Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/mlfoundations/open_clip/vs/mudler/LocalAI
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/mlfoundations/open_clip/vs/mudler/LocalAI.md
Description: open_clip and LocalAI share 6 technologies: Hugging Face, torch, safetensors, torchvision, transformers, and tiktoken. open_clip is written in Python and LocalAI in Go.

# open_clip vs LocalAI

open_clip and LocalAI share 6 technologies: Hugging Face, torch, safetensors, torchvision, transformers, and tiktoken. open_clip is written in Python and LocalAI in Go.

- [mlfoundations/open_clip](https://seerepo.com/r/mlfoundations/open_clip): An open source implementation of CLIP.
- [mudler/LocalAI](https://seerepo.com/r/mudler/LocalAI): LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Hugging Face, torch, safetensors, torchvision, transformers, tiktoken
- Only in open_clip: webdataset, timm
- Only in LocalAI: React, net/http, Echo, pyarrow, s3, NATS.io, Postgres, github.com/glebarez/sqlite, SQLite, MCP, OpenAI, anyio, FastAPI, Lightning, uvicorn, Tokio, react-router-dom, Vite, Gradio, matplotlib, gorm.io/gorm, github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2, github.com/nats-io/nkeys, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3, accelerate, bitsandbytes, conformer, coqui-tts, einops, flash-attn, llama-cpp-python, llvmlite, Model Context Protocol, ModelScope, ONNX, onnxruntime-gpu, openai-go, phonemizer, s3tokenizer, scikit-image, sentencepiece, spacy-pkuseg, torchao, vector-quantize-pytorch, diffusers, mlx, opencv-python, insightface, mlx-lm, torchaudio, vLLM, librosa, onnxruntime, sglang, datasets, faster-whisper, funasr, kokoro, mlx-audio, optimum, peft, QWen, rerankers, sentence-transformers, tokenizers, trl, whisperx, av, sox, torchcodec, github.com/go-audio/wav, pillow, github.com/charmbracelet/glamour, github.com/dhowden/tag, github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday, golang.org/x/image, imageio, imageio-ffmpeg, jinja2, loguru, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, OpenTelemetry, Docker, tracing, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, Prometheus, tracing-subscriber, fontsource-variable, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, yaml, dompurify, highlight.js, marked

## Side by side

| | open_clip | LocalAI |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 43,646 lines written, 75 code files | 1,389,292 lines written, 2,979 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Codex | 3.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 779 commits, 14,247 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 9,317 commits, 50,214 stars |
| Tests | 57 test files. 68% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,911 test files. 60.8% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, open_clip or LocalAI?

LocalAI, with 1,389,292 lines written; open_clip has 43,646.

The proof: [mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/efc6f9373ffd35c87cf45e334cdbf7f5f19076f6)

### Which has more GitHub stars, open_clip or LocalAI?

LocalAI, with 50,214 stars; open_clip has 14,247.

The proof: [mudler/LocalAI on GitHub](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI)

### Which has more tests, open_clip or LocalAI?

LocalAI, with 2,911 test files; open_clip has 57.

The proof: [mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/efc6f9373ffd35c87cf45e334cdbf7f5f19076f6)

### Which was updated more recently, open_clip or LocalAI?

open_clip: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and LocalAI's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [mlfoundations/open_clip's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, open_clip or LocalAI?

LocalAI: an AI signed 3.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in open_clip, 2.3%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in mudler/LocalAI](https://seerepo.com/r/mudler/LocalAI/ai)

## Sources

- mlfoundations/open_clip: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit f9a0948 (https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip/tree/f9a0948d573009f8fa3e530e55814cb11fb8e8bd)
- mudler/LocalAI: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit efc6f93 (https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/efc6f9373ffd35c87cf45e334cdbf7f5f19076f6)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.