axolotl vs LocalAI

axolotl and LocalAI share 14 technologies: Hugging Face, Gradio, sentencepiece, torch, transformers, peft, accelerate, torchao, datasets, trl, bitsandbytes, einops, tokenizers, and optimum. axolotl is written in Python and LocalAI in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

Only in axolotl

In common

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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 13, 2026, at commit affff71What is LocalAI built with?

Only in LocalAI

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
axolotl396,280 lines written830 code files
LocalAI1,553,487 lines written3,372 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.
axolotl0.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
LocalAI6% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
axolotlLast push November 10, 20262,991 commits12,682 stars
LocalAILast push November 13, 20269,855 commits50,345 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
axolotl815 test files64.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
LocalAI3,400 test files62.5% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, axolotl or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 1,553,487 lines written; axolotl has 396,280.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit affff71

Which has more GitHub stars, axolotl or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 50,345 stars; axolotl has 12,682.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI on GitHub

Which has more tests, axolotl or LocalAI?
LocalAI, with 3,400 test files; axolotl has 815.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit affff71

Which was updated more recently, axolotl or LocalAI?
LocalAI: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and axolotl's on November 10, 2026.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, axolotl or LocalAI?
LocalAI: an AI signed 6% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in axolotl, 0.4%.

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

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