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KoboldCpp

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A 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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Features

  • 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 Containerminimal 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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