# Local Swarm Run a swarm of local LLMs on your hardware. Multiple models work together to give you the best answer through consensus voting. ## What It Does - **Auto-detects your hardware** (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple Silicon, Qualcomm, or CPU) - **Downloads and runs multiple LLM instances** optimized for your VRAM/RAM - **Uses consensus voting** - all instances answer, best response wins - **Connects multiple machines** on your network for a "hive mind" effect - **Provides an OpenAI-compatible API** at `http://localhost:17615/v1` ## Quick Start ```bash # Clone and install git clone https://github.com/yourusername/local_swarm.git cd local_swarm pip install -r requirements.txt # Run it python main.py ``` On first run, it will: 1. Detect your hardware 2. Pick the best model and quantization 3. Download the model (one-time) 4. Start multiple LLM workers 5. Expose the API at `http://localhost:17615` ## Usage ### Interactive Mode (default) ```bash python main.py ``` Shows a menu with: - Recommended configuration (auto-selected) - Browse all compatible models - Custom configuration wizard ### Auto Mode (no menu) ```bash python main.py --auto ``` ### With Other Options ```bash python main.py --model qwen:3b:q4 # Use specific model python main.py --instances 4 # Force 4 workers python main.py --port 8080 # Custom port python main.py --detect # Show hardware info only python main.py --federation # Enable network federation python main.py --mcp # Enable MCP server python main.py --use-opencode-tools # Use opencode tools (adds ~27k tokens) ``` **Tool Mode Options:** - Default: Local tool server (~125 tokens, saves context window space) - `--use-opencode-tools`: Full opencode tool definitions (~27k tokens, more capabilities) ## Connect to Opencode Add to your opencode config: ```json { "model": { "provider": "openai", "base_url": "http://localhost:17615/v1", "api_key": "not-needed", "model": "local-swarm" } } ``` ## Network Federation (Hive Mind) Run on multiple machines to combine their power: ```bash # Machine 1 (Windows with RTX 4060) python main.py --auto --federation # Machine 2 (Mac Mini M1) python main.py --auto --federation # Machine 3 (Old laptop) python main.py --auto --federation ``` Machines auto-discover each other and vote together on every request. ## How Consensus Works 1. Your prompt goes to all LLM instances 2. Each instance generates a response independently 3. The consensus algorithm picks the best answer: - **Similarity** (default): Groups responses by meaning, picks the largest group - **Quality**: Scores on completeness, code blocks, structure - **Fastest**: Returns the quickest response - **Majority**: Simple text match voting ## Configuration Create `config.yaml`: ```yaml server: host: "127.0.0.1" port: 17615 swarm: consensus_strategy: "similarity" # similarity, quality, fastest, majority min_instances: 2 max_instances: 8 federation: enabled: true discovery_port: 8765 max_peers: 10 ``` ## Supported Hardware | Hardware | Backend | Notes | |----------|---------|-------| | NVIDIA GPU | llama.cpp (CUDA) | Best performance | | AMD GPU | llama.cpp (ROCm) | Linux/Windows | | Intel GPU | llama.cpp (SYCL) | Linux/Windows | | Apple Silicon | MLX | Native Metal | | Qualcomm | llama.cpp (CPU) | Android/Termux | | CPU-only | llama.cpp | Slower but works | ## Supported Models - **Qwen 2.5 Coder** (3B, 7B, 14B) - Recommended - **DeepSeek Coder** (1.3B, 6.7B, 33B) - **CodeLlama** (7B, 13B, 34B) All support GGUF quantization (Q4_K_M recommended). ## API Endpoints - `GET /v1/models` - List available models - `POST /v1/chat/completions` - Chat completion with consensus - `GET /health` - Health check - `GET /v1/federation/peers` - List discovered peers (when federation enabled) ## Troubleshooting ### Out of Memory ```bash python main.py --instances 2 # Reduce workers python main.py --model qwen:3b:q4 # Use smaller model ``` ### Slow Performance - Check GPU utilization with `nvidia-smi` - Reduce instances to avoid contention - Use Q4 quantization instead of Q6 ### CUDA Not Detected (Windows) ```powershell nvidia-smi # Check drivers pip uninstall llama-cpp-python pip install llama-cpp-python --extra-index-url https://abetlen.github.io/llama-cpp-python/whl/cu121 ``` ### macOS: MLX Not Found ```bash pip install mlx-lm ``` ## Project Structure ``` local_swarm/ ├── main.py # CLI entry point ├── src/ │ ├── hardware/ # GPU detection (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Apple, Qualcomm) │ ├── models/ # Model registry, selection, downloading │ ├── backends/ # llama.cpp and MLX backends │ ├── swarm/ # Worker management and consensus │ ├── network/ # Federation and peer discovery │ ├── api/ # OpenAI-compatible API server │ └── tools/ # Tool execution (read, write, bash) └── docs/ # Documentation ``` ## License MIT License