LocalAI vs Sana

LocalAI and Sana share 16 technologies: Hugging Face, Gradio, matplotlib, accelerate, bitsandbytes, einops, sentencepiece, torchvision, torch, transformers, diffusers, opencv-python, torchaudio, optimum, peft, and imageio. LocalAI is written in Go and Sana in Python.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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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

In common

NVlabs

Sana

SANA & Sol: Efficient Generative Models and Full-Stack Training & Inference Engines for Image, Video, and World Modeling

Python9.8kRead on November 14, 2026, at commit 27303b8What is Sana built with?

Only in Sana

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
LocalAI1,553,487 lines written3,372 code files
Sana118,674 lines written247 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.
LocalAI6% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
Sana2.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
LocalAILast push November 13, 20269,855 commits50,345 stars
SanaLast push November 14, 2026223 commits9,825 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
LocalAI3,400 test files62.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
Sana9 test files5.7% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, LocalAI or Sana?
LocalAI, with 1,553,487 lines written; Sana has 118,674.

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

Which has more GitHub stars, LocalAI or Sana?
LocalAI, with 50,345 stars; Sana has 9,825.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI on GitHub

Which has more tests, LocalAI or Sana?
LocalAI, with 3,400 test files; Sana has 9.

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

Which was updated more recently, LocalAI or Sana?
Sana: its last push was on November 14, 2026, and LocalAI's on November 13, 2026.

The proof: NVlabs/Sana's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, LocalAI or Sana?
LocalAI: an AI signed 6% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in Sana, 2.2%.

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

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