LocalAI vs MiniCPM-V

LocalAI and MiniCPM-V share 24 technologies: OpenAI, FastAPI, uvicorn, Gradio, matplotlib, accelerate, bitsandbytes, einops, flash-attn, sentencepiece, tiktoken, torchvision, vector-quantize-pytorch, torch, transformers, opencv-python, torchaudio, librosa, onnxruntime, peft, sentence-transformers, tokenizers, pillow, and imageio. LocalAI is written in Go and MiniCPM-V 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.

Go50.2kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit efc6f93What is LocalAI built with?

Only in LocalAI

In common

OpenBMB

MiniCPM-V

See, hear, and interact on your local devices.

Python27.1kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 47e1fa7What is MiniCPM-V built with?

Only in MiniCPM-V

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
LocalAI1,389,292 lines written2,979 code files
MiniCPM-V36,999 lines written151 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.
LocalAI3.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
MiniCPM-V1.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Cursor and Codex
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
LocalAILast push November 5, 20269,317 commits50,214 stars
MiniCPM-VLast push October 30, 2026645 commits27,095 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
LocalAI2,911 test files60.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
MiniCPM-V0 test files

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, LocalAI or MiniCPM-V?
LocalAI, with 1,389,292 lines written; MiniCPM-V has 36,999.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93

Which has more GitHub stars, LocalAI or MiniCPM-V?
LocalAI, with 50,214 stars; MiniCPM-V has 27,095.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI on GitHub

Which has more tests, LocalAI or MiniCPM-V?
LocalAI, with 2,911 test files.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's code at commit efc6f93

Which was updated more recently, LocalAI or MiniCPM-V?
LocalAI: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and MiniCPM-V's on October 30, 2026.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, LocalAI or MiniCPM-V?
LocalAI: an AI signed 3.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in MiniCPM-V, 1.1%.

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

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