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Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <[email protected]>

Author: mudler

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 **LocalAI** is a free, open-source alternative to OpenAI (Anthropic, etc.), functioning as a drop-in replacement REST API for local inferencing. It allows you to run [LLMs]({{% relref "docs/features/text-generation" %}}), generate images, and produce audio, all locally or on-premises with consumer-grade hardware, supporting multiple model families and architectures.
 
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+**Security considerations**
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+If you are exposing LocalAI remotely, make sure you protect the API endpoints adeguately with a mechanism which allows to protect from the incoming traffic or alternatively, run LocalAI with `API_KEY` to gate the access with an API key. The API key guarantees a total access to the features (there is no role separation), and it is to be considered as likely as an admin role.
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+To access the WebUI with an API_KEY, browser extensions such as [Requestly](https://requestly.com/) can be used (see also https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/issues/2227#issuecomment-2093333752).
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 ## Using the Bash Installer
 
 Install LocalAI easily using the bash installer with the following command: