LocalAI vs qmd

LocalAI and qmd share 11 technologies: SQLite, MCP, Hugging Face, accelerate, sentencepiece, torch, transformers, datasets, peft, trl, and yaml. LocalAI is written in Go and qmd in TypeScript.

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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.

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

Only in LocalAI

In common

tobi

qmd

mini cli search engine for your docs, knowledge bases, meeting notes, whatever. Tracking current sota approaches while being all local

TypeScript30.9kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 86d2365What is qmd built with?

Only in qmd

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
LocalAI1,389,292 lines written2,979 code files
qmd62,234 lines written49 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
qmd27.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Warp, and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
LocalAILast push November 5, 20269,317 commits50,214 stars
qmdLast push October 15, 2026639 commits30,946 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
qmd69 test files42.9% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, LocalAI or qmd?
LocalAI, with 1,389,292 lines written; qmd has 62,234.

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

Which has more GitHub stars, LocalAI or qmd?
LocalAI, with 50,214 stars; qmd has 30,946.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI on GitHub

Which has more tests, LocalAI or qmd?
LocalAI, with 2,911 test files; qmd has 69.

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

Which was updated more recently, LocalAI or qmd?
LocalAI: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and qmd's on October 15, 2026.

The proof: mudler/LocalAI's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, LocalAI or qmd?
qmd: an AI signed 27.2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Warp, and GitHub Copilot; in LocalAI, 3.7%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in tobi/qmd

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