litgpt vs LocalAI

litgpt and LocalAI share 4 technologies: Lightning, safetensors, torch, and tokenizers. litgpt is written in Python and LocalAI in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

Lightning-AI

litgpt

20+ high-performance LLMs with recipes to pretrain, finetune and deploy at scale.

Python13.7kRead on November 9, 2026, at commit 4738993What is litgpt built with?

Only in litgpt

In common

mudler

LocalAI

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

Go50.3kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit 638bb56What is LocalAI built with?

Only in LocalAI

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
litgpt33,622 lines written64 code files
LocalAI1,517,084 lines written3,281 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
litgpt0.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
LocalAI5.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
litgptLast push November 1, 20261,499 commits13,746 stars
LocalAILast push November 10, 20269,704 commits50,282 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
litgpt57 test files57.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
LocalAI3,264 test files61.8% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, litgpt or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 1,517,084 lines written; litgpt has 33,622.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit 638bb56

Which has more GitHub stars, litgpt or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 50,282 stars; litgpt has 13,746.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI on GitHub

Which has more tests, litgpt or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 3,264 test files; litgpt has 57.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit 638bb56

Which was updated more recently, litgpt or LocalAI?
LocalAI: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and litgpt's on November 1, 2026.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, litgpt or LocalAI?
LocalAI: an AI signed 5.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in litgpt, 0.3%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in mudler/LocalAI

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