Refreshingly simple
local chat.

The omni-modal alternative to cloud AI. Automatically optimized for your GPU and NPU. Open source, community driven, and private.

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Chat
What can I do with 128 GB of unified RAM?
Load up models like gpt-oss-120b or Qwen-Coder-Next for advanced tool use.
What should I tune first?
You can increase context size to 64k or more.
Image Generation
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Coding
Build a real-time dashboard that streams GPU metrics over WebSockets
async def stream_gpu_metrics(ws):
    while True:
        stats = await gpu.poll()
        await ws.send_json(stats)
        await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
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Speech
Hello, I am your AI assistant. What can I do for you today?

Quickstart

Built by the community. Optimized by AMD.

Lemonade is a local AI runtime with every capability you need to build great experiences.

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Agile

Automatically deploys the latest models and engines. Extra optimized for Ryzen AI, Radeon, and Strix Halo PCs.

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Portable

Integrate once, deploy the <10 MB binary on any computer running Windows, Linux, or macOS.

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Omni Modal

Standard endpoints for chat, vision, image gen, editing, speech gen, and ASR.

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Free & Private

Open source. No strings attached. No telemetry. Customize and redistribute to your heart's content.

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Works with great apps.

Lemonade is integrated in many apps and works out-of-box with hundreds more thanks to the OpenAI API standard.

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Specs that enable AI workflows.

Everything from install to runtime is optimized for fast setup, broad compatibility, and local-first execution.

memory

Native C++ backend

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One Minute Install

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OpenAI API compatible

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Auto-detects your hardware

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Multi-engine support

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Run many models at once

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Cross-platform support

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Built-in control panel app

One local service for every modality.

Point your app at Lemonade and get chat, vision, image gen, transcription, speech gen, and more with standard APIs.

POST /api/v1/chat/completions
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Always improving.

Track the newest improvements and highlights from the Lemonade release stream.

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Installation Setup