LocalAI v1.16.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 6 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

LocalAI v1.16.0. Source highlight: :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/whisper.cpp

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

Add autogpt4all LocalAI usage example to links
feat: add static builds
feat: add /healthz and /readyz endpoints for kubernetes
docs: Add Mods to projects list
image: add HEALTHCHECK
feat: allow to preload models before startup via env var or configs

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

fix(deps): update github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go digest to 77eab3f
fix(deps): update github.com/go-skynet/go-ggml-transformers.cpp digest to f89d7c2
fix(deps): update github.com/go-skynet/go-llama.cpp digest to dcf8da6
fix(deps): update github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/golang digest to b36a520
fix(deps): update github.com/go-skynet/go-ggml-transformers.cpp digest to c4c581f
fix(deps): update github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go digest to 5e2b340

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## What's Changed * :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/whisper.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/364 * :arrow_up: Update go-skynet/go-llama.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/365 * fix(deps): update github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go digest to 77eab3f by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/356 * fix(deps): update github.com/go-skynet/go-ggml-transformers.cpp digest to f89d7c2 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/361 * Add autogpt4all LocalAI usage example to links by @aorumbayev in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/259 * fix(deps): update github.com/go-skynet/go-llama.cpp digest to dcf8da6 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/357 * fix(deps): update github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/golang digest to b36a520 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/352 * fix(deps): update github.com/go-skynet/go-ggml-transformers.cpp digest to c4c581f by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/367 * chore: update README to include new Helm values by @rgracey in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/369 * feat: add static builds by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/370 * fix(deps): update github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go digest to 5e2b340 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/368 * feat: add /healthz and /readyz endpoints for kubernetes by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/374 * :arrow_up: Update go-skynet/go-llama.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/373 * :arrow_up: Update go-skynet/go-ggml-transformers.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/363 * fix(deps): update github.com/go-skynet/go-llama.cpp digest to 6e7e69a by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/371 * docs: Add Mods to projects list by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/377 * fix(deps): update github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/golang digest to 63f5763 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/378 * :arrow_up: Update nomic-ai/gpt4all by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/362 * fix(deps): update github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/golang digest to afe3870 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/382 * fix(deps): update github.com/go-skynet/go-ggml-transformers.cpp digest to 4f18e5e by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/381 * fix(deps): update github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/golang digest to 810a3b1 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/383 * :arrow_up: Update nomic-ai/gpt4all by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/384 * ci: set flakeAttempts by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/386 * fix(deps): update github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all/gpt4all-bindings/golang digest to a6f3e94 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/387 * image: add HEALTHCHECK by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/388 * :arrow_up: Update nomic-ai/gpt4all by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/389 * :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/whisper.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/372 * feat: allow to preload models before startup via env var or configs by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/391 * feat: allow to set a prompt cache path and enable saving state by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/395 * docs(examples): add AutoGPT by @mudler in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/397 * fix(deps): update module github.com/imdario/mergo to v0.3.16 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/394 * fix(deps): update github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/bindings/go digest to 9b92684 by @renovate in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/392 * :arrow_up: Update go-skynet/go-ggml-transformers.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/385 * :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/whisper.cpp by @ci-robbot in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/398 ## New Contributors * @aorumbayev made their first contribution in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/259 * @rgracey made their first contribution in https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pull/369 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0

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