# ItsPi3141/alpaca-electron

The simplest way to run Alpaca (and other LLaMA-based local LLMs) on your own computer

Repository: https://github.com/ItsPi3141/alpaca-electron
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/alpaca-electron
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: alpaca, llama, chat, chatgpt, electron, ui, webui, electron-app, linux, macos, windows, ai, app, docker, alpaca-electron, dalai
Last push: 2024-04-04T14:52:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 21/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 89
- inputs: {"age_days": 1258, "days_push": 881, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1302, forks 138 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.205946+00:00)

## What it is
Alpaca Electron is an Electron desktop app that provides a simple ChatGPT-style UI for chatting with Alpaca and other LLaMA-based local LLMs via llama.cpp. It runs entirely on CPU with no command line, compiling, or external dependencies required.

## Use cases
- run alpaca llm locally on my computer
- chat with a local llama model without command line
- offline chatgpt alternative desktop app
- run llama-based llm on cpu without gpu
- simple gui for llama.cpp models
- chat with local ai models on windows

## When to choose
- you want a no-setup, installer-based way to chat with Alpaca/LLaMA models locally
- you lack a GPU and need CPU-only inference
- you want an offline ChatGPT-like interface with no external dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need GPU acceleration or the latest GGUF support on macOS/Linux
- you need chat history, web access, or image generation integrations
- you want a actively developed project with broad platform support
- you prefer server-based or CLI tooling over a desktop app

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: llm-inference, chatbot, chat-interface, gui
- domain: large-language-models, artificial-intelligence, chatbots, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows
- tags: local-llm, alpaca, llama, llama-cpp, offline-ai, cpu-inference, chatgpt-alternative, gguf, macos, linux, electron, desktop, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- ItsPi3141/alpaca-electron (main) score 21

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.205946+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:51:15.579333+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ItsPi3141/alpaca-electron (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.205946+00:00, sha db642b5b8769)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.