LocalAI is the free, Open Source OpenAI alternative.
LocalAI act as a drop-in replacement REST API that’s compatible with OpenAI API
specifications for local inferencing. It allows you to run LLMs, generate images,
audio (and not only) locally or on-prem with consumer grade hardware,
supporting multiple model families and architectures.
For proper compatibility, please ensure you are using the openai SDK at version 0.x.
langchain-localai is a 3rd party integration package for LocalAI. It provides a simple way to use LocalAI services in LangChain.
The source code is available on Github
Installation and Setup
We have to install several python packages:
pip install tenacity openai
Embedding models
See a usage example.
from langchain_localai import LocalAIEmbeddings