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 "generated": "2026-10-31",
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 "github": "https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen",
 "what": "TextGen (formerly text-generation-webui) is an open-source desktop app and web UI for running local LLMs with no telemetry. It supports llama.cpp GGUF models plus Transformers and ExLlamaV3, chat and instruct modes, vision, file attachments, tool-calling with MCP support, an OpenAI and Anthropic compatible API, LoRA training and an image generation tab, all 100% offline.",
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  "Windows, Linux or macOS",
  "Python 3.9+ for the manual install, or a portable build",
  "A GGUF model file from Hugging Face and enough RAM or VRAM for it"
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 "section": "earlier",
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 "category": "Personal productivity",
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   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/oobabooga-textgen/use-textgen-as-a-local-openai-compatible-api.json"
  },
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   "id": "oobabooga-textgen--fine-tune-a-lora-with-textgen-training-tab",
   "title": "Fine-tune a LoRA on your own chats or text",
   "best": false,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/oobabooga-textgen/fine-tune-a-lora-with-textgen-training-tab/",
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  }
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 "disclaimer": "Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk."
}