I’m currently shopping around for something a bit faster than ollama and because I could not get it to use a different context and output length, which seems to be a known and long ignored issue. Somehow everything I’ve tried so far did miss one or more critical features, like:
“Hot” model replacement, so loading and unloading models on demand
Function calling
Support of most models
OpenAI API compatibility (to work well with Open WebUI)
I’m also aware of LocalAI with automatic model swapping and OpenAI compatible API.
But unless I’m mistaken, they all use ggml behind the scenes? So you might want to look for something that uses vllm or exllama or something if you want a completely different backend.
I would not recommend LocalAI. There documentation is somewhat lacking and it’s an all in one utility with many moving parts. The parts also tend to break, quite often.
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I’m also aware of LocalAI with automatic model swapping and OpenAI compatible API.
But unless I’m mistaken, they all use ggml behind the scenes? So you might want to look for something that uses vllm or exllama or something if you want a completely different backend.
Vllm unfortunately doesn’t support switching the model without a restart.
I would not recommend LocalAI. There documentation is somewhat lacking and it’s an all in one utility with many moving parts. The parts also tend to break, quite often.