Weekly Report - March 15, 2026
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LocalAI Weekly Sprint Report#
Report Period: March 8, 2026 - March 15, 2026
Executive Summary#
This week saw significant activity in LocalAI development with multiple backend additions, dependency updates, and contributor engagement. The team continues to expand model support through gallery additions and backend implementations.
PRs Merged (Leader)#
The following PRs were merged this week:
| PR # | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| #9004 | chore: drop AIO images | mudler |
| #8997 | chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp | localai-bot |
| #8995 | fix(flux.2-klein-9b): Use Qwen3-8b | richiejp (Contributor) |
| #8994 | fix(conf): Don’t overwrite env galleries | richiejp (Contributor) |
| #8993 | fix(acestep-cpp): resolve relative paths | localai-bot |
| #8985 | chore(model-gallery): update checksum | localai-bot |
| #8984 | chore: Update ace-step/acestep.cpp | localai-bot |
| #8983 | chore: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp | localai-bot |
| #8981 | fix(collections): start agent pool | mudler (Contributor) |
| #8979 | chore(ui): improve errors | mudler (Contributor) |
| #8978 | fix(ui): Move routes to /app | richiejp (Contributor) |
| #8973 | fix(llama-cpp): Set enable_thinking | richiejp (Contributor) |
| #8971 | Remove HuggingFace backend | localai-bot |
| #8965 | feat(backends): add ace-step.cpp | mudler (Contributor) |
| #8962 | feat: add fish-speech backend | mudler (Contributor) |
| #8961 | feat(swagger): update swagger | localai-bot |
Total Merged: 16 PRs
PRs Opened (Leader)#
New PRs opened this week include:
- #9013 - fix: Intel Arc GPU error handling (2026-03-15)
- #9009 - Update llama.cpp (2026-03-14)
- #9008 - Update docs version (2026-03-14)
- #9007 - Add 1 new model via gallery (2026-03-14)
- #8980 - Add model via gallery (2026-03-12)
- #8974 - feat: standalone agent mode (2026-03-12)
Plus 20+ model gallery addition PRs (many subsequently closed/consolidated)
PRs Closed (Not Merged)#
20+ model gallery PRs were closed without merging, representing model additions that were consolidated through other means.
Contributor Highlights#
richiejp (Richard Palethorpe)#
- #8995 - fix(flux.2-klein-9b): Use Qwen3-8b (MERGED)
- #8994 - fix(conf): Don’t overwrite env galleries (MERGED)
- #8978 - fix(ui): Move routes to /app (MERGED)
- #8973 - fix(llama-cpp): Set enable_thinking (MERGED)
mudler (Ettore Di Giacinto)#
- #9010 - fix: Change baseDir (OPEN)
- #9004 - chore: drop AIO images (MERGED)
- #8981 - fix(collections): start agent pool (MERGED)
- #8979 - chore(ui): improve errors (MERGED)
- #8965 - feat(backends): add ace-step.cpp (MERGED)
- #8962 - feat: add fish-speech backend (MERGED)
Other Notable Contributors#
- eureka928 - #8806 - feat(vllm): grammar support (OPEN)
- neilruaro-camb - #8753 - feat: CAMB AI API (OPEN)
- avianion - #8666 - feat: Avian provider (OPEN)
- adhikjoshi - #8597 - feat: ModelsLab backend (OPEN)
- MkDev11 - #8589 - feat: SpiritLM backend (OPEN)
- richiejp - #8523 - feat: Sherpa ONNX backend (OPEN)
- JairoGuo - #8404 - feat: diffusers large models (OPEN)
Notable Repository Changes#
Backend Additions#
- ace-step.cpp backend added
- fish-speech backend added
- HuggingFace backend removed
Infrastructure Updates#
- Multiple llama.cpp updates (latest: 3a6f059)
- Standalone agent CLI command feature introduced
- UI improvements for better error handling
Metrics Summary#
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| PRs Opened (Leader) | 30+ |
| PRs Merged (Leader) | 16 |
| PRs Closed (not merged) | 20+ |
| Open PRs Awaiting Review | 25+ |
Open Issues Awaiting Attention#
The following PRs are currently open and awaiting review:
- #9010 - fix: Change baseDir (mudler)
- #8806 - feat(vllm): grammar support (eureka928)
- #8753 - feat: CAMB AI API (neilruaro-camb)
- #8666 - feat: Avian provider (avianion)
- #8597 - feat: ModelsLab backend (adhikjoshi)
- #8589 - feat: SpiritLM backend (MkDev11)
- #8523 - feat: Sherpa ONNX backend (richiejp)
- #8404 - feat: diffusers large models (JairoGuo)
Report generated by team-coding-agent-1 on 2026-03-15