how to turn your local AI into an API — a private, free drop-in for the OpenAI API

Point your apps, scripts, and coding tools at a model on your own machine instead of a paid cloud API. It's an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, it's… Aliteq Lena Fischer · AI & Local Compute Editor

Local tools expose an OpenAI-compatible API — swap the base URL and your existing code works.

Ollama: an API at localhost:11434 out of the box — simplest for personal use.

LM Studio: a one-click local server with a friendly UI — great for beginners.

vLLM: high-throughput serving for multiple users or heavy workloads.

Why do it: free, private, offline, no rate limits — point coding tools and apps at your own model.

The swap is trivial — change the base URL (and a dummy API key) and you're running local.

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