Impact Score: 5/10
LocalAI: ๐ผ๏ธ v2.13.0 - Model gallery edition
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โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v2.13.0. Source highlight: Hello folks, Ettore here - I'm happy to announce the v2.13.0 LocalAI release is out, with many features!
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โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
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โจ New Features & Capabilities (6)
- feat: add flash-attn in nvidia and rocm envs
- feat: use tokenizer.apply_chat_template() in vLLM
- feat(gallery): support ConfigURLs
- feat(parler-tts): Add new backend
- feat(grpc): return consumed token count and update response accordingly
- feat(store): add Golang client
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- fix(autogptq): do not use_triton with qwen-vl
- fix: respect concurrency from parent build parameters when building GRPC
- ci: fix release pipeline missing dependencies
- fix: remove build path from help text documentation
- fix: previous CLI rework broke debug logging
- fix(fncall): fix regression introduced in #1963
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Hello folks, Ettore here - I'm happy to announce the v2.13.0 LocalAI release is out, with many features!
Below there is a small breakdown of the hottest features introduced in this release - however - there are many other improvements (especially from the community) as well, so don't miss out the changelog!
Check out the full changelog below for having an overview of all the changes that went in this release (this one is quite packed up).
## ๐ผ๏ธ Model gallery
This is the first release with model gallery in the webUI, you can see now a "Model" button in the WebUI which lands now in a selection of models:

You can choose now models between stablediffusion, llama3, tts, embeddings and more! The gallery is growing steadly and being kept up-to-date.
The models are simple YAML files which are hosted in this repository: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/master/gallery - you can host your own repository with your model index, or if you want you can contribute to LocalAI.
If you want to contribute adding models, you can by opening up a PR in the `gallery` directory: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/master/gallery.
## Rerankers
I'm excited to introduce a new backend for `rerankers`. LocalAI now implements the Jina API (https://jina.ai/reranker/#apiform) as a compatibility layer, and you can use existing Jina clients and point to those to the LocalAI address. Behind the hoods, uses https://github.com/AnswerDotAI/rerankers.

You can test this by using container images with python (this does **NOT** work with `core` images) and a model config file like this, or by installing `cross-encoder` from the gallery in the UI:
```yaml
name: jina-reranker-v1-base-en
backend: rerankers
parameters:
model: cross-encoder
```
and test it with:
```bash
curl http://localhost:8080/v1/rerank \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "jina-reranker-v1-base-en",
"query": "Organic skincare products for sensitive skin",
"documents": [
"Eco-friendly kitchenware for modern homes",
"Biodegradable cleaning supplies for eco-conscious consumers",
"Organic cotton baby clothes for sensitive skin",
"Natural organic skincare range for sensitive skin",
"Tech gadgets for smart homes: 2024 edition",
"Sustainable gardening tools and compost solutions",
"Sensitive skin-friendly facial cleansers and toners",
"Organic food wraps and storage solutions",
"All-natural pet food for dogs with allergies",
"Yoga mats made from recycled materials"
],
"top_n": 3
}'
```
## Parler-tts
There is a new backend available for tts now, `parler-tts`. It is possible to install and configure the model directly from the gallery. https://github.com/huggingface/parler-tts
## ๐ Lot of small improvements behind the scenes!
Thanks to our outstanding community, we have enhanced the performance and stability of LocalAI across various modules. From backend optimizations to front-end adjustments, every tweak helps make LocalAI smoother and more robust.
# ๐ฃ Spread the word!
First off, a massive thank you (again!) to each and every one of you who've chipped in to squash bugs and suggest cool new features for LocalAI. Your help, kind words, and brilliant ideas are truly appreciated - more than words can say!
And to those of you who've been heros, giving up your own time to help out fellow users on Discord and in our repo, you're absolutely amazing. We couldn't have asked for a better community.
Just so you know, LocalAI doesn't have the luxury of big corporate sponsors behind it. It's all us, folks. So, if you've found value in what we're building together and want to keep the momentum going, consider showing your support. A little shoutout on your favorite social platforms using @LocalAI_OSS and @mudler_it or joining our sponsors can make a big difference.
Also, if you haven't yet joined our Discord, come on over! Here's the link: https://discord.gg/uJAeKSAGDy
Every bit of support, every mention, and every star adds up and helps us keep this ship sailing. Let's keep making LocalAI awesome together!
Thanks a ton, and here's to more exciting times ahead with LocalAI!
## What's Changed
### Bug fixes :bug:
* fix(autogptq): do not use_triton with qwen-vl by @thiner in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1985
* fix: respect concurrency from parent build parameters when building GRPC by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2023
* ci: fix release pipeline missing dependencies by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2025
* fix: remove build path from help text documentation by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2037
* fix: previous CLI rework broke debug logging by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2036
* fix(fncall): fix regression introduced in #1963 by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2048
* fix: adjust some sources names to match the naming of their repositories by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2061
* fix: move the GRPC cache generation workflow into it's own concurrency group by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2071
* fix(llama.cpp): set -1 as default for max tokens by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2087
* fix(llama.cpp-ggml): fixup `max_tokens` for old backend by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2094
* fix missing TrustRemoteCode in OpenVINO model load by @fakezeta in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2114
* Incl ocv pkg for diffsusers utils by @jtwolfe in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2115
### Exciting New Features ๐
* feat: kong cli refactor fixes #1955 by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1974
* feat: add flash-attn in nvidia and rocm envs by @golgeek in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1995
* feat: use tokenizer.apply_chat_template() in vLLM by @golgeek in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1990
* feat(gallery): support ConfigURLs by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2012
* fix: dont commit generated files to git by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1993
* feat(parler-tts): Add new backend by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2027
* feat(grpc): return consumed token count and update response accordingly by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2035
* feat(store): add Golang client by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1977
* feat(functions): support models with no grammar, add tests by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2068
* refactor(template): isolate and add tests by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2069
* feat: fiber logs with zerlog and add trace level by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2082
* models(gallery): add gallery by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2078
* Add tensor_parallel_size setting to vllm setting items by @Taikono-Himazin in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2085
* Transformer Backend: Implementing use_tokenizer_template and stop_prompts options by @fakezeta in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2090
* feat: Galleries UI by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2104
* Transformers Backend: max_tokens adherence to OpenAI API by @fakezeta in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2108
* Fix cleanup sonarqube findings by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2106
* feat(models-ui): minor visual enhancements by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2109
* fix(gallery): show a fake image if no there is no icon by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2111
* feat(rerankers): Add new backend, support jina rerankers API by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2121
### ๐ง Models
* models(llama3): add llama3 to embedded models by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2074
* feat(gallery): add llama3, hermes, phi-3, and others by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2110
* models(gallery): add new models to the gallery by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2124
* models(gallery): add more models by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2129
### ๐ Documentation and examples
* :arrow_up: Update docs version mudler/LocalAI by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1988
* docs: fix stores link by @adrienbrault in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2044
* AMD/ROCm Documentation update + formatting fix by @jtwolfe in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2100
### ๐ Dependencies
* deps: Update version of vLLM to add support of Cohere Command_R model in vLLM inference by @holyCowMp3 in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1975
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1991
* build(deps): bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.31.0 to 1.33.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1998
* build(deps): bump github.com/docker/docker from 20.10.7+incompatible to 24.0.9+incompatible by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1999
* build(deps): bump github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 from 2.52.0 to 2.52.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2001
* build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2002
* build(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 4 to 5 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2003
* build(deps): bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 5 to 6 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2005
* build(deps): bump actions/cache from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2006
* build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2007
* build(deps): bump github.com/charmbracelet/glamour from 0.6.0 to 0.7.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2004
* build(deps): bump github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 from 2.52.0 to 2.52.4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2008
* build(deps): bump github.com/opencontainers/runc from 1.1.5 to 1.1.12 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2000
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2014
* build(deps): bump the pip group across 4 directories with 8 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2017
* build(deps): bump follow-redirects from 1.15.2 to 1.15.6 in /examples/langchain/langchainjs-localai-example by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2020
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2024
* build(deps): bump softprops/action-gh-release from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2039
* build(deps): bump dependabot/fetch-metadata from 1.3.4 to 2.0.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2040
* build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2041
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2043
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/whisper.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2042
* build(deps): bump the pip group across 4 directories with 8 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2049
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/whisper.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2050
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/whisper.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2060
* build(deps): bump aiohttp from 3.9.2 to 3.9.4 in /examples/langchain/langchainpy-localai-example in the pip group across 1 directory by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2067
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2089
* deps(llama.cpp): update, use better model for function call tests by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2119
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/whisper.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2122
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2123
* build(deps): bump pydantic from 1.10.7 to 1.10.13 in /examples/langchain/langchainpy-localai-example in the pip group across 1 directory by @dependabot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2125
* feat(swagger): update swagger by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2128
### Other Changes
* ci: try to build on macos14 by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2011
* :arrow_up: Update docs version mudler/LocalAI by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2013
* refactor: backend/service split, channel-based llm flow by @dave-gray101 in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1963
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2028
* fix - correct checkout versions by @dave-gray101 in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2029
* Revert "build(deps): bump the pip group across 4 directories with 8 updates" by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2030
* :arrow_up: Update docs version mudler/LocalAI by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2032
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2033
* fix: action-tmate back to upstream, dead code removal by @dave-gray101 in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2038
* Revert #1963 by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2056
* feat: refactor the dynamic json configs for api_keys and external_backends by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2055
* tests: add template tests by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2063
* feat: better control of GRPC docker cache by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2070
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2051
* :arrow_up: Update ggerganov/llama.cpp by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2080
* feat: enable polling configs for systems with broken fsnotify (docker volumes on windows) by @cryptk in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2081
* fix: action-tmate: use connect-timeout-sections and limit-access-to-actor by @dave-gray101 in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2083
* refactor(routes): split routes registration by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2077
* fix: action-tmate detached by @dave-gray101 in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2092
* fix: rename fiber entrypoint from http/api to http/app by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2096
* fix: typo in models.go by @eltociear in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2099
* Update text-generation.md by @Taikono-Himazin in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2095
* :arrow_up: Update docs version mudler/LocalAI by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2105
* :arrow_up: Update docs version mudler/LocalAI by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2113
## New Contributors
* @holyCowMp3 made their first contribution in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1975
* @dependabot made their first contribution in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/1998
* @adrienbrault made their first contribution in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2044
* @Taikono-Himazin made their first contribution in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2085
* @eltociear made their first contribution in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2099
* @jtwolfe made their first contribution in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/2100
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/compare/v2.12.4...V2.13.0