Is LocalAI still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v4.12.1, 19 days ago.

Widely used. 50k stars, 3 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

How to install on macOS

mudler/LocalAI

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

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Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v4.12.1, 19 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used50k stars, 3 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 50,310
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 11 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗localai.ioThe project's own site.

Also: In the browser ↗

Download for macOS

v4.12.1 · 10/23/2026 ↗

LocalAI.dmg

dmg · 20.6 MB · 889 downloads · best match

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/releases/download/v4.12.1/LocalAI.dmg"
open "LocalAI.dmg"

Other macOS downloads (1)

local-ai-v4.12.1-darwin-arm64

binary · Apple Silicon · 192.2 MB · 1,011 downloads

Download

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/releases/download/v4.12.1/local-ai-v4.12.1-darwin-arm64"
chmod +x "local-ai-v4.12.1-darwin-arm64"

Run it with Docker

A self-hosted app: Docker runs it on your computer and you open it in the browser. Needs Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine on Linux). Run docker compose commands inside the cloned repo folder.

Docker

docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 localai/localai:latest

Docker

docker run -ti --name local-ai -p 8080:8080 --gpus all localai/localai:latest-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

Did you get it running?

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Parts list

1×Go 1.26.0runtime
1×Docker tool

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Good to know

Several programs live in cmd/ (launcher, local-ai). Run one with go run ./cmd/<name>; the README says which is the app.
The README mentions NVIDIA CUDA. Check its hardware section: some features (or all of them) may need an NVIDIA GPU.
Dockerfile available (base image: ${BASE_IMAGE}).
Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: addons/calendar/ui/package.json, addons/contacts/ui/package.json, addons/discord/ui/package.json, addons/face/ui/package.json and 11 more

Details

License: MIT
Open issues: 185
Branch: master

Files we read (14)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.github/workflows/addons-tests.yml

.github/workflows/backend_build.yml

.github/workflows/backend_build_darwin.yml

.github/workflows/build-test.yaml

.github/workflows/checksum_checker.yaml

.github/workflows/ci-tools-tests.yaml

.gitmodules

CONTRIBUTING.md

Dockerfile

Makefile

README.md

docker-compose.yaml

go.mod

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