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AI Runner

AI Runner is an interface which allows you to run open-source large language models (LLM) and AI image generators (Stable Diffusion) on your own hardware.

It is designed to be easy to use, with a simple and intuitive interface that allows you to run AI models without the need for a web server or cloud service.

It has been optimized for speed and efficiency, allowing you to generate images and have conversations with chatbots in real-time.

Stable Diffusion

Customizable Chatbots with Moods and Personalities

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⭐ Features

AI Runner is an AI interface which allows you to run open-source large language models (LLM) and AI image generators (Stable Diffusion) on your own hardware.

Feature	Description
🗣️ LLMs and communication
Voice-based chatbot conversations	Have conversations with a chatbot using your voice
Text-to-speech	Convert text to spoken audio
Speech-to-text	Convert spoken audio to text
Customizable chatbots with LLMs	Generate text using large language models
RAG on local documents and websites	Interact with your local documents using an LLM
🎨 Image Generation
Stable Diffusion (all versions)	Generate images using Stable Diffusion
Drawing tools	Turn sketches into art
Text-to-Image	Generate images from textual descriptions
Image-to-Image	Generate images based on input images
🖼️ Image Manipulation
Inpaint and Outpaint	Modify parts of an image while maintaining context
Controlnet	Control image generation with additional input
LoRA	Efficiently fine-tune models with LoRA
Textual Embeddings	Use textual embeddings for image generation control
Image Filters	Blur, film grain, pixel art and more
🔧 Utility
Run offline, locally	Run on your own hardware without internet
Fast generation	Generate images in ~2 seconds (RTX 2080s)
Run multiple models at once	Utilize multiple models simultaneously
Dark mode	Comfortable viewing experience in low-light environments
Infinite scrolling canvas	Seamlessly scroll through generated images
NSFW filter toggle	Help control the visibility of NSFW content
NSFW guardrails toggle	Help prevent generation of LLM harmful content
Fully customizable	Easily adjust all parameters
Fast load time, responsive interface	Enjoy a smooth and responsive user experience
Pure python	No reliance on a webserver, pure python implementation

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💻 System Requirements

Minimum system requirements

• OS: Linux
• Processor: Intel i5 or equivalent
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: 2080s RTX or higher
• Network: Broadband Internet connection required for setup
• Storage: 130 GB available space

Recommended system specs

• OS: Linux
• Processor: Intel i7 or equivalent
• Memory: 30 GB RAM
• Graphics: 4090 RTX or higher
• Network: Broadband Internet connection required for setup
• Storage: 130 GB available space

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🚀 Installation

There are several ways to get started with AI Runner such as packaged, from source and as a library.

Detailed packaging and installation instructions can be found in the wiki.

Install as a library

Installation

pip install airunner

Running

airunner

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Models

AI Runner installs all of the models required to run a chatbot with text-to-speech and speech-to-text capabilities, as well as the core models required for Stable Diffusion. However, you must supply your own art generator models.

You can download models from Huggingface.co or civitai.com.

The supported Stable Diffusion models are:

• SD 1.5
• SDXL 1.0
• SDXL Turbo

Models must be placed in their respective directories in the airunner directory.

~/.local/share/airunner
├── art
│   ├── models
│   │   ├── SD 1.5
│   │   │   ├── lora
│   │   │   └── embeddings
│   │   ├── SDXL 1.0
│   │   │   ├── lora
│   │   │   └── embeddings
│   │   └── SDXL Turbo
│   │       ├── lora
│   │       └── embeddings

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Unit tests

Run all unit tests

python -m unittest discover -s src/airunner/tests

Run a single unit tests python -m unittest src/airunner/tests/<file_name>

Example

python -m unittest src/airunner/tests/test_prompt_weight_convert.py

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Privacy and Security

Although AI Runner v3.0 is built with Huggingface libraries, we have taken care to strip the application of any telemetry or tracking features.

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Internet access

Only the setup wizard needs access to the internet in order to download the required models.

For more information see the Darklock and Facehuggershield libraries.

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Disc access

Write access for the transformers library has been disabled, preventing it from creating a huggingface cache directory at runtime.

The application itself may still access the disc for reading and writing, however we have restricted reads and writes to the user provided airunner directory (by default this is located at ~/.local/share/airunner).

All other attempts to access the disc are blocked and logged for your review.

For more information see src/security/restrict_os_access.py.

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Huggingface Hub

Huggingface Hub contains telemetry and tracking features that have been completely disabled in AI Runner.

The security measures taken for this library are as follows

• Prevented from accessing the internet
• Prevented from accessing the disc
• All environment variables set for maximum security
• All telemetry disabled

See Facehuggershield for more information.