LocalAI vs ai-toolkit

LocalAI and ai-toolkit share 21 technologies: React, SQLite, Hugging Face, FastAPI, uvicorn, Gradio, matplotlib, accelerate, bitsandbytes, einops, sentencepiece, torchao, transformers, opencv-python, librosa, optimum-quanto, peft, safetensors, av, torchcodec, and yaml. LocalAI is written in Go and ai-toolkit in Python.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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

In common

ostris

ai-toolkit

The ultimate training toolkit for finetuning diffusion models

Python12.6kRead on November 10, 2026, at commit 4a7f285What is ai-toolkit built with?

Only in ai-toolkit

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
LocalAI1,517,084 lines written3,281 code files
ai-toolkit204,162 lines written663 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.
LocalAI5.7% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor
ai-toolkit0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Codex, Cursor, and Claude Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
LocalAILast push November 10, 20269,704 commits50,282 stars
ai-toolkitLast push November 10, 20261,578 commits12,609 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
LocalAI3,264 test files61.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
ai-toolkit12 test files4.5% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, LocalAI or ai-toolkit?
LocalAI, with 1,517,084 lines written; ai-toolkit has 204,162.

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

Which has more GitHub stars, LocalAI or ai-toolkit?
LocalAI, with 50,282 stars; ai-toolkit has 12,609.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI on GitHub

Which has more tests, LocalAI or ai-toolkit?
LocalAI, with 3,264 test files; ai-toolkit has 12.

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

Which was updated more recently, LocalAI or ai-toolkit?
Both got their last push on November 10, 2026.

The proof: ostris/ai-toolkit's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, LocalAI or ai-toolkit?
LocalAI: an AI signed 5.7% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor; in ai-toolkit, 0.2%.

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

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