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Fabric

Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI. It provides a modular system for solving specific problems using a crowdsourced set of AI …

★ 44.2k stars⑂ 4.3k forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

Fabric is an open-source local llm project by danielmiessler (danielmiessler/Fabric on GitHub). It has 44,158 GitHub stars and 4,293 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 3 October 2026.

GitHub stars
44,158
Forks
4,293
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
3 October 2026
Category
Local LLM
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Official site
// how it works

How it works

  1. Install the runtime

    One binary or app gets you a working local model setup.

  2. Download a model

    Pick a size that fits your RAM/VRAM; smaller models run on laptops.

  3. Chat or integrate

    Use the built-in UI, or point OpenAI-compatible clients at it.

  4. Go private

    Airplane mode works — your prompts never leave the device.

// features

Why people love it

Extensible

RAG, tools, and agents build on the same base.

Quantized efficiency

Smart compression runs big models on modest hardware.

Offline capable

Works on planes, in basements, behind firewalls.

Model choice

Swap between hundreds of open models freely.

OpenAI-compatible APIs

Existing tools plug in by changing one URL.

Document chat

Ask questions over your PDFs, notes, and codebases.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 — Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric.git
    cd Fabric
  2. Step 2 — Check the README

    Every project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.

    cat README.md | head -60
  3. Step 3 — Run it

    Follow the project's launch command — Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.

    # see README for the exact launch command
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains Fabric?

It is an open-source project at danielmiessler/Fabric with 4,293 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.

Is Fabric free for commercial use?

MIT licensed — use it commercially, no strings attached.

Which model should I start with?

A recent 8–32B instruct model is the sweet spot for most machines.

Is it really private?

Yes — with no network calls, there's nothing to leak.

Are local models as good as GPT-4?

Close on many tasks now; frontier cloud models still lead on hard reasoning.

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Get Fabric

Free and open — grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.