alpaca-native
alpaca-native is a chat model from maicomputer, released March 16, 2023. alpaca-native is an open-weights chat model.
by maicomputer
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Ways to use alpaca-native in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your maicomputer API key. osFoundry discovers alpaca-native automatically — assign it to a Maestro role (router, direct, orchestrator, or fallback) in the Pipeline tab and it is live in every chat. Your key, your provider account — no token markup.
Deploy a dedicated endpoint
alpaca-native is open-weights — run it locally for free, or deploy a dedicated GPU endpoint in your workspace for reserved capacity with no rate limits.
Use it in a Room App
Room Apps declare AI features in their manifest, then call them with invokeAI:
import { invokeAI } from '@osfoundry/app-sdk'
// 'summarize' is an AI feature declared in your app manifest.
const result = await invokeAI('summarize', userText)
Call it from your own apps
Once a model is wired into your workspace you can host it as an API and reach it from your own services, scripts, or CI — outside osFoundry.
alpaca-native vs similar models
| Model | Org | Params | Context | Input price | Self-host |
|---|
| alpaca-native | maicomputer | — | — | Free (local) | Yes |
| Shepherd-Alpha | reaperdoesntknow | — | — | Free (local) | Yes |
| CLIP-ViT-L-scope | lewington | — | — | Free (local) | Yes |
| Duchifat-2 | Raziel1234 | — | — | Free (local) | Yes |
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about alpaca-native
Is alpaca-native free to use?
alpaca-native is free to run locally on your own hardware. Hosted access through osFoundry is metered (input Free (local), output Free (local)). You can switch between local and hosted at any time.
Can I use alpaca-native commercially?
Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use. Check upstream documentation.
Can I run alpaca-native locally?
Yes. alpaca-native is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is alpaca-native best at?
alpaca-native is well-suited to text generation.
How do I use alpaca-native in osFoundry?
Paste your maicomputer API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign alpaca-native to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by maicomputer on March 16, 2023. Source: https://huggingface.co/maicomputer/alpaca-native