# LocalAI v2.6.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** LocalAI (https://localai.io)
- **Version:** v2.6.0
- **Released:** Jan 20, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/localai/updates/v2.6.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v2.6.0. Source highlight: move BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA logic to makefile: errors in this section now immediately fail the build

## New Features
- minor: replace shell pwd in Makefile with CURDIR for better windows compatibility
- Makefile: allow to build without GRPC_BACKENDS
- feat: 🐍  add mamba support
- feat(extra-backends): Improvements, adding mamba example

## Improvements
- docs/examples: enhancements

## Bug Fixes
- move BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA logic to makefile: errors in this section now immediately fail the build
- prepend built binaries in PATH for BUILD_GRPC_FOR_BACKEND_LLAMA