chore(model gallery): 🤖 add 1 new models via gallery agent (#10505)

chore(model gallery): 🤖 add new models via gallery agent

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Co-authored-by: mudler <2420543+mudler@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/backend-matrix.yml

@@ -4974,6 +4974,12 @@ includeDarwin:
   - backend: "kitten-tts"
     tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-kitten-tts"
     build-type: "mps"
+  - backend: "trl"
+    tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-trl"
+    build-type: "mps"
+  - backend: "liquid-audio"
+    tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-liquid-audio"
+    build-type: "mps"
   - backend: "piper"
     tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-piper"
     build-type: "metal"
@@ -4990,6 +4996,10 @@ includeDarwin:
     tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-sherpa-onnx"
     build-type: "metal"
     lang: "go"
+  - backend: "supertonic"
+    tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-supertonic"
+    build-type: "metal"
+    lang: "go"
   - backend: "local-store"
     tag-suffix: "-metal-darwin-arm64-local-store"
     build-type: "metal"

backend/cpp/ik-llama-cpp/Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-IK_LLAMA_VERSION?=7ccf1d209588962b96eacca325b37e9b3e8faf5e
+IK_LLAMA_VERSION?=d5507e33ae7ee2b7b41475f08044d3bde3b839ee
 LLAMA_REPO?=https://github.com/ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp
 
 CMAKE_ARGS?=

backend/cpp/llama-cpp/Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-LLAMA_VERSION?=be4a6a63eb2b848e19c277bdcf2bd399e8af76d9
+LLAMA_VERSION?=8be759e6f70d629638a7eb70db3824cbdcea370b
 LLAMA_REPO?=https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
 
 CMAKE_ARGS?=

backend/cpp/llama-cpp/grpc-server.cpp

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "backend.pb.h"
 #include "backend.grpc.pb.h"
 #include "common.h"
+#include "arg.h"
 #include "chat-auto-parser.h"
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <grpcpp/ext/proto_server_reflection_plugin.h>
@@ -592,6 +593,10 @@ static void params_parse(server_context& /*ctx_server*/, const backend::ModelOpt
     params.checkpoint_min_step = 256;
 #endif
 
+    // Raw upstream llama-server flags collected from any option entry that
+    // starts with '-'. Applied once after the loop via common_params_parse.
+    std::vector<std::string> extra_argv;
+
      // decode options. Options are in form optname:optvale, or if booleans only optname.
     for (int i = 0; i < request->options_size(); i++) {
         std::string opt = request->options(i);
@@ -1080,6 +1085,31 @@ static void params_parse(server_context& /*ctx_server*/, const backend::ModelOpt
                 } catch (...) {}
             }
 
+        // --- main model MoE on CPU (upstream --cpu-moe / --n-cpu-moe) ---
+        } else if (!strcmp(optname, "cpu_moe")) {
+            // Bool-style flag: keep all MoE expert weights on CPU.
+            const bool enable = (optval == NULL) ||
+                optval_str == "true" || optval_str == "1" || optval_str == "yes" ||
+                optval_str == "on" || optval_str == "enabled";
+            if (enable) {
+                params.tensor_buft_overrides.push_back(llm_ffn_exps_cpu_override());
+            }
+        } else if (!strcmp(optname, "n_cpu_moe")) {
+            if (optval != NULL) {
+                try {
+                    int n = std::stoi(optval_str);
+                    if (n < 0) n = 0;
+                    // Keep override-name storage alive for the lifetime of the
+                    // params struct (mirrors upstream arg.cpp's function-local static).
+                    static std::list<std::string> buft_overrides_main;
+                    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+                        buft_overrides_main.push_back(llm_ffn_exps_block_regex(i));
+                        params.tensor_buft_overrides.push_back(
+                            {buft_overrides_main.back().c_str(), ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_type()});
+                    }
+                } catch (...) {}
+            }
+
         // --- draft model tensor buffer overrides (upstream --spec-draft-override-tensor) ---
         } else if (!strcmp(optname, "draft_override_tensor") || !strcmp(optname, "spec_draft_override_tensor")) {
             // Format: <tensor regex>=<buffer type>,<tensor regex>=<buffer type>,...
@@ -1111,6 +1141,30 @@ static void params_parse(server_context& /*ctx_server*/, const backend::ModelOpt
                 else { cur.push_back(c); }
             }
             if (!cur.empty()) flush(cur);
+
+        // --- generic passthrough: any entry starting with '-' is a raw
+        //     upstream llama-server flag, forwarded verbatim to the parser. ---
+        } else if (optname[0] == '-') {
+            std::string flag = optname;
+            // These flags make upstream's parser exit() (printing usage /
+            // completion), which would kill the backend process. Skip them.
+            if (flag == "-h" || flag == "--help" || flag == "--usage" ||
+                flag == "--version" || flag == "--license" ||
+                flag == "--list-devices" || flag == "-cl" ||
+                flag == "--cache-list" ||
+                flag.rfind("--completion", 0) == 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr,
+                    "[llama-cpp] ignoring passthrough flag that would exit: %s\n",
+                    flag.c_str());
+            } else {
+                extra_argv.push_back(flag);
+                // Preserve the whole value after the first ':' so embedded
+                // colons (e.g. host:port) survive strtok's truncation of optval.
+                auto colon = opt.find(':');
+                if (colon != std::string::npos) {
+                    extra_argv.push_back(opt.substr(colon + 1));
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -1146,27 +1200,6 @@ static void params_parse(server_context& /*ctx_server*/, const backend::ModelOpt
         }
     }
 
-    if (!params.kv_overrides.empty()) {
-        params.kv_overrides.emplace_back();
-        params.kv_overrides.back().key[0] = 0;
-    }
-
-    // tensor_buft_overrides sentinel termination (mirrors upstream common/arg.cpp).
-    // Real entries are pushed during option parsing; here we pad/terminate so the
-    // model loader sees back().pattern == nullptr (GGML_ASSERT at common.cpp:1543)
-    // and so llama_params_fit has the placeholder slots it requires.
-    {
-        const size_t ntbo = llama_max_tensor_buft_overrides();
-        while (params.tensor_buft_overrides.size() < ntbo) {
-            params.tensor_buft_overrides.push_back({nullptr, nullptr});
-        }
-    }
-    // Terminate the draft tensor_buft_overrides list with a sentinel, mirroring
-    // the main-model handling above.
-    if (!params.speculative.draft.tensor_buft_overrides.empty()) {
-        params.speculative.draft.tensor_buft_overrides.push_back({nullptr, nullptr});
-    }
-
     // TODO: Add yarn
 
     if (!request->tensorsplit().empty()) {
@@ -1259,6 +1292,69 @@ static void params_parse(server_context& /*ctx_server*/, const backend::ModelOpt
             params.sampling.grammar_triggers.push_back(std::move(trigger));
         }
     }
+
+    // Apply any raw upstream flags last so an explicit passthrough flag wins
+    // over the LocalAI-resolved field it maps to (e.g. --ctx-size beats
+    // context_size). This is the same parser llama-server itself uses.
+    if (!extra_argv.empty()) {
+        // common_params_parser_init resets a few fields for the SERVER example
+        // (n_parallel -> -1, use_color). Snapshot n_parallel so an unrelated
+        // passthrough flag can't silently clobber LocalAI's resolved value.
+        const int saved_n_parallel = params.n_parallel;
+
+        std::vector<char *> argv;
+        std::string prog = "llama-server";
+        argv.push_back(prog.data());
+        for (auto & a : extra_argv) {
+            argv.push_back(a.data());
+        }
+
+        // ctx_arg.params is a reference, so this overlays the given flags onto
+        // `params` in place. Returns false on a recoverable parse error (and
+        // self-restores params); may exit() on a hard error, exactly as
+        // passing the same bad flag to llama-server would.
+        if (!common_params_parse((int)argv.size(), argv.data(), params,
+                                 LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER)) {
+            fprintf(stderr,
+                "[llama-cpp] failed to parse passthrough options; ignoring them\n");
+        }
+
+        // Restore n_parallel unless a passthrough flag explicitly set it
+        // (parser_init's reset sentinel for SERVER is -1).
+        if (params.n_parallel == -1) {
+            params.n_parallel = saved_n_parallel;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Terminate/pad the override vectors only after BOTH the named-option loop
+    // and the generic passthrough (common_params_parse above) have pushed their
+    // real entries, so back() is the null sentinel the model loader asserts on.
+    // Running these before the passthrough let a passthrough flag (--cpu-moe,
+    // --override-tensor, --override-kv, ...) append a real entry after the
+    // sentinel: a GGML_ASSERT crash for tensor_buft_overrides, a silent drop for
+    // kv_overrides. Double-termination is harmless (the while is a no-op if the
+    // passthrough parse already padded; an extra trailing null is ignored).
+
+    if (!params.kv_overrides.empty()) {
+        params.kv_overrides.emplace_back();
+        params.kv_overrides.back().key[0] = 0;
+    }
+
+    // tensor_buft_overrides sentinel termination (mirrors upstream common/arg.cpp).
+    // Real entries are pushed during option parsing; here we pad/terminate so the
+    // model loader sees back().pattern == nullptr (GGML_ASSERT at common.cpp:1543)
+    // and so llama_params_fit has the placeholder slots it requires.
+    {
+        const size_t ntbo = llama_max_tensor_buft_overrides();
+        while (params.tensor_buft_overrides.size() < ntbo) {
+            params.tensor_buft_overrides.push_back({nullptr, nullptr});
+        }
+    }
+    // Terminate the draft tensor_buft_overrides list with a sentinel, mirroring
+    // the main-model handling above.
+    if (!params.speculative.draft.tensor_buft_overrides.empty()) {
+        params.speculative.draft.tensor_buft_overrides.push_back({nullptr, nullptr});
+    }
 }
 
 

backend/go/acestep-cpp/Makefile

@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ libgoacestepcpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/goacestepcpp.cpp cpp/goacestepcpp.h
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) --target goacestepcpp && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgoacestepcpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgoacestepcpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgoacestepcpp.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 test: acestep-cpp
 	@echo "Running acestep-cpp tests..."

backend/go/acestep-cpp/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -22,8 +23,12 @@ func main() {
 	// Get library name from environment variable, default to fallback
 	libName := os.Getenv("ACESTEP_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libgoacestepcpp-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libgoacestepcpp-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	gosd, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/acestep-cpp/package.sh

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
 cp -avf $CURDIR/acestep-cpp $CURDIR/package/
 cp -fv $CURDIR/libgoacestepcpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgoacestepcpp-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries

backend/go/acestep-cpp/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,19 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoacestepcpp-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single library variant (Metal or Accelerate). The goacestepcpp
+	# target is built as a CMake MODULE, which emits a .dylib for a SHARED
+	# build but a .so for a MODULE build on Apple, so prefer .dylib and fall
+	# back to .so.
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoacestepcpp-fallback.dylib"
+	if [ ! -e "$LIBRARY" ]; then
+		LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoacestepcpp-fallback.so"
+	fi
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoacestepcpp-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libgoacestepcpp-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +46,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoacestepcpp-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export ACESTEP_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/go/ced/Makefile

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ libced.so: sources/ced.cpp
 	cmake -B sources/ced.cpp/build-shared -S sources/ced.cpp $(CMAKE_ARGS)
 	cmake --build sources/ced.cpp/build-shared --config Release -j$(JOBS)
 	cp -fv sources/ced.cpp/build-shared/libced.so* ./ 2>/dev/null || true
+	cp -fv sources/ced.cpp/build-shared/libced.dylib ./ 2>/dev/null || true
 	cp -fv sources/ced.cpp/include/ced_capi.h ./
 
 ced-grpc: libced.so main.go goced.go

backend/go/ced/main.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -27,8 +28,12 @@ type libFunc struct {
 func main() {
 	libName := os.Getenv("CED_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "libced.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "libced.so"
 		}
+	}
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("ced: dlopen %q: %w", libName, err))

backend/go/ced/package.sh

@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ mkdir -p "$CURDIR/package/lib"
 cp -avf "$CURDIR/ced-grpc" "$CURDIR/package/"
 cp -avf "$CURDIR/run.sh" "$CURDIR/package/"
 
-cp -avf "$CURDIR"/libced.so* "$CURDIR/package/lib/" 2>/dev/null || {
+cp -avf "$CURDIR"/libced.so* "$CURDIR/package/lib/" 2>/dev/null || true
-	echo "ERROR: libced.so not found in $CURDIR, run 'make' first" >&2
+cp -avf "$CURDIR"/libced.dylib "$CURDIR/package/lib/" 2>/dev/null || true
+if ! ls "$CURDIR"/package/lib/libced.* >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	echo "ERROR: libced shared library not found in $CURDIR, run 'make' first" >&2
 	exit 1
-}
+fi
 
 if [ -f "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" ]; then
     echo "Detected x86_64 architecture, copying x86_64 libraries..."

backend/go/ced/run.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ set -e
 
 CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CURDIR/lib:$CURDIR:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CURDIR/lib:$CURDIR:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+	export CED_LIBRARY="$CURDIR/lib/libced.dylib"
+else
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CURDIR/lib:$CURDIR:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+fi
 
 # If a self-contained ld.so was packaged, route through it so the packaged
 # libc / libstdc++ are used instead of the host's (matches the sibling backends).

backend/go/crispasr/Makefile

@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgocrispasr-avx.so libgocrispasr-avx2.so libgocrispasr-avx512.so libgocrispasr-fallback.so
 else
-	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgocrispasr-fallback.so
+	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant (as a dylib)
+	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgocrispasr-fallback.dylib
 endif
 
 crispasr: main.go gocrispasr.go $(VARIANT_TARGETS)
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ package: crispasr
 build: package
 
 clean: purge
-	rm -rf libgocrispasr*.so package sources/CrispASR crispasr
+	rm -rf libgocrispasr*.so libgocrispasr*.dylib package sources/CrispASR crispasr
 
 purge:
 	rm -rf build*
@@ -118,13 +119,21 @@ libgocrispasr-fallback.so: sources/CrispASR
 	SO_TARGET=libgocrispasr-fallback.so CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgocrispasr-custom
 	rm -rfv build*
 
+# Build fallback variant as a dylib (Darwin)
+libgocrispasr-fallback.dylib: sources/CrispASR
+	$(MAKE) purge
+	$(info ${GREEN}I crispasr build info:fallback (dylib)${RESET})
+	SO_TARGET=libgocrispasr-fallback.dylib CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgocrispasr-custom
+	rm -rfv build*
+
 libgocrispasr-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/crispasr_shim.cpp cpp/crispasr_shim.h
 	mkdir -p build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
 	cd build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgocrispasr.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgocrispasr.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgocrispasr.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 test: crispasr
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOCMD) test -v ./...

backend/go/crispasr/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -21,8 +22,12 @@ type LibFuncs struct {
 func main() {
 	libName := os.Getenv("CRISPASR_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libgocrispasr-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libgocrispasr-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/crispasr/package.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
 cp -avf $CURDIR/crispasr $CURDIR/package/
-cp -fv $CURDIR/libgocrispasr-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgocrispasr-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgocrispasr-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries

backend/go/crispasr/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgocrispasr-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgocrispasr-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgocrispasr-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libgocrispasr-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgocrispasr-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export CRISPASR_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # Point piper's espeak-ng phonemizer at the bundled voice data. The variable

backend/go/depth-anything-cpp/Makefile

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	VARIANT_TARGETS = libdepthanythingcpp-avx.so libdepthanythingcpp-avx2.so libdepthanythingcpp-avx512.so libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.so
 else
 	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant
-	VARIANT_TARGETS = libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.so
+	VARIANT_TARGETS = libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.dylib
 endif
 
 depth-anything-cpp: main.go godepthanythingcpp.go $(VARIANT_TARGETS)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ package: depth-anything-cpp
 build: package
 
 clean: purge
-	rm -rf libdepthanythingcpp*.so depth-anything-cpp package sources
+	rm -rf libdepthanythingcpp*.so libdepthanythingcpp*.dylib depth-anything-cpp package sources
 
 purge:
 	rm -rf build*
@@ -116,11 +116,19 @@ libdepthanythingcpp-avx512.so: sources/depth-anything.cpp
 endif
 
 # Build fallback variant (all platforms)
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.dylib: sources/depth-anything.cpp
+	rm -rfv build-$@
+	$(info ${GREEN}I depth-anything-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
+	SO_TARGET=$@ CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libdepthanythingcpp-custom
+	rm -rfv build-$@
+else
 libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.so: sources/depth-anything.cpp
 	rm -rfv build-$@
 	$(info ${GREEN}I depth-anything-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
 	SO_TARGET=$@ CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libdepthanythingcpp-custom
 	rm -rfv build-$@
+endif
 
 libdepthanythingcpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt
 	mkdir -p build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
@@ -128,7 +136,8 @@ libdepthanythingcpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libdepthanything.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libdepthanything.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libdepthanything.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 all: depth-anything-cpp package
 

backend/go/depth-anything-cpp/main.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -27,8 +28,12 @@ func main() {
 	// Get library name from environment variable, default to fallback
 	libName := os.Getenv("DEPTHANYTHING_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/depth-anything-cpp/package.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 # Create lib directory
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
-cp -avf $CURDIR/libdepthanythingcpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libdepthanythingcpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libdepthanythingcpp-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -avf $CURDIR/depth-anything-cpp $CURDIR/package/
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 

backend/go/depth-anything-cpp/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libdepthanythingcpp-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libdepthanythingcpp-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libdepthanythingcpp-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export DEPTHANYTHING_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/go/localvqe/Makefile

@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ $(LIB_SENTINEL): sources/LocalVQE
 	# that the loader picks at runtime. We must build every target — the
 	# default `--target localvqe_shared` drops these. CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
 	# routes all of them into build/bin; copy them out next to the binary.
-	cp -P build/bin/liblocalvqe.so* . 2>/dev/null || cp -P build/liblocalvqe.so* .
+	cp -P build/bin/liblocalvqe.so* . 2>/dev/null || cp -P build/bin/liblocalvqe.dylib . 2>/dev/null || cp -P build/liblocalvqe.so* . 2>/dev/null || cp -P build/liblocalvqe.dylib .
 	cp -P build/bin/libggml*.so* . 2>/dev/null || true
+	cp -P build/bin/libggml*.dylib . 2>/dev/null || true
 	touch $(LIB_SENTINEL)
 
 liblocalvqe.so: $(LIB_SENTINEL)

backend/go/localvqe/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -21,8 +22,12 @@ type LibFuncs struct {
 func main() {
 	libName := os.Getenv("LOCALVQE_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./liblocalvqe.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./liblocalvqe.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/localvqe/package.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ cp -avf $CURDIR/localvqe $CURDIR/package/
 # liblocalvqe.so* (with SOVERSION symlinks) and the libggml-*.so runtime
 # variants — LocalVQE picks the matching CPU variant at load time.
 cp -P $CURDIR/liblocalvqe.so* $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -P $CURDIR/liblocalvqe.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -P $CURDIR/libggml*.so* $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -P $CURDIR/libggml*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries

backend/go/localvqe/run.sh

@@ -10,8 +10,19 @@ CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath $0)")
 # exec'ing the binary.
 cd "$CURDIR"
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR:$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
-export LOCALVQE_LIBRARY=$CURDIR/liblocalvqe.so
+	# macOS: LocalVQE is built as a SHARED library, so dyld needs the .dylib +
+	# DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. Prefer .dylib and fall back to .so just in case.
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR:$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	LOCALVQE_LIBRARY=$CURDIR/liblocalvqe.dylib
+	if [ ! -e "$LOCALVQE_LIBRARY" ]; then
+		LOCALVQE_LIBRARY=$CURDIR/liblocalvqe.so
+	fi
+	export LOCALVQE_LIBRARY
+else
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR:$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	export LOCALVQE_LIBRARY=$CURDIR/liblocalvqe.so
+fi
 
 if [ -f $CURDIR/lib/ld.so ]; then
 	echo "Using lib/ld.so"

backend/go/locate-anything-cpp/Makefile

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	VARIANT_TARGETS = liblocateanythingcpp-avx.so liblocateanythingcpp-avx2.so liblocateanythingcpp-avx512.so liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.so
 else
 	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant
-	VARIANT_TARGETS = liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.so
+	VARIANT_TARGETS = liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.dylib
 endif
 
 locate-anything-cpp: main.go golocateanythingcpp.go $(VARIANT_TARGETS)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ package: locate-anything-cpp
 build: package
 
 clean: purge
-	rm -rf liblocateanythingcpp*.so locate-anything-cpp package sources
+	rm -rf liblocateanythingcpp*.so liblocateanythingcpp*.dylib locate-anything-cpp package sources
 
 purge:
 	rm -rf build*
@@ -109,11 +109,19 @@ liblocateanythingcpp-avx512.so: sources/locate-anything.cpp
 endif
 
 # Build fallback variant (all platforms)
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.dylib: sources/locate-anything.cpp
+	rm -rfv build-$@
+	$(info ${GREEN}I locate-anything-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
+	SO_TARGET=$@ CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) liblocateanythingcpp-custom
+	rm -rfv build-$@
+else
 liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.so: sources/locate-anything.cpp
 	rm -rfv build-$@
 	$(info ${GREEN}I locate-anything-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
 	SO_TARGET=$@ CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) liblocateanythingcpp-custom
 	rm -rfv build-$@
+endif
 
 liblocateanythingcpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt
 	mkdir -p build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
@@ -121,7 +129,8 @@ liblocateanythingcpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/liblocateanythingcpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/liblocateanythingcpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/liblocateanythingcpp.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 all: locate-anything-cpp package
 

backend/go/locate-anything-cpp/main.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -27,8 +28,12 @@ func main() {
 	// Get library name from environment variable, default to fallback
 	libName := os.Getenv("LOCATEANYTHING_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/locate-anything-cpp/package.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 # Create lib directory
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
-cp -avf $CURDIR/liblocateanythingcpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/liblocateanythingcpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/liblocateanythingcpp-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -avf $CURDIR/locate-anything-cpp $CURDIR/package/
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 

backend/go/locate-anything-cpp/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/liblocateanythingcpp-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/liblocateanythingcpp-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/liblocateanythingcpp-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export LOCATEANYTHING_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/go/omnivoice-cpp/Makefile

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ JOBS?=$(shell nproc --ignore=1)
 
 # omnivoice.cpp version
 OMNIVOICE_REPO?=https://github.com/ServeurpersoCom/omnivoice.cpp
-OMNIVOICE_VERSION?=96d30169afd5e6bb3fd6a0e9be0eb505bfe81fcd
+OMNIVOICE_VERSION?=0f37401bebe9b20c0160a888e592108fc1d17607
 SO_TARGET?=libgomnivoicecpp.so
 
 CMAKE_ARGS+=-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgomnivoicecpp-avx.so libgomnivoicecpp-avx2.so libgomnivoicecpp-avx512.so libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.so
 else
-	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.so
+	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant (as a dylib)
+	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.dylib
 endif
 
 omnivoice-cpp: main.go gomnivoicecpp.go $(VARIANT_TARGETS)
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ package: omnivoice-cpp
 build: package
 
 clean: purge
-	rm -rf libgomnivoicecpp*.so package sources/omnivoice.cpp omnivoice-cpp
+	rm -rf libgomnivoicecpp*.so libgomnivoicecpp*.dylib package sources/omnivoice.cpp omnivoice-cpp
 
 purge:
 	rm -rf build*
@@ -106,13 +107,20 @@ libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.so: sources/omnivoice.cpp
 	SO_TARGET=libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.so CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgomnivoicecpp-custom
 	rm -rf build-libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.so
 
+# Build fallback variant as a dylib (Darwin)
+libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.dylib: sources/omnivoice.cpp
+	$(info ${GREEN}I omnivoice-cpp build info:fallback (dylib)${RESET})
+	SO_TARGET=libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.dylib CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgomnivoicecpp-custom
+	rm -rf build-libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.dylib
+
 libgomnivoicecpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/gomnivoicecpp.cpp cpp/gomnivoicecpp.h
 	mkdir -p build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
 	cd build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) --target gomnivoicecpp && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgomnivoicecpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgomnivoicecpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgomnivoicecpp.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 test: omnivoice-cpp
 	@echo "Running omnivoice-cpp tests..."

backend/go/omnivoice-cpp/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -21,8 +22,12 @@ type LibFuncs struct {
 func main() {
 	libName := os.Getenv("OMNIVOICE_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/omnivoice-cpp/package.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
 cp -avf $CURDIR/omnivoice-cpp $CURDIR/package/
-cp -fv $CURDIR/libgomnivoicecpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgomnivoicecpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgomnivoicecpp-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries

backend/go/omnivoice-cpp/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgomnivoicecpp-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libgomnivoicecpp-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgomnivoicecpp-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export OMNIVOICE_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/go/parakeet-cpp/Makefile

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ libparakeet.so: sources/parakeet.cpp
 	cmake -B sources/parakeet.cpp/build-shared -S sources/parakeet.cpp $(CMAKE_ARGS)
 	cmake --build sources/parakeet.cpp/build-shared --config Release -j$(JOBS)
 	cp -fv sources/parakeet.cpp/build-shared/libparakeet.so* ./ 2>/dev/null || true
+	cp -fv sources/parakeet.cpp/build-shared/libparakeet.dylib ./ 2>/dev/null || true
 	cp -fv sources/parakeet.cpp/include/parakeet_capi.h ./
 
 parakeet-cpp-grpc: libparakeet.so main.go goparakeetcpp.go

backend/go/parakeet-cpp/main.go

@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@ package main
 
 // Started internally by LocalAI - one gRPC server per loaded model.
 //
-// Loads libparakeet.so via purego and registers the flat C-API entry
+// Loads the parakeet shared library via purego and registers the flat
-// points declared in parakeet_capi.h. The library name can be overridden
+// C-API entry points declared in parakeet_capi.h. The library name can be
-// with PARAKEET_LIBRARY (mirrors the WHISPER_LIBRARY / VIBEVOICECPP_LIBRARY
+// overridden with PARAKEET_LIBRARY (mirrors the WHISPER_LIBRARY /
-// convention in the sibling backends); the default looks for the .so next
+// VIBEVOICECPP_LIBRARY convention in the sibling backends); the default
-// to this binary.
+// looks next to this binary for libparakeet.so on Linux and
+// libparakeet.dylib on macOS.
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -28,8 +30,12 @@ type LibFuncs struct {
 func main() {
 	libName := os.Getenv("PARAKEET_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "libparakeet.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "libparakeet.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/parakeet-cpp/package.sh

@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ mkdir -p "$CURDIR/package/lib"
 cp -avf "$CURDIR/parakeet-cpp-grpc" "$CURDIR/package/"
 cp -avf "$CURDIR/run.sh" "$CURDIR/package/"
 
-# libparakeet.so + any soname symlinks (libparakeet.so.X[.Y]). purego.Dlopen
+# libparakeet shared lib + any soname symlinks. On Linux this is
-# resolves it via LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which run.sh points at lib/.
+# libparakeet.so[.X.Y]; on macOS it is libparakeet.dylib. purego.Dlopen
-cp -avf "$CURDIR"/libparakeet.so* "$CURDIR/package/lib/" 2>/dev/null || {
+# resolves it via the *_LIBRARY_PATH that run.sh points at lib/.
-	echo "ERROR: libparakeet.so not found in $CURDIR, run 'make' first" >&2
+cp -avf "$CURDIR"/libparakeet.so* "$CURDIR/package/lib/" 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -avf "$CURDIR"/libparakeet.dylib "$CURDIR/package/lib/" 2>/dev/null || true
+if ! ls "$CURDIR"/package/lib/libparakeet.* >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	echo "ERROR: libparakeet shared library not found in $CURDIR, run 'make' first" >&2
 	exit 1
-}
+fi
 
 # Detect architecture and copy the core runtime libs libparakeet.so links
 # against, plus the matching dynamic loader as lib/ld.so.
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ elif [ -f "/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1" ]; then
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 "$CURDIR/package/lib/librt.so.1"
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 "$CURDIR/package/lib/libpthread.so.0"
 elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
-    echo "Detected Darwin"
+    echo "Detected Darwin — system frameworks linked dynamically, no bundled libs needed"
 else
     echo "Error: Could not detect architecture"
     exit 1

backend/go/parakeet-cpp/run.sh

@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@ set -e
 
 CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CURDIR/lib:$CURDIR:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CURDIR/lib:$CURDIR:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+	export PARAKEET_LIBRARY="$CURDIR/lib/libparakeet.dylib"
+else
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CURDIR/lib:$CURDIR:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+	export PARAKEET_LIBRARY="$CURDIR/lib/libparakeet.so"
+fi
 
 # If a self-contained ld.so was packaged, route through it so the
 # packaged libc / libstdc++ are used instead of the host's (matches the
-# whisper backend's runtime layout).
+# whisper backend's runtime layout). Linux only.
 if [ -f "$CURDIR/lib/ld.so" ]; then
 	echo "Using lib/ld.so"
 	exec "$CURDIR/lib/ld.so" "$CURDIR/parakeet-cpp-grpc" "$@"

backend/go/qwen3-tts-cpp/Makefile

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ JOBS?=$(shell nproc --ignore=1)
 
 # qwentts.cpp version
 QWEN3TTS_REPO?=https://github.com/ServeurpersoCom/qwentts.cpp
-QWEN3TTS_CPP_VERSION?=4536dcdce27c3764a93a06d6bf64026b124962f5
+QWEN3TTS_CPP_VERSION?=9dbe7ea26a01b30fccb117ae5e86807c1dc23d42
 SO_TARGET?=libgoqwen3ttscpp.so
 
 CMAKE_ARGS+=-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgoqwen3ttscpp-avx.so libgoqwen3ttscpp-avx2.so libgoqwen3ttscpp-avx512.so libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.so
 else
-	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant
+	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant (as a dylib)
-	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.so
+	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.dylib
 endif
 
 qwen3-tts-cpp: main.go goqwen3ttscpp.go $(VARIANT_TARGETS)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ package: qwen3-tts-cpp
 build: package
 
 clean: purge
-	rm -rf libgoqwen3ttscpp*.so package sources/qwentts.cpp qwen3-tts-cpp
+	rm -rf libgoqwen3ttscpp*.so libgoqwen3ttscpp*.dylib package sources/qwentts.cpp qwen3-tts-cpp
 
 purge:
 	rm -rf build*
@@ -110,13 +110,20 @@ libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.so: sources/qwentts.cpp
 	SO_TARGET=libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.so CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgoqwen3ttscpp-custom
 	rm -rf build-libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.so
 
+# Build fallback variant as a dylib (Darwin)
+libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.dylib: sources/qwentts.cpp
+	$(info ${GREEN}I qwen3-tts-cpp build info:fallback (dylib)${RESET})
+	SO_TARGET=libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.dylib CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgoqwen3ttscpp-custom
+	rm -rf build-libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.dylib
+
 libgoqwen3ttscpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/goqwen3ttscpp.cpp cpp/goqwen3ttscpp.h
 	mkdir -p build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
 	cd build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) --target goqwen3ttscpp && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgoqwen3ttscpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgoqwen3ttscpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgoqwen3ttscpp.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 test: qwen3-tts-cpp
 	@echo "Running qwen3-tts-cpp tests..."

backend/go/qwen3-tts-cpp/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -21,8 +22,12 @@ type LibFuncs struct {
 func main() {
 	libName := os.Getenv("QWEN3TTS_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/qwen3-tts-cpp/package.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
 cp -avf $CURDIR/qwen3-tts-cpp $CURDIR/package/
-cp -fv $CURDIR/libgoqwen3ttscpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgoqwen3ttscpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgoqwen3ttscpp-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries

backend/go/qwen3-tts-cpp/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoqwen3ttscpp-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libgoqwen3ttscpp-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgoqwen3ttscpp-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export QWEN3TTS_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/go/rfdetr-cpp/Makefile

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	VARIANT_TARGETS = librfdetrcpp-avx.so librfdetrcpp-avx2.so librfdetrcpp-avx512.so librfdetrcpp-fallback.so
 else
 	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant
-	VARIANT_TARGETS = librfdetrcpp-fallback.so
+	VARIANT_TARGETS = librfdetrcpp-fallback.dylib
 endif
 
 rfdetr-cpp: main.go gorfdetrcpp.go $(VARIANT_TARGETS)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ package: rfdetr-cpp
 build: package
 
 clean: purge
-	rm -rf librfdetrcpp*.so rfdetr-cpp package sources
+	rm -rf librfdetrcpp*.so librfdetrcpp*.dylib rfdetr-cpp package sources
 
 purge:
 	rm -rf build*
@@ -110,11 +110,19 @@ librfdetrcpp-avx512.so: sources/rt-detr.cpp
 endif
 
 # Build fallback variant (all platforms)
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+librfdetrcpp-fallback.dylib: sources/rt-detr.cpp
+	rm -rfv build-$@
+	$(info ${GREEN}I rfdetr-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
+	SO_TARGET=$@ CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) librfdetrcpp-custom
+	rm -rfv build-$@
+else
 librfdetrcpp-fallback.so: sources/rt-detr.cpp
 	rm -rfv build-$@
 	$(info ${GREEN}I rfdetr-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
 	SO_TARGET=$@ CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) librfdetrcpp-custom
 	rm -rfv build-$@
+endif
 
 librfdetrcpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt
 	mkdir -p build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
@@ -122,7 +130,8 @@ librfdetrcpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/librfdetrcpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/librfdetrcpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/librfdetrcpp.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 all: rfdetr-cpp package
 

backend/go/rfdetr-cpp/main.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -27,8 +28,12 @@ func main() {
 	// Get library name from environment variable, default to fallback
 	libName := os.Getenv("RFDETR_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./librfdetrcpp-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./librfdetrcpp-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	rfdetrLib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/rfdetr-cpp/package.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 # Create lib directory
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
-cp -avf $CURDIR/librfdetrcpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/librfdetrcpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/librfdetrcpp-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -avf $CURDIR/rfdetr-cpp $CURDIR/package/
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 

backend/go/rfdetr-cpp/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/librfdetrcpp-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/librfdetrcpp-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/librfdetrcpp-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/librfdetrcpp-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/librfdetrcpp-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export RFDETR_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/go/sam3-cpp/Makefile

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgosam3-avx.so libgosam3-avx2.so libgosam3-avx512.so libgosam3-fallback.so
 else
 	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant
-	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgosam3-fallback.so
+	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgosam3-fallback.dylib
 endif
 
 sam3-cpp: main.go gosam3.go $(VARIANT_TARGETS)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ package: sam3-cpp
 build: package
 
 clean: purge
-	rm -rf libgosam3*.so sam3-cpp package sources
+	rm -rf libgosam3*.so libgosam3*.dylib sam3-cpp package sources
 
 purge:
 	rm -rf build*
@@ -105,11 +105,19 @@ libgosam3-avx512.so: sources/sam3.cpp
 endif
 
 # Build fallback variant (all platforms)
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+libgosam3-fallback.dylib: sources/sam3.cpp
+	$(MAKE) purge
+	$(info ${GREEN}I sam3-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
+	SO_TARGET=libgosam3-fallback.dylib CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgosam3-custom
+	rm -rfv build*
+else
 libgosam3-fallback.so: sources/sam3.cpp
 	$(MAKE) purge
 	$(info ${GREEN}I sam3-cpp build info:fallback${RESET})
 	SO_TARGET=libgosam3-fallback.so CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgosam3-custom
 	rm -rfv build*
+endif
 
 libgosam3-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/gosam3.cpp cpp/gosam3.h
 	mkdir -p build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ libgosam3-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/gosam3.cpp cpp/gosam3.h
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgosam3.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgosam3.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgosam3.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 all: sam3-cpp package

backend/go/sam3-cpp/main.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -21,8 +22,12 @@ func main() {
 	// Get library name from environment variable, default to fallback
 	libName := os.Getenv("SAM3_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libgosam3-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libgosam3-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	gosamLib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/sam3-cpp/package.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 # Create lib directory
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
-cp -avf $CURDIR/libgosam3-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgosam3-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgosam3-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -avf $CURDIR/sam3-cpp $CURDIR/package/
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 

backend/go/sam3-cpp/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosam3-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosam3-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosam3-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libgosam3-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosam3-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export SAM3_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/go/sherpa-onnx/backend.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -238,12 +239,20 @@ func loadSherpaLibs() error {
 func loadSherpaLibsOnce() error {
 	shimLib := os.Getenv("SHERPA_SHIM_LIBRARY")
 	if shimLib == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			shimLib = "libsherpa-shim.dylib"
+		} else {
 			shimLib = "libsherpa-shim.so"
 		}
+	}
 	capiLib := os.Getenv("SHERPA_ONNX_LIBRARY")
 	if capiLib == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			capiLib = "libsherpa-onnx-c-api.dylib"
+		} else {
 			capiLib = "libsherpa-onnx-c-api.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	shim, err := purego.Dlopen(shimLib, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/sherpa-onnx/run.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ set -ex
 
 CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath $0)")
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	export SHERPA_SHIM_LIBRARY=$CURDIR/lib/libsherpa-shim.dylib
+	export SHERPA_ONNX_LIBRARY=$CURDIR/lib/libsherpa-onnx-c-api.dylib
+else
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+fi
 
 if [ -f $CURDIR/lib/ld.so ]; then
 	echo "Using lib/ld.so"

backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/Makefile

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ JOBS?=$(shell nproc --ignore=1)
 
 # stablediffusion.cpp (ggml)
 STABLEDIFFUSION_GGML_REPO?=https://github.com/leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp
-STABLEDIFFUSION_GGML_VERSION?=f440ad9c29dd8bc34e5d1f4b863832b96d6ea05f
+STABLEDIFFUSION_GGML_VERSION?=8caa3f908ae6d4a4bef531e73b9a969f266a3d1f
 
 CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_MAX_NAME=128
 
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ libgosd-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/gosd.cpp cpp/gosd.h
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgosd.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgosd.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgosd.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 all: stablediffusion-ggml package

backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/main.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -21,8 +22,12 @@ func main() {
 	// Get library name from environment variable, default to fallback
 	libName := os.Getenv("SD_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libgosd-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libgosd-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	gosd, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/package.sh

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
 cp -avf $CURDIR/libgosd-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgosd-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -avf $CURDIR/stablediffusion-ggml $CURDIR/package/
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 

backend/go/stablediffusion-ggml/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,18 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosd-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single library variant (Metal or Accelerate). The gosd target is
+	# built as a CMake MODULE, which emits a .dylib for a SHARED build but a
+	# .so for a MODULE build on Apple, so prefer .dylib and fall back to .so.
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosd-fallback.dylib"
+	if [ ! -e "$LIBRARY" ]; then
+		LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosd-fallback.so"
+	fi
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosd-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libgosd-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +45,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgosd-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export SD_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/go/supertonic/helper.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
@@ -943,9 +944,15 @@ func InitializeONNXRuntime() error {
 			}
 		}
 		if libPath == "" {
+			// LocalAI: default to the platform-native shared library
+			// extension when nothing else is found (dyld vs ld.so).
+			if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+				libPath = "/usr/local/lib/libonnxruntime.dylib"
+			} else {
 				libPath = "/usr/local/lib/libonnxruntime.so"
 			}
 		}
+	}
 	ort.SetSharedLibraryPath(libPath)
 
 	if err := ort.InitializeEnvironment(); err != nil {

backend/go/supertonic/package.sh

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ elif [ -f "/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1" ]; then
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 $CURDIR/package/lib/libdl.so.2
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 $CURDIR/package/lib/librt.so.1
     cp -arfLv /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 $CURDIR/package/lib/libpthread.so.0
+elif [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+    # macOS: dyld resolves the bundled .dylib via DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (set in
+    # run.sh); there is no ld.so loader nor glibc to bundle.
+    echo "Detected Darwin"
 else
     echo "Error: Could not detect architecture"
     exit 1

backend/go/supertonic/run.sh

@@ -3,12 +3,19 @@ set -ex
 
 CURDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath $0)")
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
-export ONNXRUNTIME_LIB_PATH=$CURDIR/lib/libonnxruntime.so
+	# macOS uses dyld: there is no ld.so loader, and the search path env
+	# var is DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. ONNX Runtime ships as a .dylib here.
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	export ONNXRUNTIME_LIB_PATH=$CURDIR/lib/libonnxruntime.dylib
+else
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	export ONNXRUNTIME_LIB_PATH=$CURDIR/lib/libonnxruntime.so
 
-if [ -f $CURDIR/lib/ld.so ]; then
+	if [ -f $CURDIR/lib/ld.so ]; then
 		echo "Using lib/ld.so"
 		exec $CURDIR/lib/ld.so $CURDIR/supertonic "$@"
+	fi
 fi
 
 exec $CURDIR/supertonic "$@"

backend/go/vibevoice-cpp/Makefile

@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgovibevoicecpp-avx.so libgovibevoicecpp-avx2.so libgovibevoicecpp-avx512.so libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.so
 else
-	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant
+	# On non-Linux (e.g., Darwin), build only fallback variant (as a dylib)
-	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.so
+	VARIANT_TARGETS = libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.dylib
 endif
 
 vibevoice-cpp: main.go govibevoicecpp.go $(VARIANT_TARGETS)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ package: vibevoice-cpp
 build: package
 
 clean: purge
-	rm -rf libgovibevoicecpp*.so package sources/vibevoice.cpp vibevoice-cpp
+	rm -rf libgovibevoicecpp*.so libgovibevoicecpp*.dylib package sources/vibevoice.cpp vibevoice-cpp
 
 purge:
 	rm -rf build*
@@ -119,13 +119,21 @@ libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.so: sources/vibevoice.cpp
 	SO_TARGET=libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.so CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgovibevoicecpp-custom
 	rm -rfv build*
 
+# Build fallback variant as a dylib (Darwin)
+libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.dylib: sources/vibevoice.cpp
+	$(MAKE) purge
+	$(info ${GREEN}I vibevoice-cpp build info:fallback (dylib)${RESET})
+	SO_TARGET=libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.dylib CMAKE_ARGS="$(CMAKE_ARGS) -DGGML_AVX=off -DGGML_AVX2=off -DGGML_AVX512=off -DGGML_FMA=off -DGGML_F16C=off -DGGML_BMI2=off" $(MAKE) libgovibevoicecpp-custom
+	rm -rfv build*
+
 libgovibevoicecpp-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/govibevoicecpp.cpp cpp/govibevoicecpp.h
 	mkdir -p build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
 	cd build-$(SO_TARGET) && \
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) --target govibevoicecpp && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgovibevoicecpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	(mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgovibevoicecpp.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+	 mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgovibevoicecpp.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null)
 
 test: vibevoice-cpp
 	@echo "Running vibevoice-cpp tests..."

backend/go/vibevoice-cpp/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -21,8 +22,12 @@ type LibFuncs struct {
 func main() {
 	libName := os.Getenv("VIBEVOICECPP_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	lib, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/vibevoice-cpp/package.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
 cp -avf $CURDIR/vibevoice-cpp $CURDIR/package/
-cp -fv $CURDIR/libgovibevoicecpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgovibevoicecpp-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgovibevoicecpp-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries

backend/go/vibevoice-cpp/run.sh

@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgovibevoicecpp-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libgovibevoicecpp-avx.so ]; then
@@ -34,9 +38,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgovibevoicecpp-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export VIBEVOICECPP_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 if [ -f $CURDIR/lib/ld.so ]; then

backend/go/whisper/Makefile

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ libgowhisper-custom: CMakeLists.txt cpp/gowhisper.cpp cpp/gowhisper.h
 	cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && \
 	cmake --build . --config Release -j$(JOBS) && \
 	cd .. && \
-	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgowhisper.so ./$(SO_TARGET)
+	mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgowhisper.so ./$(SO_TARGET) 2>/dev/null || \
+		mv build-$(SO_TARGET)/libgowhisper.dylib ./$(SO_TARGET:.so=.dylib)
 
 all: whisper package

backend/go/whisper/main.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ebitengine/purego"
 	grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
@@ -22,8 +23,12 @@ func main() {
 	// Get library name from environment variable, default to fallback
 	libName := os.Getenv("WHISPER_LIBRARY")
 	if libName == "" {
+		if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+			libName = "./libgowhisper-fallback.dylib"
+		} else {
 			libName = "./libgowhisper-fallback.so"
 		}
+	}
 
 	gosd, err := purego.Dlopen(libName, purego.RTLD_NOW|purego.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 	if err != nil {

backend/go/whisper/package.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ REPO_ROOT="${CURDIR}/../../.."
 mkdir -p $CURDIR/package/lib
 
 cp -avf $CURDIR/whisper $CURDIR/package/
-cp -fv $CURDIR/libgowhisper-*.so $CURDIR/package/
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgowhisper-*.so $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
+cp -fv $CURDIR/libgowhisper-*.dylib $CURDIR/package/ 2>/dev/null || true
 cp -fv $CURDIR/run.sh $CURDIR/package/
 
 # Detect architecture and copy appropriate libraries

backend/go/whisper/run.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	grep -e "flags" /proc/cpuinfo | head -1
 fi
 
-LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgowhisper-fallback.so"
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# macOS: single dylib variant (Metal or Accelerate)
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgowhisper-fallback.dylib"
+	export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+	LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgowhisper-fallback.so"
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 	if grep -q -e "\savx\s" /proc/cpuinfo ; then
 		echo "CPU:    AVX    found OK"
 		if [ -e $CURDIR/libgowhisper-avx.so ]; then
@@ -36,9 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
 			LIBRARY="$CURDIR/libgowhisper-avx512.so"
 		fi
 	fi
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 fi
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CURDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export WHISPER_LIBRARY=$LIBRARY
 
 # If there is a lib/ld.so, use it

backend/index.yaml

@@ -1284,6 +1284,7 @@
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-liquid-audio"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-liquid-audio"
     nvidia-l4t-cuda-13: "cuda13-nvidia-l4t-arm64-liquid-audio"
+    metal: "metal-liquid-audio"
   icon: https://cdn-avatars.huggingface.co/v1/production/uploads/61b8e2ba285851687028d395/7_6D7rWrLxp2hb6OHSV1p.png
 - &qwen-tts
   urls:
@@ -1569,6 +1570,7 @@
     - TTS
   capabilities:
     default: "cpu-supertonic"
+    metal: "metal-supertonic"
 - !!merge <<: *neutts
   name: "neutts-development"
   capabilities:
@@ -4612,6 +4614,7 @@
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-liquid-audio-development"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-liquid-audio-development"
     nvidia-l4t-cuda-13: "cuda13-nvidia-l4t-arm64-liquid-audio-development"
+    metal: "metal-liquid-audio-development"
 - !!merge <<: *liquid-audio
   name: "cpu-liquid-audio"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-cpu-liquid-audio"
@@ -4622,6 +4625,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-cpu-liquid-audio"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-cpu-liquid-audio
+- !!merge <<: *liquid-audio
+  name: "metal-liquid-audio"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-liquid-audio"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-liquid-audio
+- !!merge <<: *liquid-audio
+  name: "metal-liquid-audio-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-liquid-audio"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-liquid-audio
 - !!merge <<: *liquid-audio
   name: "cuda12-liquid-audio"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-gpu-nvidia-cuda-12-liquid-audio"
@@ -5282,6 +5295,7 @@
     nvidia: "cuda12-trl"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-trl"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-trl"
+    metal: "metal-trl"
 ## TRL backend images
 - !!merge <<: *trl
   name: "cpu-trl"
@@ -5313,6 +5327,16 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-trl"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-gpu-nvidia-cuda-13-trl
+- !!merge <<: *trl
+  name: "metal-trl"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-trl"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-trl
+- !!merge <<: *trl
+  name: "metal-trl-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-trl"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-trl
 ## llama.cpp quantization backend
 - &llama-cpp-quantization
   name: "llama-cpp-quantization"
@@ -5484,6 +5508,7 @@
   name: "supertonic-development"
   capabilities:
     default: "cpu-supertonic-development"
+    metal: "metal-supertonic-development"
 - !!merge <<: *supertonic
   name: "cpu-supertonic"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-cpu-supertonic"
@@ -5494,3 +5519,13 @@
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-cpu-supertonic"
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-cpu-supertonic
+- !!merge <<: *supertonic
+  name: "metal-supertonic"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-supertonic"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:latest-metal-darwin-arm64-supertonic
+- !!merge <<: *supertonic
+  name: "metal-supertonic-development"
+  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-supertonic"
+  mirrors:
+    - localai/localai-backends:master-metal-darwin-arm64-supertonic

backend/python/liquid-audio/install.sh

@@ -14,5 +14,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 # liquid-audio's torch wheels are large; allow upgrades to satisfy transitive pins
-EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --upgrade --index-strategy=unsafe-first-match"
+EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --upgrade"
+# --index-strategy is a uv-only flag. The darwin/MPS build installs with pip
+# (USE_PIP=true in scripts/build/python-darwin.sh), which rejects it. Only add
+# it on the uv path; Linux/CUDA resolution is unchanged.
+if [ "x${USE_PIP:-}" != "xtrue" ]; then
+    EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --index-strategy=unsafe-first-match"
+fi
 installRequirements

backend/python/liquid-audio/requirements-mps.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# MPS (Apple Silicon / Metal) build profile - installed by the darwin CI job.
 torch>=2.8.0
 torchaudio>=2.8.0
 torchcodec>=0.9.1

backend/python/trl/install.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ else
     source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
 fi
 
-EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --upgrade --index-strategy=unsafe-first-match"
+EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --upgrade"
+# --index-strategy is a uv-only flag. The darwin/MPS build installs with pip
+# (USE_PIP=true in scripts/build/python-darwin.sh), which rejects it. Only add
+# it when uv is the installer, keeping the Linux/CUDA resolution unchanged.
+if [ "x${USE_PIP:-}" != "xtrue" ]; then
+    EXTRA_PIP_INSTALL_FLAGS+=" --index-strategy=unsafe-first-match"
+fi
 installRequirements
 
 # Fetch convert_hf_to_gguf.py and gguf package from the same llama.cpp version

backend/python/trl/requirements-mps.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+torch==2.10.0
+trl
+peft
+datasets>=3.0.0
+transformers>=4.56.2
+accelerate>=1.4.0
+huggingface-hub>=1.3.0
+sentencepiece
+# Note: bitsandbytes is intentionally omitted on MPS. It is only used by the
+# CUDA (cublas) variants for 8-bit/4-bit quantization and has poor support on
+# Apple Silicon. torch here uses the plain PyPI wheels, which ship MPS support
+# on macOS arm64.

core/cli/run.go

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ type RunCMD struct {
 	OIDCIssuer           string `env:"LOCALAI_OIDC_ISSUER" help:"OIDC issuer URL for auto-discovery" group:"auth"`
 	OIDCClientID         string `env:"LOCALAI_OIDC_CLIENT_ID" help:"OIDC Client ID (auto-enables auth)" group:"auth"`
 	OIDCClientSecret     string `env:"LOCALAI_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET" help:"OIDC Client Secret" group:"auth"`
-	AuthBaseURL          string `env:"LOCALAI_BASE_URL" help:"Base URL for OAuth callbacks (e.g. http://localhost:8080)" group:"auth"`
+	ExternalBaseURL      string `env:"LOCALAI_BASE_URL" help:"External base URL of this instance (e.g. https://localhost:8080). Used for OAuth callbacks and self-referential links (generated images/videos, job status). When unset, derived from X-Forwarded-Proto/Host or Forwarded headers." group:"api"`
 	AuthAdminEmail       string `env:"LOCALAI_ADMIN_EMAIL" help:"Email address to auto-promote to admin role" group:"auth"`
 	AuthRegistrationMode string `env:"LOCALAI_REGISTRATION_MODE" default:"open" help:"Registration mode: 'open' (default), 'approval', or 'invite' (invite code required)" group:"auth"`
 	DisableLocalAuth     bool   `env:"LOCALAI_DISABLE_LOCAL_AUTH" default:"false" help:"Disable local email/password registration and login (use with OAuth/OIDC-only setups)" group:"auth"`
@@ -503,9 +503,6 @@ func (r *RunCMD) Run(ctx *cliContext.Context) error {
 			opts = append(opts, config.WithAuthOIDCClientID(r.OIDCClientID))
 			opts = append(opts, config.WithAuthOIDCClientSecret(r.OIDCClientSecret))
 		}
-		if r.AuthBaseURL != "" {
-			opts = append(opts, config.WithAuthBaseURL(r.AuthBaseURL))
-		}
 		if r.AuthAdminEmail != "" {
 			opts = append(opts, config.WithAuthAdminEmail(r.AuthAdminEmail))
 		}
@@ -523,6 +520,12 @@ func (r *RunCMD) Run(ctx *cliContext.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Applied unconditionally: the external base URL governs all self-referential
+	// links (not just OAuth callbacks), so it must take effect even when auth is off.
+	if r.ExternalBaseURL != "" {
+		opts = append(opts, config.WithExternalBaseURL(r.ExternalBaseURL))
+	}
+
 	if idleWatchDog || busyWatchDog {
 		opts = append(opts, config.EnableWatchDog)
 		if idleWatchDog {

core/config/application_config.go

@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ type ApplicationConfig struct {
 	P2PNetworkID                  string
 	Federated                     bool
 
+	// ExternalBaseURL is the externally visible base URL of this instance
+	// (scheme+host[:port]), set via LOCALAI_BASE_URL. When non-empty it is
+	// authoritative for every self-referential URL LocalAI emits (OAuth
+	// callbacks, generated image/video links, async job StatusURLs),
+	// overriding proxy-header detection. Empty = derive from request headers.
+	ExternalBaseURL string
+
 	// DisableStats turns off per-request token tracking. By default the
 	// routing module's billing recorder runs in every mode (including
 	// no-auth single-user) so dashboards and `/api/usage` are immediately
@@ -196,7 +203,6 @@ type AuthConfig struct {
 	OIDCIssuer          string // OIDC issuer URL for auto-discovery (e.g. https://accounts.google.com)
 	OIDCClientID        string
 	OIDCClientSecret    string
-	BaseURL             string // for OAuth callback URLs (e.g. "http://localhost:8080")
 	AdminEmail          string // auto-promote to admin on login
 	RegistrationMode    string // "open", "approval" (default when empty), "invite"
 	DisableLocalAuth    bool   // disable local email/password registration and login
@@ -950,9 +956,9 @@ func WithAuthGitHubClientSecret(clientSecret string) AppOption {
 	}
 }
 
-func WithAuthBaseURL(baseURL string) AppOption {
+func WithExternalBaseURL(url string) AppOption {
 	return func(o *ApplicationConfig) {
-		o.Auth.BaseURL = baseURL
+		o.ExternalBaseURL = url
 	}
 }
 

core/config/hardware_defaults.go

@@ -54,8 +54,35 @@ func (g GPU) IsNVIDIABlackwell() bool {
 	return maj >= 12
 }
 
+// Compute-buffer headroom guard for the raised physical batch.
+//
+// Raising n_ubatch grows the CUDA *compute buffer* (the scratch for the forward
+// graph), which is allocated PER DEVICE — it does not benefit from a second GPU
+// the way weights or KV (which are split across devices) do. The buffer scales
+// ~linearly with n_ubatch * n_ctx, so a large context turns the GB10-tuned
+// ub2048 into multi-GiB of extra scratch that must fit on a SINGLE card. On a
+// 16 GiB consumer Blackwell with a 200k context that overflows (issue #10485),
+// even though the GB10 it was measured on (128 GiB unified memory) had room.
+//
+// These constants size a conservative guard: only raise the batch when the
+// extra scratch fits the per-device VRAM ceiling.
+const (
+	// computeBufferBytesPerCell approximates the CUDA compute-buffer cost of one
+	// (n_ubatch * n_ctx) cell. Derived from an observed allocation (ub2048 *
+	// ctx204800 ~= 4.5 GiB => ~11 B/cell) and rounded up to 16 for margin, since
+	// the real cost also grows with model width (heads / embedding dim) which we
+	// don't know at config time.
+	computeBufferBytesPerCell = 16
+	// blackwellBatchHeadroomDivisor caps the extra compute buffer from raising the
+	// physical batch at VRAM/divisor. /4 keeps the bulk of a device for weights +
+	// KV, which already dominate VRAM use.
+	blackwellBatchHeadroomDivisor = 4
+)
+
 // PhysicalBatch returns the canonical physical batch (n_batch/n_ubatch) for the
-// given hardware, used when the model config leaves batch unset.
+// given hardware class, ignoring context/VRAM headroom. Use
+// PhysicalBatchForContext when a model context and per-device VRAM are known
+// (the load paths) so the raised batch can't overflow a single device.
 func PhysicalBatch(g GPU) int {
 	if g.IsNVIDIABlackwell() {
 		return BlackwellPhysicalBatch
@@ -63,6 +90,32 @@ func PhysicalBatch(g GPU) int {
 	return DefaultPhysicalBatch
 }
 
+// PhysicalBatchForContext is PhysicalBatch gated on per-device VRAM headroom for
+// the given context: it only raises the batch above the conservative default
+// when the extra compute buffer (which is allocated on a single device and grows
+// with n_ubatch * n_ctx) fits within blackwellBatchHeadroomDivisor of the GPU's
+// VRAM. g.VRAM must be the PER-DEVICE ceiling (the smallest device on a
+// multi-GPU host), not the summed total — the compute buffer can't be split.
+//
+// VRAM 0 (unknown) stays conservative rather than risk a per-device OOM; the
+// GB10 / unified-memory path reports system RAM, so it still clears the guard.
+func PhysicalBatchForContext(g GPU, ctx int) int {
+	if !g.IsNVIDIABlackwell() {
+		return DefaultPhysicalBatch
+	}
+	if ctx <= 0 {
+		ctx = DefaultContextSize
+	}
+	if g.VRAM == 0 {
+		return DefaultPhysicalBatch
+	}
+	extra := uint64(ctx) * uint64(BlackwellPhysicalBatch-DefaultPhysicalBatch) * computeBufferBytesPerCell
+	if extra <= g.VRAM/blackwellBatchHeadroomDivisor {
+		return BlackwellPhysicalBatch
+	}
+	return DefaultPhysicalBatch
+}
+
 // IsManagedPhysicalBatch reports whether n is a value PhysicalBatch assigns.
 // Callers that re-tune a value chosen by an upstream host (the distributed
 // router correcting the frontend's guess) use this to avoid clobbering an
@@ -122,7 +175,12 @@ func hasParallelOption(opts []string) bool {
 // deterministic device — detection does a live nvidia-smi call.
 var localGPU = func() GPU {
 	vendor, _ := xsysinfo.DetectGPUVendor()
-	vram, _ := xsysinfo.TotalAvailableVRAM()
+	// Use the SMALLEST device's VRAM, not the summed total: the parallel-slot
+	// tier and the batch headroom guard both reason about what fits on a single
+	// card, and per-device compute buffers can't be split across GPUs. Summing
+	// two 16 GiB cards into "32 GiB" is what over-provisioned multi-GPU hosts
+	// into OOM (issue #10485).
+	vram, _ := xsysinfo.MinPerGPUVRAM()
 	return GPU{
 		Vendor:            vendor,
 		ComputeCapability: xsysinfo.NVIDIAComputeCapability(),
@@ -137,10 +195,20 @@ func ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg *ModelConfig, gpu GPU) {
 	if cfg == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	if cfg.Batch == 0 && gpu.IsNVIDIABlackwell() {
+	// Raise the physical batch on Blackwell only when the resulting compute
+	// buffer fits the per-device VRAM at THIS model's context. Leaving Batch at 0
+	// (rather than writing the default 512) preserves the downstream single-pass
+	// sizing in core/backend.EffectiveBatchSize for embedding/score/rerank.
+	if cfg.Batch == 0 {
+		ctx := DefaultContextSize
+		if cfg.ContextSize != nil {
+			ctx = *cfg.ContextSize
+		}
+		if PhysicalBatchForContext(gpu, ctx) == BlackwellPhysicalBatch {
 			cfg.Batch = BlackwellPhysicalBatch
 			xlog.Debug("[hardware_defaults] Blackwell GPU: defaulting physical batch",
-			"batch", cfg.Batch, "compute_cap", gpu.ComputeCapability)
+				"batch", cfg.Batch, "compute_cap", gpu.ComputeCapability, "context", ctx, "vram_gib", gpu.VRAM>>30)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Enable concurrent serving by default on a capable GPU: without this the

core/config/hardware_defaults_internal_test.go

@@ -9,26 +9,37 @@ import (
 // GPU. The detection seam (localGPU) is injected so the path is deterministic
 // without a real GPU.
 var _ = Describe("SetDefaults hardware defaults (single-instance)", func() {
+	const gib = uint64(1) << 30
+
 	var orig func() GPU
 	BeforeEach(func() { orig = localGPU })
 	AfterEach(func() { localGPU = orig })
 
-	It("sets the physical batch on a local Blackwell GPU", func() {
+	It("sets the physical batch on a local Blackwell GPU with headroom", func() {
-		localGPU = func() GPU { return GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1"} }
+		localGPU = func() GPU { return GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1", VRAM: 119 * gib} }
 		cfg := &ModelConfig{}
 		cfg.SetDefaults()
 		Expect(cfg.Batch).To(Equal(BlackwellPhysicalBatch))
 	})
 
+	It("leaves batch unset when a large context would overflow the device", func() {
+		// Regression guard for issue #10485: 16 GiB consumer Blackwell + ~200k ctx.
+		localGPU = func() GPU { return GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.0", VRAM: 16 * gib} }
+		ctx := 204800
+		cfg := &ModelConfig{LLMConfig: LLMConfig{ContextSize: &ctx}}
+		cfg.SetDefaults()
+		Expect(cfg.Batch).To(Equal(0))
+	})
+
 	It("leaves batch unset on a non-Blackwell local GPU", func() {
-		localGPU = func() GPU { return GPU{ComputeCapability: "8.9"} }
+		localGPU = func() GPU { return GPU{ComputeCapability: "8.9", VRAM: 119 * gib} }
 		cfg := &ModelConfig{}
 		cfg.SetDefaults()
 		Expect(cfg.Batch).To(Equal(0))
 	})
 
 	It("never overrides an explicit batch", func() {
-		localGPU = func() GPU { return GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1"} }
+		localGPU = func() GPU { return GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1", VRAM: 119 * gib} }
 		cfg := &ModelConfig{}
 		cfg.Batch = 1024
 		cfg.SetDefaults()

core/config/hardware_defaults_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("Hardware-driven config defaults", func() {
+	const gib = uint64(1) << 30
+
 	DescribeTable("GPU.IsNVIDIABlackwell (sm_12x consumer family)",
 		func(cc string, want bool) {
 			Expect(GPU{ComputeCapability: cc}.IsNVIDIABlackwell()).To(Equal(want))
@@ -35,21 +37,54 @@ var _ = Describe("Hardware-driven config defaults", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
+	Describe("PhysicalBatchForContext (per-device VRAM headroom)", func() {
+		It("raises the batch when the compute buffer fits the device", func() {
+			// 16 GiB Blackwell with a small context: the extra scratch is tiny.
+			Expect(PhysicalBatchForContext(GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.0", VRAM: 16 * gib}, 8192)).
+				To(Equal(BlackwellPhysicalBatch))
+		})
+		It("keeps the default batch when a large context would overflow one device", func() {
+			// The issue #10485 case: 16 GiB consumer Blackwell, ~200k context.
+			Expect(PhysicalBatchForContext(GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.0", VRAM: 16 * gib}, 204800)).
+				To(Equal(DefaultPhysicalBatch))
+		})
+		It("still raises the batch on a large unified-memory device (GB10)", func() {
+			// GB10 reports system RAM (~119 GiB) as its single device's VRAM.
+			Expect(PhysicalBatchForContext(GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1", VRAM: 119 * gib}, 204800)).
+				To(Equal(BlackwellPhysicalBatch))
+		})
+		It("stays conservative when VRAM is unknown", func() {
+			Expect(PhysicalBatchForContext(GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1"}, 8192)).
+				To(Equal(DefaultPhysicalBatch))
+		})
+		It("never raises the batch on non-Blackwell", func() {
+			Expect(PhysicalBatchForContext(GPU{ComputeCapability: "9.0", VRAM: 80 * gib}, 8192)).
+				To(Equal(DefaultPhysicalBatch))
+		})
+	})
+
 	Describe("ApplyHardwareDefaults", func() {
-		It("raises an unset batch to 2048 on Blackwell", func() {
+		It("raises an unset batch to 2048 on Blackwell with headroom", func() {
 			cfg := &ModelConfig{}
-			ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1"})
+			ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1", VRAM: 119 * gib})
 			Expect(cfg.Batch).To(Equal(BlackwellPhysicalBatch))
 		})
+		It("leaves batch unset when a large context would overflow one device", func() {
+			// Regression guard for issue #10485: 16 GiB card + ~200k context.
+			ctx := 204800
+			cfg := &ModelConfig{LLMConfig: LLMConfig{ContextSize: &ctx}}
+			ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.0", VRAM: 16 * gib})
+			Expect(cfg.Batch).To(Equal(0))
+		})
 		It("leaves batch unset on non-Blackwell", func() {
 			cfg := &ModelConfig{}
-			ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, GPU{ComputeCapability: "9.0"})
+			ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, GPU{ComputeCapability: "9.0", VRAM: 119 * gib})
 			Expect(cfg.Batch).To(Equal(0))
 		})
 		It("never overrides an explicit batch", func() {
 			cfg := &ModelConfig{}
 			cfg.Batch = 1024
-			ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1"})
+			ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, GPU{ComputeCapability: "12.1", VRAM: 119 * gib})
 			Expect(cfg.Batch).To(Equal(1024))
 		})
 		It("no-ops on nil", func() {
@@ -57,8 +92,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Hardware-driven config defaults", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	const gib = uint64(1) << 30
-
 	DescribeTable("DefaultParallelSlots (by VRAM)",
 		func(vramGiB uint64, want int) {
 			Expect(DefaultParallelSlots(GPU{VRAM: vramGiB * gib})).To(Equal(want))

core/config/model_config.go

@@ -1204,11 +1204,6 @@ func (cfg *ModelConfig) SetDefaults(opts ...ConfigLoaderOption) {
 	// This ensures gallery-installed and runtime-loaded models get optimal parameters.
 	ApplyInferenceDefaults(cfg, cfg.Name, cfg.Model)
 
-	// Apply hardware-driven defaults (e.g. a larger physical batch on Blackwell).
-	// Uses the local GPU here; in distributed mode the router re-applies the same
-	// heuristics for the selected node's GPU before loading. Explicit config wins.
-	ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, localGPU())
-
 	// Apply serving-policy defaults (device-independent): cross-request prefix
 	// caching. Propagates to distributed nodes via the model options.
 	ApplyServingDefaults(cfg)
@@ -1247,6 +1242,16 @@ func (cfg *ModelConfig) SetDefaults(opts ...ConfigLoaderOption) {
 		cfg.ContextSize = &ctx
 	}
 	runBackendHooks(cfg, lo.modelPath)
+
+	// Apply hardware-driven defaults (e.g. a larger physical batch on Blackwell)
+	// LAST, after the context size is fully resolved (explicit config, LoadOptions,
+	// then the GGUF guess inside runBackendHooks): the Blackwell batch guard sizes
+	// the per-device compute buffer against this model's context, so it must see
+	// the final value, not a pre-guess nil. Uses the local GPU here; in distributed
+	// mode the router re-applies the same heuristics for the selected node's GPU
+	// before loading. Explicit config always wins.
+	ApplyHardwareDefaults(cfg, localGPU())
+
 	cfg.syncKnownUsecasesFromString()
 }
 

core/http/app.go

@@ -149,6 +149,18 @@ func API(application *application.Application) (*echo.Echo, error) {
 	// Middleware - StripPathPrefix must be registered early as it uses Rewrite which runs before routing
 	e.Pre(httpMiddleware.StripPathPrefix())
 
+	// Stamp the configured external base URL into each request context so
+	// middleware.BaseURL can treat it as authoritative for self-referential
+	// links. Registered as Pre so it runs before routing and handlers.
+	if extBaseURL := application.ApplicationConfig().ExternalBaseURL; extBaseURL != "" {
+		e.Pre(func(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
+			return func(c echo.Context) error {
+				c.Set("_external_base_url", extBaseURL)
+				return next(c)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
 	e.Pre(middleware.RemoveTrailingSlash())
 
 	if application.ApplicationConfig().MachineTag != "" {

core/http/middleware/baseurl.go

@@ -55,17 +55,70 @@ func BasePathPrefix(c echo.Context) string {
 // The returned URL is guaranteed to end with `/`.
 // The method should be used in conjunction with the StripPathPrefix middleware.
 func BaseURL(c echo.Context) string {
+	// An explicit external base URL (LOCALAI_BASE_URL) is authoritative for
+	// the origin. The proxy-derived path prefix is still appended so a
+	// reverse-proxy mount point keeps working. Trailing slashes are
+	// normalized via BasePathPrefix, which always starts and ends with "/".
+	if ext, ok := c.Get("_external_base_url").(string); ok && ext != "" {
+		return strings.TrimRight(ext, "/") + BasePathPrefix(c)
+	}
+
+	fwdProto, fwdHost := parseForwarded(c.Request().Header.Get("Forwarded"))
+
 	scheme := "http"
-	if c.Request().Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto") == "https" {
+	switch {
+	case c.Request().TLS != nil:
 		scheme = "https"
-	} else if c.Request().TLS != nil {
+	case strings.EqualFold(firstToken(c.Request().Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto")), "https"):
+		scheme = "https"
+	case strings.EqualFold(fwdProto, "https"):
 		scheme = "https"
 	}
 
 	host := c.Request().Host
 	if forwardedHost := c.Request().Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Host"); forwardedHost != "" {
 		host = forwardedHost
+	} else if fwdHost != "" {
+		host = fwdHost
 	}
 
 	return scheme + "://" + host + BasePathPrefix(c)
 }
+
+// firstToken returns the first comma-separated token of v, trimmed of spaces.
+// Reverse-proxy chains can emit X-Forwarded-Proto as "https,http"; only the
+// first hop (closest to the client) is meaningful for scheme detection.
+func firstToken(v string) string {
+	if i := strings.IndexByte(v, ','); i >= 0 {
+		v = v[:i]
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(v)
+}
+
+// parseForwarded extracts the proto and host directives from the first element
+// of an RFC 7239 Forwarded header (e.g. `for=x;proto=https;host=h, for=y`).
+// Values may be quoted. Returns empty strings when absent or malformed so the
+// caller can fall through to other signals.
+func parseForwarded(header string) (proto, host string) {
+	if header == "" {
+		return "", ""
+	}
+	// Only the first element (closest proxy to the client) matters here.
+	if i := strings.IndexByte(header, ','); i >= 0 {
+		header = header[:i]
+	}
+	for _, directive := range strings.Split(header, ";") {
+		key, value, ok := strings.Cut(strings.TrimSpace(directive), "=")
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		value = strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(value), `"`)
+		switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(key)) {
+		case "proto":
+			proto = value
+		case "host":
+			host = value
+		}
+	}
+	return proto, host
+}

core/http/middleware/baseurl_test.go

@@ -135,4 +135,138 @@ var _ = Describe("BaseURL", func() {
 			Entry("missing leading slash", "evil"),
 		)
 	})
+
+	Context("scheme detection hardening", func() {
+		It("treats comma-separated X-Forwarded-Proto as https when first token is https", func() {
+			app := echo.New()
+			actualURL := ""
+			app.GET("/x", func(c echo.Context) error {
+				actualURL = BaseURL(c)
+				return nil
+			})
+			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/x", nil)
+			req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", "https,http")
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			app.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			Expect(actualURL).To(Equal("https://example.com/"))
+		})
+
+		It("derives https from the RFC 7239 Forwarded proto directive", func() {
+			app := echo.New()
+			actualURL := ""
+			app.GET("/x", func(c echo.Context) error {
+				actualURL = BaseURL(c)
+				return nil
+			})
+			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/x", nil)
+			req.Header.Set("Forwarded", "for=192.0.2.1;proto=https;host=proxy.example")
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			app.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			Expect(actualURL).To(Equal("https://proxy.example/"))
+		})
+
+		It("prefers X-Forwarded-Host over the Forwarded host directive", func() {
+			app := echo.New()
+			actualURL := ""
+			app.GET("/x", func(c echo.Context) error {
+				actualURL = BaseURL(c)
+				return nil
+			})
+			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/x", nil)
+			req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", "xfh.example")
+			req.Header.Set("Forwarded", "host=fwd.example;proto=https")
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			app.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			Expect(actualURL).To(Equal("https://xfh.example/"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("explicit external base URL override", func() {
+		It("uses the configured origin over conflicting forwarded headers", func() {
+			app := echo.New()
+			actualURL := ""
+			app.GET("/x", func(c echo.Context) error {
+				c.Set("_external_base_url", "https://192.168.0.13:34567")
+				actualURL = BaseURL(c)
+				return nil
+			})
+			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/x", nil)
+			req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", "http")
+			req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", "internal:8080")
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			app.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			Expect(actualURL).To(Equal("https://192.168.0.13:34567/"))
+		})
+
+		It("combines the configured origin with a detected path prefix", func() {
+			app := echo.New()
+			actualURL := ""
+			app.GET("/hello", func(c echo.Context) error {
+				c.Set("_original_path", "/localai/hello")
+				c.Set("_external_base_url", "https://ext.example")
+				actualURL = BaseURL(c)
+				return nil
+			})
+			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/hello", nil)
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			app.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			Expect(actualURL).To(Equal("https://ext.example/localai/"))
+		})
+
+		It("ignores an empty override", func() {
+			app := echo.New()
+			actualURL := ""
+			app.GET("/x", func(c echo.Context) error {
+				c.Set("_external_base_url", "")
+				actualURL = BaseURL(c)
+				return nil
+			})
+			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/x", nil)
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			app.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			Expect(actualURL).To(Equal("http://example.com/"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("parseForwarded helper", func() {
+		It("parses unquoted proto and host", func() {
+			proto, host := parseForwarded("for=192.0.2.1;proto=https;host=h.example")
+			Expect(proto).To(Equal("https"))
+			Expect(host).To(Equal("h.example"))
+		})
+
+		It("strips quotes around values", func() {
+			proto, host := parseForwarded(`proto="https";host="h.example"`)
+			Expect(proto).To(Equal("https"))
+			Expect(host).To(Equal("h.example"))
+		})
+
+		It("uses only the first element of a multi-element header", func() {
+			proto, host := parseForwarded("proto=https;host=first.example, proto=http;host=second.example")
+			Expect(proto).To(Equal("https"))
+			Expect(host).To(Equal("first.example"))
+		})
+
+		It("returns empty strings for an empty header", func() {
+			proto, host := parseForwarded("")
+			Expect(proto).To(BeEmpty())
+			Expect(host).To(BeEmpty())
+		})
+
+		It("skips directives without a value", func() {
+			proto, host := parseForwarded("proto;host=h.example")
+			Expect(proto).To(BeEmpty())
+			Expect(host).To(Equal("h.example"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("firstToken helper", func() {
+		It("returns the whole trimmed string when there is no comma", func() {
+			Expect(firstToken("  https  ")).To(Equal("https"))
+		})
+
+		It("returns the first trimmed token when there is a comma", func() {
+			Expect(firstToken("https , http")).To(Equal("https"))
+		})
+	})
 })

core/http/react-ui/public/locales/en/chat.json

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
   "input": {
     "placeholder": "Message...",
     "attachFile": "Attach file",
+    "send": "Send message",
     "stopGenerating": "Stop generating",
     "canvasTitle": "Canvas — extract code blocks and media into a side panel for preview, copy, and download",
     "canvasLabel": "Canvas",

core/http/react-ui/public/locales/en/home.json

@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@
     "noModelsTitle": "No Models Available",
     "noModelsBody": "There are no models installed yet. Ask your administrator to set up models so you can start chatting."
   },
+  "starters": {
+    "title": "Recommended for your hardware",
+    "tier": {
+      "cpu": "CPU-only",
+      "gpu-small": "GPU",
+      "gpu-mid": "GPU",
+      "gpu-large": "GPU"
+    },
+    "cpuNote": "No GPU detected — these small models stay responsive on CPU.",
+    "gpuNote": "Picked to fit your available VRAM with room for context.",
+    "install": "Install",
+    "installing": "Installing",
+    "installStarted": "Installing {{model}}…",
+    "installFailed": "Install failed: {{message}}"
+  },
   "connect": {
     "title": "One endpoint, every API",
     "subtitle": "LocalAI serves its own full API — image & video generation, depth, object detection, reranking, audio, face & voice recognition, and realtime voice over WebRTC and WebSocket. On top of that, a drop-in compatibility layer lets any app built for OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama or OpenAI Responses talk to it unchanged.",

core/http/react-ui/public/locales/en/models.json

@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
   "title": "Install Models",
   "subtitle": "Browse and install AI models from the gallery",
   "models": "Models",
+  "recommended": {
+    "title": "Recommended for your hardware",
+    "cpuNote": "No GPU detected - small models that stay responsive on CPU.",
+    "gpuNote": "Sized to fit your available VRAM with room for context.",
+    "install": "Install",
+    "installing": "Installing",
+    "installStarted": "Installing {{model}}…",
+    "installFailed": "Install failed: {{message}}",
+    "dismiss": "Dismiss recommendations"
+  },
   "stats": {
     "available": "Available",
     "installed": "Installed"

core/http/react-ui/src/App.css

@@ -6363,6 +6363,130 @@ select.input {
   justify-content: center;
 }
 
+/* ──────────────────── Home: hardware-aware starter models ──────────────────── */
+
+.home-starters {
+  margin: var(--spacing-lg) 0;
+  padding: var(--spacing-lg);
+}
+.home-starters-head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: var(--spacing-md);
+}
+.home-starters-head strong {
+  font-size: 0.9375rem;
+}
+.home-starters-tier {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--spacing-xs);
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted);
+}
+.home-starters-sub {
+  margin: var(--spacing-xs) 0 var(--spacing-md);
+  font-size: 0.8125rem;
+  color: var(--color-text-secondary);
+}
+.home-starters-list {
+  list-style: none;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: var(--spacing-xs);
+}
+.home-starters-item {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--spacing-md);
+  padding: var(--spacing-xs) 0;
+}
+.home-starters-name {
+  font-weight: 500;
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  word-break: break-all;
+}
+.home-starters-badge {
+  font-size: 0.625rem;
+}
+.home-starters-size {
+  margin-left: auto;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+/* ──────────────────── Models gallery: recommended-for-your-hardware strip ──────────────────── */
+
+.rec-models {
+  margin-bottom: var(--spacing-md);
+  padding: var(--spacing-md) var(--spacing-lg);
+}
+.rec-models-head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: var(--spacing-md);
+}
+.rec-models-title {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--spacing-sm);
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+.rec-models-title i {
+  color: var(--color-primary);
+}
+.rec-models-note {
+  font-size: 0.8125rem;
+  color: var(--color-text-secondary);
+}
+.rec-models-dismiss {
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  padding: 4px;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+.rec-models-dismiss:hover {
+  color: var(--color-text-primary);
+}
+.rec-models-grid {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(220px, 1fr));
+  gap: var(--spacing-sm);
+  margin-top: var(--spacing-md);
+}
+.rec-models-item {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: var(--spacing-xs);
+  padding: var(--spacing-sm) var(--spacing-md);
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-border-subtle);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-md);
+  background: var(--color-bg-primary);
+}
+.rec-models-item-name {
+  font-weight: 500;
+  font-size: 0.8125rem;
+  word-break: break-all;
+}
+.rec-models-item-meta {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: var(--spacing-sm);
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted);
+}
+.rec-models-item-fit {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+}
+
 /* ──────────────────── Home: drop-in endpoint / API compatibility ──────────────────── */
 
 .home-connect {

core/http/react-ui/src/components/ModelSelector.jsx

@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
-import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useCallback } from 'react'
 import { useModels } from '../hooks/useModels'
 import SearchableSelect from './SearchableSelect'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
+// Remember the last model the user picked, keyed by capability, so returning to
+// a page (Home chat box, Image, TTS, Talk...) defaults to that model instead of
+// whatever happens to sort first. Only persisted when a capability key exists —
+// `externalOptions` callers pass no capability and get the old first-item
+// behaviour. localStorage access is wrapped because private-browsing modes throw.
+const LAST_MODEL_PREFIX = 'localai_last_model:'
+
+function readLastModel(capability) {
+  if (!capability) return null
+  try { return localStorage.getItem(LAST_MODEL_PREFIX + capability) } catch { return null }
+}
+
+function writeLastModel(capability, model) {
+  if (!capability || !model) return
+  try { localStorage.setItem(LAST_MODEL_PREFIX + capability, model) } catch { /* ignore */ }
+}
+
 export default function ModelSelector({
   value, onChange, capability, className = '',
   options: externalOptions, loading: externalLoading,
@@ -19,16 +36,27 @@ export default function ModelSelector({
   const isLoading = externalOptions ? (externalLoading || false) : hookLoading
   const isDisabled = isLoading || (externalDisabled || false)
 
+  // Persist genuine selections so the next visit can restore them.
+  const handleChange = useCallback((next) => {
+    writeLastModel(capability, next)
+    onChange(next)
+  }, [capability, onChange])
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (modelNames.length > 0 && (!value || !modelNames.includes(value))) {
-      onChange(modelNames[0])
+      // Prefer the remembered model when it's still available; otherwise fall
+      // back to the first option. Don't re-persist here — auto-select is not a
+      // user choice, and writing back the stored value would be a harmless but
+      // pointless round-trip.
+      const remembered = readLastModel(capability)
+      onChange(remembered && modelNames.includes(remembered) ? remembered : modelNames[0])
     }
-  }, [modelNames, value, onChange])
+  }, [modelNames, value, onChange, capability])
 
   return (
     <SearchableSelect
       value={value || ''}
-      onChange={onChange}
+      onChange={handleChange}
       options={modelNames}
       placeholder={isLoading ? t('selector.loading') : (modelNames.length === 0 ? t('selector.noModels') : t('selector.selectModel'))}
       searchPlaceholder={searchPlaceholder || t('selector.searchPlaceholder')}

core/http/react-ui/src/components/RecommendedModels.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { modelsApi } from '../utils/api'
+import { useRecommendedModels, isNvfp4Name } from '../hooks/useRecommendedModels'
+
+const DISMISS_KEY = 'localai_rec_models_dismissed'
+
+// "Recommended for your hardware" strip at the top of the Models gallery. Shares
+// the hardware-fit ranking with the empty-state starter widget via
+// useRecommendedModels, but styled for the gallery page and dismissible (the
+// gallery is a repeat-visit surface, so it shouldn't nag).
+export default function RecommendedModels({ addToast }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('models')
+  const { recommended, tier, loading } = useRecommendedModels({ count: 4 })
+  const [installing, setInstalling] = useState(() => new Set())
+  const [dismissed, setDismissed] = useState(() => {
+    try { return localStorage.getItem(DISMISS_KEY) === '1' } catch { return false }
+  })
+
+  if (loading || dismissed) return null
+  if (!recommended || recommended.length === 0) return null
+
+  const dismiss = () => {
+    try { localStorage.setItem(DISMISS_KEY, '1') } catch { /* ignore */ }
+    setDismissed(true)
+  }
+
+  const install = async (name) => {
+    setInstalling(prev => new Set(prev).add(name))
+    try {
+      await modelsApi.install(name)
+      addToast?.(t('recommended.installStarted', { model: name }), 'success')
+    } catch (err) {
+      addToast?.(t('recommended.installFailed', { message: err.message }), 'error')
+      setInstalling(prev => {
+        const next = new Set(prev)
+        next.delete(name)
+        return next
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  const isGpu = tier.id !== 'cpu'
+
+  return (
+    <div className="rec-models card">
+      <div className="rec-models-head">
+        <div className="rec-models-title">
+          <i className={`fas ${isGpu ? 'fa-microchip' : 'fa-memory'}`} aria-hidden="true" />
+          <strong>{t('recommended.title')}</strong>
+          <span className="rec-models-note">{isGpu ? t('recommended.gpuNote') : t('recommended.cpuNote')}</span>
+        </div>
+        <button type="button" className="rec-models-dismiss" onClick={dismiss} aria-label={t('recommended.dismiss')} title={t('recommended.dismiss')}>
+          <i className="fas fa-times" aria-hidden="true" />
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div className="rec-models-grid">
+        {recommended.map(m => {
+          const busy = installing.has(m.name)
+          return (
+            <div key={m.name} className="rec-models-item">
+              <div className="rec-models-item-name">{m.name}</div>
+              <div className="rec-models-item-meta">
+                {isNvfp4Name(m.name) && <span className="badge badge-info">NVFP4</span>}
+                {m.sizeDisplay && <span>{m.sizeDisplay}</span>}
+                {isGpu && m.vramDisplay && (
+                  <span className="rec-models-item-fit"><i className="fas fa-microchip" aria-hidden="true" /> {m.vramDisplay}</span>
+                )}
+              </div>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="btn btn-primary btn-sm"
+                disabled={busy}
+                onClick={() => install(m.name)}
+              >
+                {busy
+                  ? (<><i className="fas fa-spinner fa-spin" aria-hidden="true" /> {t('recommended.installing')}</>)
+                  : (<><i className="fas fa-download" aria-hidden="true" /> {t('recommended.install')}</>)}
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          )
+        })}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}

core/http/react-ui/src/components/StarterModels.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { modelsApi } from '../utils/api'
+import { useRecommendedModels, isNvfp4Name } from '../hooks/useRecommendedModels'
+
+// Static fallback used only when the live gallery / estimates can't be reached
+// (offline, trimmed gallery). The hook is the primary, data-driven path; these
+// are real gallery names kept as a safety net so onboarding never shows nothing.
+// Gemma picks use the QAT (quantization-aware-trained) Q4 builds. NVIDIA boxes
+// get NVFP4 + MTP variants at the mid/large tiers (see NVIDIA below).
+const BASE = {
+  cpu: [
+    { name: 'gemma-4-e2b-it-qat-q4_0', size: '~1.5 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.5-4b-claude-4.6-opus-reasoning-distilled', size: '~2.5 GB' },
+    { name: 'gemma-4-e4b-it-qat-q4_0', size: '~3 GB' },
+    { name: 'lfm2.5-1.2b-instruct', size: '~0.8 GB' },
+  ],
+  'gpu-small': [
+    { name: 'gemma-4-e4b-it-qat-q4_0', size: '~3 GB' },
+    { name: 'lfm2.5-8b-a1b', size: '~5 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.5-9b', size: '~5.5 GB' },
+    { name: 'gemma-4-12b-it-qat-q4_0', size: '~7 GB' },
+  ],
+  'gpu-mid': [
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-27b', size: '~16 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-27b-mtp-pi-tune', size: '~16 GB' },
+    { name: 'gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat-q4_0', size: '~16 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.5-27b', size: '~16 GB' },
+  ],
+  'gpu-large': [
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-35b-a3b-apex', size: '~20 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-4.6-opus-reasoning-distilled', size: '~20 GB' },
+    { name: 'gemma-4-31b-it-qat-q4_0', size: '~18 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.5-35b-a3b-apex', size: '~20 GB' },
+  ],
+}
+
+// NVIDIA-only overrides: NVFP4 is a Blackwell-optimised 4-bit format paired with
+// MTP (multi-token prediction) for speed. Only the mid/large tiers have these.
+const NVIDIA = {
+  'gpu-mid': [
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-27b-nvfp4-mtp', size: '~14 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-27b-mtp-pi-tune', size: '~16 GB' },
+    { name: 'gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat-q4_0', size: '~16 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-27b', size: '~16 GB' },
+  ],
+  'gpu-large': [
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-35b-a3b-nvfp4-mtp', size: '~18 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-27b-nvfp4-mtp', size: '~14 GB' },
+    { name: 'qwen3.6-35b-a3b-apex', size: '~20 GB' },
+    { name: 'gemma-4-31b-it-qat-q4_0', size: '~18 GB' },
+  ],
+}
+
+function fallbackFor(tierId, isNvidia) {
+  if (isNvidia && NVIDIA[tierId]) return NVIDIA[tierId]
+  return BASE[tierId] || BASE.cpu
+}
+
+export default function StarterModels({ addToast, onInstallStarted }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('home')
+  const { recommended, tier, isNvidia, loading } = useRecommendedModels({ count: 4 })
+  const [installing, setInstalling] = useState(() => new Set())
+
+  // While the hardware probe + gallery query are in flight, render nothing
+  // rather than flashing fallback content that may be replaced a moment later.
+  if (loading) return null
+
+  // Prefer live recommendations; fall back to the static list only when the
+  // gallery yielded nothing.
+  const items = (recommended && recommended.length > 0)
+    ? recommended.map(r => ({ name: r.name, size: r.sizeDisplay }))
+    : fallbackFor(tier.id, isNvidia)
+
+  if (items.length === 0) return null
+
+  const install = async (name) => {
+    setInstalling(prev => new Set(prev).add(name))
+    try {
+      await modelsApi.install(name)
+      addToast?.(t('starters.installStarted', { model: name }), 'success')
+      onInstallStarted?.(name)
+    } catch (err) {
+      addToast?.(t('starters.installFailed', { message: err.message }), 'error')
+      setInstalling(prev => {
+        const next = new Set(prev)
+        next.delete(name)
+        return next
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <section className="home-starters card">
+      <div className="home-starters-head">
+        <strong>{t('starters.title')}</strong>
+        <span className="home-starters-tier">
+          <i className={`fas ${tier.id === 'cpu' ? 'fa-memory' : 'fa-microchip'}`} aria-hidden="true" />
+          {t(`starters.tier.${tier.id}`)}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+      <p className="home-starters-sub">
+        {tier.id === 'cpu' ? t('starters.cpuNote') : t('starters.gpuNote')}
+      </p>
+      <ul className="home-starters-list">
+        {items.map(c => {
+          const busy = installing.has(c.name)
+          return (
+            <li key={c.name} className="home-starters-item">
+              <span className="home-starters-name">{c.name}</span>
+              {isNvfp4Name(c.name) && <span className="badge badge-info home-starters-badge">NVFP4</span>}
+              {c.size && <span className="home-starters-size">{c.size}</span>}
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="btn btn-primary btn-sm"
+                disabled={busy}
+                onClick={() => install(c.name)}
+              >
+                {busy
+                  ? (<><i className="fas fa-spinner fa-spin" aria-hidden="true" /> {t('starters.installing')}</>)
+                  : (<><i className="fas fa-download" aria-hidden="true" /> {t('starters.install')}</>)}
+              </button>
+            </li>
+          )
+        })}
+      </ul>
+    </section>
+  )
+}

core/http/react-ui/src/hooks/usePolling.js

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react'
+
+// usePolling runs `fn` immediately and then on a fixed interval, with two
+// behaviours every hand-rolled setInterval in this app was missing:
+//
+//   1. Visibility-aware: the timer pauses while the tab is hidden
+//      (document.hidden) and fires an immediate catch-up poll when the tab
+//      becomes visible again. A backgrounded dashboard no longer hammers the
+//      server every few seconds for data nobody is looking at.
+//   2. Non-overlapping: if `fn` returns a promise that takes longer than the
+//      interval, the next tick waits for it instead of stacking requests.
+//
+// `enabled: false` stops polling entirely (one-shot or gated polls). The
+// returned `refetch` runs `fn` on demand and is stable across renders.
+export function usePolling(fn, intervalMs = 5000, { enabled = true, immediate = true } = {}) {
+  const fnRef = useRef(fn)
+  fnRef.current = fn
+
+  const runningRef = useRef(false)
+  const refetch = useCallback(async () => {
+    // Guard against overlap: a slow poll shouldn't pile up behind a fast timer.
+    if (runningRef.current) return
+    runningRef.current = true
+    try {
+      return await fnRef.current()
+    } finally {
+      runningRef.current = false
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled) return
+    let timer = null
+
+    const tick = () => { refetch() }
+
+    const start = () => {
+      if (timer != null) return
+      timer = setInterval(tick, intervalMs)
+    }
+    const stop = () => {
+      if (timer != null) { clearInterval(timer); timer = null }
+    }
+
+    const onVisibility = () => {
+      if (document.hidden) {
+        stop()
+      } else {
+        // Catch up immediately on return, then resume the cadence.
+        tick()
+        start()
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (immediate) tick()
+    if (!document.hidden) start()
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisibility)
+
+    return () => {
+      stop()
+      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisibility)
+    }
+  }, [enabled, intervalMs, immediate, refetch])
+
+  return { refetch }
+}

core/http/react-ui/src/hooks/useRecommendedModels.js

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
+import { modelsApi } from '../utils/api'
+import { useResources } from './useResources'
+
+// Data-driven "recommended for your hardware" model picks. The gallery exposes
+// no popularity/download signal and the list response carries no size, so we:
+//   1. ask the server for chat-capable models in their natural (curated) order,
+//   2. estimate size/VRAM for the top candidates (same endpoint the Models page
+//      uses), and
+//   3. rank by hardware fit — smallest on CPU-only boxes, largest-that-fits on
+//      GPUs (bigger == better quality while still fitting VRAM).
+//
+// Returns `recommended === null` while loading, `[]` when nothing could be
+// resolved (gallery/estimates unavailable) so callers can fall back.
+
+const GB = 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+const DEFAULT_CTX = 4096
+
+// NVFP4 is a Blackwell/NVIDIA-specific 4-bit format — only worth suggesting on
+// NVIDIA hardware, and to be filtered out elsewhere.
+export const isNvfp4Name = (name) => /nvfp4/i.test(name || '')
+
+export function hasNvidiaGpu(resources) {
+  return Array.isArray(resources?.gpus) &&
+    resources.gpus.some(g => (g?.vendor || '').toLowerCase() === 'nvidia')
+}
+
+export function recommendTier(resources) {
+  const isGpu = resources?.type === 'gpu'
+  const vram = resources?.aggregate?.total_memory || 0
+  if (!isGpu || vram <= 0) return { id: 'cpu', vram: 0 }
+  if (vram < 8 * GB) return { id: 'gpu-small', vram }
+  if (vram < 24 * GB) return { id: 'gpu-mid', vram }
+  return { id: 'gpu-large', vram }
+}
+
+function rank(candidates, tier, count, isNvidia) {
+  // NVFP4 only runs on NVIDIA (Blackwell) — drop it everywhere else, and prefer
+  // it on NVIDIA boxes where it's the fastest path.
+  const pool = candidates.filter(c => c.sizeBytes != null && (isNvidia || !isNvfp4Name(c.name)))
+  if (tier.id === 'cpu') {
+    // No GPU: smallest models stay responsive on CPU.
+    return [...pool].sort((a, b) => a.sizeBytes - b.sizeBytes).slice(0, count)
+  }
+  const limit = tier.vram * 0.95
+  const fits = pool.filter(c => c.vramBytes != null && c.vramBytes <= limit)
+  const base = fits.length > 0 ? fits : pool // tiny GPU where nothing fits → fall through to smallest
+  const byPreference = (a, b) => {
+    // On NVIDIA, surface NVFP4 first; then largest-that-fits (best quality).
+    if (isNvidia) {
+      const an = isNvfp4Name(a.name), bn = isNvfp4Name(b.name)
+      if (an !== bn) return an ? -1 : 1
+    }
+    return fits.length > 0 ? b.sizeBytes - a.sizeBytes : a.sizeBytes - b.sizeBytes
+  }
+  return [...base].sort(byPreference).slice(0, count)
+}
+
+export function useRecommendedModels({ count = 4, candidatePool = 10 } = {}) {
+  const { resources } = useResources()
+  const [recommended, setRecommended] = useState(null)
+  const [error, setError] = useState(null)
+
+  const resReady = resources !== null
+  const tier = recommendTier(resources)
+  const isNvidia = hasNvidiaGpu(resources)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!resReady) return
+    let cancelled = false
+    setRecommended(null)
+    setError(null)
+    ;(async () => {
+      try {
+        const data = await modelsApi.list({ tag: 'chat', items: candidatePool, page: 1 })
+        // Recommend models the user hasn't installed yet.
+        const models = (data?.models || []).filter(m => !m.installed)
+        const estimated = await Promise.all(models.map(async (m) => {
+          const name = m.name || m.id
+          try {
+            const e = await modelsApi.estimate(name, [DEFAULT_CTX])
+            const ctx = e?.estimates?.[String(DEFAULT_CTX)]
+            return {
+              name,
+              description: m.description,
+              sizeBytes: e?.sizeBytes ?? null,
+              sizeDisplay: e?.sizeDisplay ?? null,
+              vramBytes: ctx?.vramBytes ?? null,
+              vramDisplay: ctx?.vramDisplay ?? null,
+            }
+          } catch {
+            return { name, sizeBytes: null }
+          }
+        }))
+        if (cancelled) return
+        setRecommended(rank(estimated, tier, count, isNvidia))
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (cancelled) return
+        setError(e.message)
+        setRecommended([])
+      }
+    })()
+    return () => { cancelled = true }
+    // tier.id / tier.vram / isNvidia are primitives, so resource polling doesn't re-run this.
+  }, [resReady, tier.id, tier.vram, isNvidia, count, candidatePool])
+
+  return { recommended, tier, isNvidia, error, loading: recommended === null }
+}

core/http/react-ui/src/hooks/useResources.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { useState, useEffect, useCallback, useRef } from 'react'
+import { useState, useCallback } from 'react'
 import { resourcesApi } from '../utils/api'
+import { usePolling } from './usePolling'
 
 export function useResources(pollInterval = 5000) {
   const [resources, setResources] = useState(null)
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true)
   const [error, setError] = useState(null)
-  const intervalRef = useRef(null)
 
   const fetchResources = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
@@ -19,13 +19,10 @@ export function useResources(pollInterval = 5000) {
     }
   }, [])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  // Visibility-aware polling: pauses while the tab is hidden and catches up on
-    fetchResources()
+  // return (see usePolling). Resource stats are pure dashboard data, so there's
-    intervalRef.current = setInterval(fetchResources, pollInterval)
+  // no reason to keep fetching them for a backgrounded tab.
-    return () => {
+  const { refetch } = usePolling(fetchResources, pollInterval)
-      if (intervalRef.current) clearInterval(intervalRef.current)
-    }
-  }, [fetchResources, pollInterval])
 
-  return { resources, loading, error, refetch: fetchResources }
+  return { resources, loading, error, refetch }
 }

core/http/react-ui/src/pages/AgentChat.jsx

@@ -765,8 +765,10 @@ export default function AgentChat() {
             className="chat-send-btn"
             onClick={handleSend}
             disabled={processing || !input.trim()}
+            aria-label="Send message"
+            title="Send message"
           >
-            <i className="fas fa-paper-plane" />
+            <i className="fas fa-paper-plane" aria-hidden="true" />
           </button>
         </div>
       </div>

core/http/react-ui/src/pages/Chat.jsx

@@ -1427,8 +1427,10 @@ export default function Chat() {
                 className="chat-send-btn"
                 onClick={handleSend}
                 disabled={!input.trim() && files.length === 0}
+                aria-label={t('input.send')}
+                title={t('input.send')}
               >
-                <i className="fas fa-paper-plane" />
+                <i className="fas fa-paper-plane" aria-hidden="true" />
               </button>
             )}
           </div>

core/http/react-ui/src/pages/Home.jsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import UnifiedMCPDropdown from '../components/UnifiedMCPDropdown'
 import ConfirmDialog from '../components/ConfirmDialog'
 import HomeConnect from '../components/HomeConnect'
 import { useResources } from '../hooks/useResources'
+import { usePolling } from '../hooks/usePolling'
 import { fileToBase64, backendControlApi, systemApi, modelsApi, mcpApi, nodesApi } from '../utils/api'
 import { API_CONFIG } from '../utils/config'
 import { greetingKey } from '../utils/greeting'
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import StatusPill from '../components/StatusPill'
 import Skeleton from '../components/Skeleton'
 import SectionHeading from '../components/SectionHeading'
 import EmptyState from '../components/EmptyState'
+import StarterModels from '../components/StarterModels'
 import { staggerStyle } from '../hooks/useStagger'
 
 export default function Home() {
@@ -68,10 +70,9 @@ export default function Home() {
       .catch(() => {})
   }, [])
 
-  // Poll cluster node data in distributed mode
+  // Poll cluster node data in distributed mode. Visibility-aware + gated on
-  useEffect(() => {
+  // distributedMode so a non-distributed or backgrounded tab makes no calls.
-    if (!distributedMode) return
+  const fetchCluster = useCallback(async () => {
-    const fetchCluster = async () => {
     try {
       const data = await nodesApi.list()
       const nodes = Array.isArray(data) ? data : []
@@ -97,11 +98,8 @@ export default function Home() {
         totalCount,
       })
     } catch { setClusterData(null) }
-    }
+  }, [])
-    fetchCluster()
+  usePolling(fetchCluster, 5000, { enabled: distributedMode })
-    const interval = setInterval(fetchCluster, 5000)
-    return () => clearInterval(interval)
-  }, [distributedMode])
 
   // Fetch configured models (to know if any exist) and loaded models (currently running)
   const fetchSystemInfo = useCallback(async () => {
@@ -123,11 +121,7 @@ export default function Home() {
     }
   }, [])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  usePolling(fetchSystemInfo, 5000)
-    fetchSystemInfo()
-    const interval = setInterval(fetchSystemInfo, 5000)
-    return () => clearInterval(interval)
-  }, [fetchSystemInfo])
 
   // Check MCP availability when selected model changes
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -523,6 +517,8 @@ export default function Home() {
             </div>
           </div>
 
+          <StarterModels addToast={addToast} onInstallStarted={fetchSystemInfo} />
+
           <div className="home-wizard-actions">
             <button className="btn btn-primary" onClick={() => navigate('/app/models')}>
               <i className="fas fa-store" /> {t('wizard.browseGallery')}

core/http/react-ui/src/pages/Models.jsx

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import ConfirmDialog from '../components/ConfirmDialog'
 import GalleryLoader from '../components/GalleryLoader'
 import Toggle from '../components/Toggle'
 import ResponsiveTable from '../components/ResponsiveTable'
+import RecommendedModels from '../components/RecommendedModels'
 import React from 'react'
 
 
@@ -301,6 +302,8 @@ export default function Models() {
         }
       />
 
+      <RecommendedModels addToast={addToast} />
+
       {/* Search */}
       <div className="search-bar" style={{ marginBottom: 'var(--spacing-md)' }}>
         <i className="fas fa-search search-icon" />

core/http/react-ui/src/pages/Usage.jsx

@@ -24,7 +24,37 @@ function formatNumber(n) {
   return String(n)
 }
 
-function StatCard({ icon, label, value, muted }) {
+// Opt-in token pricing. LocalAI is self-hosted and has no inherent monetary
+// cost, but multi-user deployments use estimated cost for chargeback/budgeting.
+// Prices are admin-supplied $ per 1M tokens, stored locally (per-browser), and
+// the whole cost surface stays hidden until a non-zero price is set.
+const TOKEN_PRICING_KEY = 'localai_token_pricing'
+
+function loadPricing() {
+  try {
+    const p = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(TOKEN_PRICING_KEY) || '{}')
+    return { prompt: Number(p.prompt) || 0, completion: Number(p.completion) || 0 }
+  } catch { return { prompt: 0, completion: 0 } }
+}
+
+function savePricing(p) {
+  try { localStorage.setItem(TOKEN_PRICING_KEY, JSON.stringify(p)) } catch { /* ignore */ }
+}
+
+function pricingEnabled(p) { return (p?.prompt || 0) > 0 || (p?.completion || 0) > 0 }
+
+function costOf(row, p) {
+  return (row.prompt_tokens / 1_000_000) * (p.prompt || 0)
+       + (row.completion_tokens / 1_000_000) * (p.completion || 0)
+}
+
+function formatCost(n) {
+  if (!n) return '$0.00'
+  if (n < 0.01) return '<$0.01'
+  return '$' + n.toFixed(2)
+}
+
+function StatCard({ icon, label, value, muted, text }) {
   return (
     <div className="card" style={{ padding: 'var(--spacing-sm) var(--spacing-md)', flex: '1 1 0', minWidth: 120, opacity: muted ? 0.7 : 1 }}>
       <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 6, marginBottom: 2 }}>
@@ -32,7 +62,7 @@ function StatCard({ icon, label, value, muted }) {
         <span style={{ fontSize: '0.6875rem', color: 'var(--color-text-muted)', fontWeight: 500, textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.03em' }}>{label}</span>
       </div>
       <div style={{ fontSize: '1.375rem', fontWeight: 700, fontFamily: 'var(--font-mono)', color: muted ? 'var(--color-text-secondary)' : 'var(--color-text-primary)' }}>
-        {muted ? '~' : ''}{formatNumber(value)}
+        {text != null ? text : `${muted ? '~' : ''}${formatNumber(value)}`}
       </div>
     </div>
   )
@@ -642,6 +672,10 @@ export default function Usage() {
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState('models')
   const [quotas, setQuotas] = useState([])
   const [selectedUserId, setSelectedUserId] = useState(null)
+  const [pricing, setPricingState] = useState(loadPricing)
+  const [showPricing, setShowPricing] = useState(false)
+  const setPricing = (p) => { setPricingState(p); savePricing(p) }
+  const costEnabled = pricingEnabled(pricing)
 
   const fetchUsage = useCallback(async () => {
     setLoading(true)
@@ -743,11 +777,50 @@ export default function Usage() {
           <i className="fas fa-key" style={{ fontSize: '0.7rem' }} /> {t('usage.sources.tab')}
         </button>
         <div style={{ flex: 1 }} />
+        <button
+          className={`btn btn-sm ${costEnabled ? 'btn-primary' : 'btn-secondary'}`}
+          onClick={() => setShowPricing(v => !v)}
+          style={{ gap: 4 }}
+          title="Set token pricing to estimate cost"
+        >
+          <i className="fas fa-dollar-sign" /> {costEnabled ? 'Pricing' : 'Set pricing'}
+        </button>
         <button className="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" onClick={fetchUsage} disabled={loading} style={{ gap: 4 }}>
           <i className={`fas fa-rotate${loading ? ' fa-spin' : ''}`} /> Refresh
         </button>
       </div>
 
+      {showPricing && (
+        <div className="card" style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-end', gap: 'var(--spacing-md)', flexWrap: 'wrap', padding: 'var(--spacing-md)', marginBottom: 'var(--spacing-md)' }}>
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 2 }}>
+            <label style={{ fontSize: '0.6875rem', color: 'var(--color-text-muted)', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.03em' }}>Prompt $/1M tokens</label>
+            <input
+              className="input" type="number" min="0" step="0.01" style={{ width: 140 }}
+              value={pricing.prompt || ''}
+              placeholder="0.00"
+              onChange={e => setPricing({ ...pricing, prompt: Number(e.target.value) || 0 })}
+            />
+          </div>
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 2 }}>
+            <label style={{ fontSize: '0.6875rem', color: 'var(--color-text-muted)', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.03em' }}>Completion $/1M tokens</label>
+            <input
+              className="input" type="number" min="0" step="0.01" style={{ width: 140 }}
+              value={pricing.completion || ''}
+              placeholder="0.00"
+              onChange={e => setPricing({ ...pricing, completion: Number(e.target.value) || 0 })}
+            />
+          </div>
+          {costEnabled && (
+            <button className="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" onClick={() => setPricing({ prompt: 0, completion: 0 })} style={{ gap: 4 }}>
+              <i className="fas fa-times" /> Clear
+            </button>
+          )}
+          <span style={{ fontSize: '0.75rem', color: 'var(--color-text-muted)', flex: '1 1 200px' }}>
+            Estimated cost only. Prices are stored in this browser and applied to recorded token counts.
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       {loading ? (
         <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center', padding: 'var(--spacing-xl)' }}>
           <LoadingSpinner size="lg" />
@@ -760,6 +833,9 @@ export default function Usage() {
             <StatCard icon="fas fa-arrow-up" label="Prompt" value={displayTotals.prompt_tokens} />
             <StatCard icon="fas fa-arrow-down" label="Completion" value={displayTotals.completion_tokens} />
             <StatCard icon="fas fa-coins" label="Total" value={displayTotals.total_tokens} />
+            {costEnabled && (
+              <StatCard icon="fas fa-dollar-sign" label="Est. Cost" text={formatCost(costOf(displayTotals, pricing))} />
+            )}
           </div>
 
           {/* Predictions */}
@@ -789,6 +865,7 @@ export default function Usage() {
                       <th style={{ width: 110 }}>Prompt</th>
                       <th style={{ width: 110 }}>Completion</th>
                       <th style={{ width: 110 }}>Total</th>
+                      {costEnabled && <th style={{ width: 100 }}>Est. Cost</th>}
                       <th style={{ width: 140 }}></th>
                     </tr>
                   </thead>
@@ -800,6 +877,7 @@ export default function Usage() {
                         <td style={monoCell}>{formatNumber(row.prompt_tokens)}</td>
                         <td style={monoCell}>{formatNumber(row.completion_tokens)}</td>
                         <td style={{ ...monoCell, fontWeight: 600 }}>{formatNumber(row.total_tokens)}</td>
+                        {costEnabled && <td style={monoCell}>{formatCost(costOf(row, pricing))}</td>}
                         <td><UsageBar value={row.total_tokens} max={maxTokens} /></td>
                       </tr>
                     ))}
@@ -827,6 +905,7 @@ export default function Usage() {
                       <th style={{ width: 110 }}>Prompt</th>
                       <th style={{ width: 110 }}>Completion</th>
                       <th style={{ width: 110 }}>Total</th>
+                      {costEnabled && <th style={{ width: 100 }}>Est. Cost</th>}
                       <th style={{ width: 110 }}>Proj. Total</th>
                       <th style={{ width: 140 }}></th>
                     </tr>
@@ -849,6 +928,7 @@ export default function Usage() {
                             <td style={monoCell}>{formatNumber(row.prompt_tokens)}</td>
                             <td style={monoCell}>{formatNumber(row.completion_tokens)}</td>
                             <td style={{ ...monoCell, fontWeight: 600 }}>{formatNumber(row.total_tokens)}</td>
+                            {costEnabled && <td style={monoCell}>{formatCost(costOf(row, pricing))}</td>}
                             <td style={{ ...monoCell, color: 'var(--color-text-muted)', fontStyle: 'italic' }}>
                               {up?.predictions ? `~${formatNumber(up.predictions.projectedTotals.total_tokens)}` : '-'}
                             </td>
@@ -856,7 +936,7 @@ export default function Usage() {
                           </tr>
                           {isExpanded && up && (
                             <tr>
-                              <td colSpan={8} style={{ padding: 0, background: 'var(--color-bg-secondary)' }}>
+                              <td colSpan={costEnabled ? 9 : 8} style={{ padding: 0, background: 'var(--color-bg-secondary)' }}>
                                 <div style={{ padding: 'var(--spacing-md)' }}>
                                   {up.predictions && (
                                     <div style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: 'repeat(auto-fit, minmax(100px, 1fr))', gap: 'var(--spacing-xs)', marginBottom: 'var(--spacing-sm)' }}>

core/http/routes/auth.go

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func RegisterAuthRoutes(e *echo.Echo, app *application.Application) {
 	// Set up OAuth manager when any OAuth/OIDC provider is configured
 	if appConfig.Auth.GitHubClientID != "" || appConfig.Auth.OIDCClientID != "" {
 		oauthMgr, err := auth.NewOAuthManager(
-			appConfig.Auth.BaseURL,
+			appConfig.ExternalBaseURL,
 			auth.OAuthParams{
 				GitHubClientID:     appConfig.Auth.GitHubClientID,
 				GitHubClientSecret: appConfig.Auth.GitHubClientSecret,

core/services/nodes/router.go

@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ func applyNodeHardwareDefaults(opts *pb.ModelOptions, node *BackendNode) {
 		VRAM:              node.TotalVRAM,
 	}
 	if config.IsManagedPhysicalBatch(int(opts.NBatch)) {
-		opts.NBatch = int32(config.PhysicalBatch(gpu))
+		// Gate the raised batch on the selected node's per-device VRAM at this
+		// model's context, so a large context can't overflow the node's compute
+		// buffer (issue #10485). node.TotalVRAM is the node's reported ceiling.
+		opts.NBatch = int32(config.PhysicalBatchForContext(gpu, int(opts.ContextSize)))
 	}
 	// Default concurrent serving for the selected node (the frontend that built
 	// the options may have no GPU). Only adds when no parallel option is set.

core/services/nodes/router_hardware_internal_test.go

@@ -8,12 +8,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("applyNodeHardwareDefaults", func() {
-	It("raises a managed default batch on a Blackwell node", func() {
+	It("raises a managed default batch on a Blackwell node with headroom", func() {
-		opts := &pb.ModelOptions{NBatch: config.DefaultPhysicalBatch}
+		opts := &pb.ModelOptions{NBatch: config.DefaultPhysicalBatch, ContextSize: 8192}
-		applyNodeHardwareDefaults(opts, &BackendNode{GPUComputeCapability: "12.1"})
+		applyNodeHardwareDefaults(opts, &BackendNode{GPUComputeCapability: "12.1", TotalVRAM: 119 << 30})
 		Expect(opts.NBatch).To(BeEquivalentTo(config.BlackwellPhysicalBatch))
 	})
 
+	It("keeps the default batch when a large context would overflow the node", func() {
+		// Regression guard for issue #10485 on the distributed path.
+		opts := &pb.ModelOptions{NBatch: config.DefaultPhysicalBatch, ContextSize: 204800}
+		applyNodeHardwareDefaults(opts, &BackendNode{GPUComputeCapability: "12.0", TotalVRAM: 16 << 30})
+		Expect(opts.NBatch).To(BeEquivalentTo(config.DefaultPhysicalBatch))
+	})
+
 	It("resets a Blackwell guess on a non-Blackwell node", func() {
 		// frontend (Blackwell) guessed high, but the selected node is not Blackwell
 		opts := &pb.ModelOptions{NBatch: config.BlackwellPhysicalBatch}

docs/content/advanced/model-configuration.md

@@ -494,6 +494,39 @@ These llama.cpp options are passed through the `options:` array.
 | `direct_io` / `use_direct_io` | bool | `false` | Open the model with `O_DIRECT` (faster cold loads on NVMe; ignored if not supported). |
 | `verbosity` | int | `3` | llama.cpp internal log verbosity threshold. Higher = more verbose. |
 | `override_tensor` / `tensor_buft_overrides` | string | "" | Per-tensor buffer-type overrides for the main model. Format: `<tensor regex>=<buffer type>,<tensor regex>=<buffer type>,...`. Mirrors the existing `draft_override_tensor` syntax for the draft model. |
+| `cpu_moe` | bool | false | Keep all MoE expert weights of the main model on CPU (upstream `--cpu-moe`). Frees VRAM on large MoE models (DeepSeek, Qwen3 `*-A3B`). |
+| `n_cpu_moe` | int | 0 | Keep MoE expert weights of the first N main-model layers on CPU (upstream `--n-cpu-moe`). |
+
+#### Generic option passthrough
+
+Any `options:` entry whose name starts with `-` is forwarded **verbatim** to
+upstream llama.cpp's own `llama-server` argument parser. This means any flag the
+bundled llama.cpp supports works without LocalAI needing a dedicated option,
+even ones added after your LocalAI version was built. See the upstream
+[server flags reference](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/tools/server/README.md).
+
+Format mirrors the rest of the array - `--flag` for a boolean, or `--flag:value`
+for a flag that takes a value. Everything after the first `:` is the value, so
+embedded colons (e.g. `host:port`) are preserved:
+
+```yaml
+options:
+  - "--cpu-moe"                 # boolean flag
+  - "--n-cpu-moe:4"             # flag with a value
+  - "--override-tensor:exps=CPU"
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- **Precedence:** passthrough flags are applied last, so an explicit flag
+  overrides the LocalAI option it maps to (e.g. `--ctx-size:8192` overrides
+  `context_size`).
+- **Power-user territory:** an invalid flag or value is rejected by the upstream
+  parser exactly as it would be by `llama-server`, which can fail model loading.
+  Prefer the named options above when one exists.
+- Flags that would terminate the process (such as `--help`, `--usage`,
+  `--version`, `--license`, `--list-devices`, `--cache-list`, and
+  `--completion*`) are ignored.
 
 ### Prompt Caching
 

docs/content/advanced/reverse-proxy-tls.md

@@ -14,6 +14,26 @@ When running LocalAI behind a TLS termination reverse proxy, the Web UI may fail
 
 LocalAI uses the `X-Forwarded-Proto` HTTP header to determine the protocol used by clients. When this header is set to `https`, LocalAI will generate HTTPS URLs for static assets in the Web UI.
 
+## Running behind a reverse proxy (HTTPS / subpath)
+
+LocalAI does not terminate TLS itself, so HTTPS is provided by a reverse
+proxy in front of it. Self-referential links (generated image and video
+URLs, async job status URLs, OAuth callbacks) need the externally visible
+scheme, host and port.
+
+LocalAI determines these in this order:
+
+1. `LOCALAI_BASE_URL` - if set, it is authoritative for the origin. Set it to
+   the externally visible base URL, e.g. `LOCALAI_BASE_URL=https://localai.example.com`
+   or `https://192.168.0.13:34567`. Recommended whenever links come back with
+   the wrong scheme or host.
+2. Otherwise, the `X-Forwarded-Proto` and `X-Forwarded-Host` headers (or the
+   RFC 7239 `Forwarded` header) sent by the proxy. Ensure your proxy forwards
+   `X-Forwarded-Proto: https`.
+
+A reverse-proxy subpath mount is supported via `X-Forwarded-Prefix`; it is
+appended to `LOCALAI_BASE_URL` when both are present.
+
 ## Required Headers
 
 Your reverse proxy must forward these headers to LocalAI:

docs/data/version.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "v4.4.3"
+  "version": "v4.5.0"
 }