2 and is also great at handwriting. It works locally with KoboldCPP. Here are the results I got with a test I just did. Image: * https://imgur.com/wg0kdQK Output: * https://pastebin.com/RKvYQasi OCR script used: * https://github.com/jabberjabberjabber/LLMOCR/blob/main/llmoc... Model weights: MiniCPM-V-2_6-Q6_K_L.gguf, mmproj-MiniCPM-V-2_6-f16.gguf Inference: * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases/tag/v1.75.2
In Llama 3.2: Revolutionizing edge AI and vision with open, customizable models
Download koboldcpp and llama3.1 gguf weights, use it with the llama3 completions adapter. Edit the 'background.js' file in the extension and replace the openAI endpoint with 'http://your.local.ip.addr:5001/v1/chat/completions' Set anything you want as an API key. Now you have a truly local version. * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/releases * https://huggingface.co/bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-... * https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/blob/concedo/kcpp_ada...
In Scramble: Open-Source Alternative to Grammarly
In Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver
Sadly I can't try this because I'm on Windows or Linux. Was testing apps like this if anyone is interested: Best / Easy to use: - https://lmstudio.ai - https://msty.app - https://jan.ai More complex / Unpolished UI: - https://gpt4all.io - https://pinokio.computer - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-on-rtx/chat-with-rtx-generat... - https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp Misc: - https://faraday.dev (AI Characters): No UI / Command line (not for me): - https://ollama.com - https://privategpt.dev - https://serge.chat - https://github.com/Mozilla-Ocho/llamafile Pending to check: - https://recurse.chat Feel free to recommend more!
In Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver

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