This folder is specifically created as a local cache and storage folder that is used for native models that can run on a CPU.
Currently, AnythingLLM uses this folder for the following parts of the application.
When your embedding engine preference is native
we will use the ONNX all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model built by Xenova on HuggingFace.co. This model is a quantized and WASM version of the popular all-MiniLM-L6-v2 which produces a 384-dimension vector.
If you are using the native
embedding engine your vector database should be configured to accept 384-dimension models if that parameter is directly editable (Pinecone only).
Important
Use of a locally running LLM model is experimental and may behave unexpectedly, crash, or not function at all. We suggest for production-use of a local LLM model to use a purpose-built inference server like LocalAI or LMStudio.
Tip
We recommend at least using a 4-bit or 5-bit quantized model for your LLM. Lower quantization models tend to just output unreadable garbage.
If you would like to use a local Llama compatible LLM model for chatting you can select any model from this HuggingFace search filter
Requirements
- Model must be in the latest
GGUF
format - Model should be compatible with latest
llama.cpp
- You should have the proper RAM to run such a model. Requirement depends on model size.
Important
If running in Docker you should be running the container to a mounted storage location on the host machine so you can update the storage files directly without having to re-download or re-build your docker container. See suggested Docker config
All local models you want to have available for LLM selection should be placed in the storage/models/downloaded
folder. Only .gguf
files will be allowed to be selected from the UI.