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josStorer/RWKV-Runner

A RWKV management and startup tool, full automation, only 8MB. And provides an interface compatible with the OpenAI API. RWKV is a large language model that is fully open source and available for commercial use. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/josStorer/RWKV-Runner · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

86/100

  • Activity 91
  • Release rhythm 80
  • Longevity 86
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 44.0
  • age_days: 1216
  • days_rel: 57
  • days_push: 57
  • n_releases_24m: 15

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6462 stars · 600 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

RWKV-Runner is a lightweight desktop application that automates downloading, managing, and running RWKV large language models with a GUI. It exposes an OpenAI-compatible API server so any ChatGPT client can be used as an RWKV client.

Use cases

  • run RWKV language models locally with one click
  • serve an OpenAI-compatible API for RWKV models
  • manage and download LLM model files
  • use ChatGPT clients with RWKV models
  • deploy an LLM backend on a server
  • chat with local language models offline

When to choose

  • you want to run RWKV models without manual setup
  • you need an OpenAI API-compatible local LLM server
  • you want a lightweight GUI for local model management
  • you prefer fully open-source, commercially usable LLMs

When to avoid

  • you need to run GPT-style transformer models like Llama
  • you only want a headless inference library
  • you require fine-tuning workflows (use RWKV-PEFT instead)

Facets

application · maturity active

llm-inference http-server gui chatbot large-language-models artificial-intelligence developer-tools self-hosted windows cross-platform rwkv openai-api-compatible model-manager wails local-llm macos linux desktop

2 sources

Member repositories

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josStorer/RWKV-Runnermain86

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