LocalAI v3.6.0stable Released Oct 03, 2025
Impact Score: 5/10

LocalAI v3.6.0 โ€” Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

LocalAI v3.6.0. Source highlight: fix: reranking models limited to 512 tokens in llama.cpp backend

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

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๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

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โœจ New Features & Capabilities (6)

  • feat(kokoro): add support for l4t devices
  • feat(chatterbox): support multilingual
  • chore(model gallery): add qwen-image-edit-2509
  • chore(models): add whisper-turbo via whisper.cpp
  • chore(model gallery): add ibm-granite_granite-4.0-h-small
  • chore(model gallery): add ibm-granite_granite-4.0-h-tiny

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (1)

  • fix: reranking models limited to 512 tokens in llama.cpp backend
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at master --> ## What's Changed ### Bug fixes :bug: * fix: reranking models limited to 512 tokens in llama.cpp backend by @jongames in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6344 ### Exciting New Features ๐ŸŽ‰ * feat(kokoro): add support for l4t devices by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6322 * feat(chatterbox): support multilingual by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6240 ### ๐Ÿง  Models * chore(model gallery): add qwen-image-edit-2509 by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6336 * chore(models): add whisper-turbo via whisper.cpp by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6340 * chore(model gallery): add ibm-granite_granite-4.0-h-small by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6373 * chore(model gallery): add ibm-granite_granite-4.0-h-tiny by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6374 * chore(model gallery): add ibm-granite_granite-4.0-h-micro by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6375 * chore(model gallery): add ibm-granite_granite-4.0-micro by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6376 ### ๐Ÿ‘’ Dependencies * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.74.0 to 1.75.0 in /backend/python/transformers by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6332 * chore(deps): bump securego/gosec from 2.22.8 to 2.22.9 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6324 * chore(deps): bump llama.cpp to '72b24d96c6888c609d562779a23787304ae4609c' by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6349 * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.74.0 to 1.75.1 in /backend/python/coqui by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6353 * chore(deps): bump transformers from 4.48.3 to 4.56.2 in /backend/python/coqui by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6330 * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.74.0 to 1.75.1 in /backend/python/diffusers by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6361 * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.74.0 to 1.75.1 in /backend/python/rerankers by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6360 * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.74.0 to 1.75.1 in /backend/python/common/template by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6358 * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.74.0 to 1.75.1 in /backend/python/vllm by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6357 * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.74.0 to 1.75.1 in /backend/python/bark by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6359 * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.75.0 to 1.75.1 in /backend/python/transformers by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6362 * chore(deps): bump grpcio from 1.74.0 to 1.75.1 in /backend/python/exllama2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6356 ### Other Changes * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `7f766929ca8e8e01dcceb1c526ee584f7e5e1408` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6319 * docs: :arrow_up: update docs version mudler/LocalAI by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6318 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `da30ab5f8696cabb2d4620cdc0aa41a298c54fd6` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6321 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `1d0125bcf1cbd7195ad0faf826a20bc7cec7d3f4` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6335 * chore(cudss): add cudds to l4t images by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6338 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `4ae88d07d026e66b41e85afece74e88af54f4e66` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6339 * CI: disable build-testing on PRs against arm64 by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6341 * chore(deps): bump llama.cpp to '835b2b915c52bcabcd688d025eacff9a07b65f52' by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6347 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `4807e8f96a61b2adccebd5e57444c94d18de7264` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6350 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `bd0af02fc96c2057726f33c0f0daf7bb8f3e462a` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6352 * Revert "chore(deps): bump transformers from 4.48.3 to 4.56.2 in /backend/python/coqui" by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6363 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/whisper.cpp to `32be14f8ebfc0498c2c619182f0d7f4c822d52c4` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6354 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `5f7e166cbf7b9ca928c7fad990098ef32358ac75` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6355 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `b2ba81dbe07b6dbea9c96b13346c66973dede32c` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6366 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/whisper.cpp to `8c0855fd6bb115e113c0dca6255ea05f774d35f7` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6365 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/whisper.cpp to `7849aff7a2e1f4234aa31b01a1870906d5431959` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6367 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `1fe4e38cc20af058ed320bd46cac934991190056` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6368 * chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `d64c8104f090b27b1f99e8da5995ffcfa6b726e2` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6371 ## New Contributors * @jongames made their first contribution in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/6344 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/compare/v3.5.4...v3.6.0