KoboldCpp
★ 11.4kA self-hosted alternative to Chatgpt
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · Binary · SourceNo external DB116+ active committers (12mo)
About
KoboldCpp is a self-contained local AI inference application built around llama.cpp for running GGML and GGUF models. It is aimed at users who want an easy way to launch text-generation and...
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No ratings yetFeatures
- single-file executable
- CPU or GPU inference
- LLM text generation
- image generation and editing
- video generation
- speech-to-text
- text-to-speech
- music generation
- image recognition
- MCP server support and tool calling
Details
- Last Updated
- Aug 7, 2026
- Created
- Mar 16, 2023
- Install Methods
- dockerbinarysource
- Requirements
- GGUF modelsNvidia GPU (for CUDA support)AMD GPUX11 (for the Linux GUI script)curlbzip2conda
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- native-exportfile-backup
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (1 volume)
examples/docker-reference/docker-compose.yml · @ bf9b9bd · scanned Aug 7, 2026
version: "3.2"
services:
koboldcpp:
container_name: koboldcpp
image: koboldai/koboldcpp:latest
security_opt:
- apparmor:unconfined # AppArmor breaks sockets, don't worry everything is securely confined within docker
volumes:
- ./kcpp-data:/workspace/:rw
# devices: # Uncomment this section to add support for AMD/Intel GPU's
# - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
deploy: # You can remove this section if you do not wish to use an Nvidia GPU
resources:
reservations:
devices:
- driver: nvidia
device_ids: ['0']
capabilities: [gpu]
environment:
- KCPP_DONT_UPDATE=false
# ...
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