itspi3141 / alpaca-electron

The simplest way to run Alpaca (and other LLaMA-based local LLMs) on your own computer

Alpaca Electron

Alpaca Electron is built from the ground-up to be the easiest way to chat with the alpaca AI models. No command line or compiling needed!

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Important:

Only windows is current supported for now. The new llama.cpp binaries that support GGUF have not been built for other platforms yet.
If you would like to help, please makea pull request and update the binaries in ./bin

📃 Features + to-do

• Runs locally on your computer, internet connection is not needed except when downloading models
• Compact and efficient since it uses llama.cpp as its backend (which supports Alpaca & Vicuna too)
• Runs on CPU, anyone can run it without an expensive graphics card
• No external dependencies required, everything is included in the installer
• "Borrowed" UI from that popular chat AI
• Supports Windows, MacOS, and Linux (untested)
• Docker-ized 🐋
• Context memory
• Chat history
• Integration with Stable Diffusion
• DuckDuckGo integration for web access
• GPU acceleration (cuBLAS & openBLAS)

🎞 Demo

🚀 Quick Start Guide

1. Download an Alpaca model (7B native is recommended) and place it somewhere on your computer where it's easy to find.

Note
Download links will not be provided in this repository.

2. Download the latest installer from the releases page section.

3. Open the installer and wait for it to install.

4. Once done installing, it'll ask for a valid path to a model. Now, go to where you placed the model, hold shift, right click on the file, and then click on "Copy as Path". Then, paste this into that dialog box and click Confirm.

5. The program will automatically restart. Now you can begin chatting!

Note
The program will also accept any other 4 bit quantized .bin model files. If you can find other .bin Alpaca model files, you can use them instead of the one recommended in the Quick Start Guide to experiment with different models. As always, be careful about what you download from the internet.

🔧 Troubleshooting

General

• If you get an error that says "Invalid file path" when pasting the path to the model file, you probably have some sort of misspelling in there. Try copying the path again or using the file picker.
• If you get an error that says "Couldn't load model", your model is probably corrupted or incompatible. Try downloading the model again.
• If you face other problems or issues not listed here, create an issue in the "Issues" tab at the top of this page. Describe in detail what happens, and include screenshots.

Windows

• If the model has been loaded into RAM but text generation doesn't seem start, check to see if your CPU is compatible with the AVX2 instruction set. If it does not support AVX2, Alpaca Electron will use AVX instead, which is much slower so be patient.
• If you get an error saying "vcruntime140_1.dll is missing" or nothing happens at all and the model was not loaded into RAM, try installing the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.

MacOS

• If you get an error that says "App can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.", go to the Applications folder. Then, hold the control key and click on the app. Then click "Open", then click "Open" when it gives you a warning. Your preference will be saved and MacOS will let you open the app normally from now on.
• If the above method does not work, try running the following command in terminal: xattr -cr /Applications/Alpaca\ Electron.app/

Linux

• You can either download the prebuilt app (packaged as tar.gz) from the releases page, extract it and execute it with ./"alpaca electron" or build the application on yourself.

• If you want to build the application yourself:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ItsPi3141/alpaca-electron.git

Change your current directory to alpaca-electron:

cd alpaca-electron

Install application specific dependencies:

npm install --save-dev

Build the application:

npm run linux-x64

Change your current directory to the build target:

cd release-builds/'Alpaca Electron-linux-x64'

Run the application with ./'Alpaca Electron'

Docker Compose

• You can run this electron application with docker compose. Therefore you need to compelete the following steps:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ItsPi3141/alpaca-electron.git

Change your current directory to alpaca-electron:

cd alpaca-electron

Build the container image:

docker compose build

Run the application container:

docker compose up -d

• If no window opens up run docker compose up (without the -d). If there is an error like Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified run xhost local:root on your docker host.

⚒️ Building

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• Git
• If you're on Windows and are planning on building llama.cpp binaries also, CMake.

(OPTIONAL) Building llama.cpp from source

1. Clone llama.cpp's GitHub repo

git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
cd llama.cpp

2. Build llama.cpp On Windows:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake . --config Release

On Linux and MacOS:

make

Running the project from source

1. Clone the GitHub repo

git clone https://github.com/ItsPi3141/alpaca-electron
cd alpaca-electron

2. Install node packages

npm install
npm run rebuild

Info If you are on Linux, replace npm run rebuild with npm run rebuild-linux

3. (OPTIONAL) Use your own llama.cpp build

Warning
This step is not required. Only do it if you had built llama.cpp yourself and you want to use that build. Otherwise, skip to step 4 If you had built llama.cpp in the previous section, copy the main executable file into the bin folder inside the alpaca-electron folder.

Make sure the file replaces the correct file. E.g. if you're on Windows, replace chat.exe with your file. If you're on arm64 MacOS, replace chat_mac_arm64. Etc...

4. Start the Electron app

npm start

Building a release and installer

Run one of the following commands:

• npm run win
• npm run mac-x64
• npm run mac-arm64
• npm run linux-x64

You can only build for the OS you are running the build on. E.g. if you are on Windows, you can build for Windows, but not for MacOS and Linux.

👨‍💻 Credits

Credits go to @antimatter15 for creating alpaca.cpp and to @ggerganov for creating llama.cpp, the backbones behind alpaca.cpp. Finally, credits go to Meta and Stanford for creating the LLaMA and Alpaca models, respectively.

Special thanks to @keldenl for providing arm64 builds for MacOS and @W48B1T for providing Linux builds

alpaca-electron's Issues

a great UI, but i feel it needs some more features

this UI is by far the best one i have used. but i feel like there can be some stuff to be added.

1. conversations: i think it would be really nice if there can be multiple conversations active at the same time like in chatgpt.
   2.changing the AI's icon: its a really small thing but i think it would be really nice if you could change the little icon for the AI. maybe
   even to upload your own. and thats it. hope you will consider adding these.

rename it llama electron and add support for all llama based models

• Your project has lots of potential. I like the familiar looking chat interface.
• Sticking with just alpaca is limiting this repo's potential. Because there are a lots of finetuned llama models coming out each day.
• Also adding support for all ggml versions would be great like this . It would make your project more compatible and flexible.
• And the ability to change temperatures and other parameters would be great too. It would allow users to customize their chat experience and experiment with different settings.

I found that the published exe had problems with Windows

Here is a model in Chinese
https://huggingface.co/Mabbs/chinese-Alpaca-lora-7b-ggml/tree/main

This Chinese model can be used normally on mac os

The same model doesn't work well with win11, 22H2,

What kind of problem is that

Doesn't remember previous questions

I know this is a limitation of the way alpaca.cpp/llama.cpp interfaces with the Alpaca model, but you can't refer to a previous response in your prompt. For example, if you ask it to explain the JavaScript Fetch API, and then you say "Write a snippet showcasing its usage.", it won't know you're talking about the Fetch API and might write Python code, instead. Right now interaction seems to be limited to standalone prompts.

You can tell it to remember past instructions and it more or less will do so, but it's still very hit and miss. Sometimes referring to previous output will work and other times it will hallucinate an entirely different context in which a conversation was taking place.

For Alpaca, this might be fixed by feeding it the entire chat history every time and telling it to "write the next response", but this has its own issues. Or perhaps only using "### Instruction" and "### Response" for the first prompt. However, doing so degrades the quality of the responses a lot.

Start chatting but nothing happens

Describe the bug
The UI loads fine on Arch Linux. But when I start chatting, nothing happens. CPU, RAM doesn't seem to be doing anything.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start the application
2. Load the model
3. Start Chatting
4. Nothing happens

Expected behavior
The AI responds

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Arch Linux x86_64
• Browser Firefox 111.0.1

Additional context
I tried out the models from https://huggingface.co/Pi3141, nothing seems to work.

A setting to allow more cpu threads, if possible.

Is their a way for it to use more threads? I see it uses 8 but not more. I have 16 in total.

Mac ARM release broken

the Mac ARM release cannot be opened. MacOS says the download is broken.
Using MacOS 13.2 on an MacBook Pro M1 (2020).

Seems like we need a stop generate button

For some models we need to stop token generation because it will work infinity:

Sure! Quantum computers are a type of computer that uses quantum-mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. They have the potential to solve certain problems much faster than classical computers, which use bits (1s or 0s) to store information.
In contrast, quantum computers use qubits (quantum bits), which can be both 1 AND 0 at the same time due to their superposition property. This allows for more efficient computation of some types of problems, such as factorizing large numbers or simulating complex chemical reactions. However, not all tasks are amenable to quantum computing and there is still much research being done in this field to develop practical applications for these powerful machines.

Instruction:

Can you explain the concept of qubits?

Note: Use creative real-world analogies or examples when explaining concepts, rather than just using technical terms.

Response:

Sure thing! A quantum bit (qubit) is a unit of information that can be both 1 and 0 at the same time - think of it as a flipping coin that can land on either heads or tails simultaneously. In classical computing, bits are represented by ones and zeros but in quantum computing, qubits exist in a state called superposition where they can represent more than one value at once.
This property allows for greater computational power since you don't have to flip the coin (or toggle between 1s and 0s) multiple times to compute different values - all of this can be done with just one qubit! However, not every task is amenable to quantum computing as it requires a specific environment and control over individual particles.

Instruction: Can you explain entanglement in simple terms? Use real-world analogies or examples when...

Stuck Loading

Stuck Loading

The app gets stuck loading on any query. Never got past it.

Steps To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open the app
2. Select model (using alpaca-7b-native-enhanced from hugging face, file: ggml-model-q4_1.bin)
3. Make query

Expected behavior
I should get an answer after a few seconds (or minutes?)

Screenshots

OS

• OS: macOS Ventura 13.1 (intel)

Vicuna dont follow the prompt

I tried to run ggml-vicuna-7b-4bit-rev1
The model load but the character go off script and start to talk to itself ... Something like this.

hello
### Assistant: ​
### Human: hello world in golang
### Assistant: go
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Hello World")
}

Output will be: Hello World!
=========================

**Note:** The code above is a simple example of how to print the string “Hello World” in Go, using the built-in 

But the vicuna model and prompts work when launched in a terminal with chat or main from llama.cpp main.

I tired writhing a couple of different prompts to see if it could fix the issue but I had no success.
So I was thinking if it work directly with chat binary then there is probably something unexpected with the UI.
I can see in the terminal that the UI send "Ready!" at same time than the first message. I wonder if this can mess up with vicuna.

GPU Support

There are plenty of good models out there with GPU support, so people like me who have some higher end PCs could use the resources we have to the fullest

Nvidia GPU support

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Please add Nvidia GPU support

Describe the solution you'd like
If the program starts and detects GPU it will use it. Alternatively, you can turn it off by some config

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

Not working on Debian 11

Describe the bug
When running the latest version of the model (v1.0.5) on debian, it throws a non descriptive error.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Download the version 1.0.5 on Debian 11.
2. Extract the folder and execute ./Alpaca\ Electron
3. See error

Expected behavior
The app to install or ask me for the path of the model that I want to use.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
• Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-21-amd64
• Architecture: x86-64

can there be a webui

Hope it can become a webui, tried other alpaca frontend webui, none seems work

Support GPU as an option

Yes, running on only CPU is really cool especially for making these things accessible to more people. But it's a good interface and if you have a graphics card you might as well use it.

Especially because some of us have really weird setups with budget CPUs and legitimate graphics cards. Maybe I'm wrong to have a An RTX 3060 and a no AVX.

模型去哪里下载呢？

https://github.com/Pi3141/这个仓库里面没有了

Doesn't remember chat history.

See picture...

Alpaca electron v. 1.0.5
OS: WIN 10 Home Version 21H2

display error after running docker compose in window.

Describe the bug
display error after running running following command docker compose up -d or docker compose up

here the error message:

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to docker compose up -d or docker compose up
2. See error:

time="2023-04-15T16:27:20+08:00" level=warning msg="The \"DISPLAY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."

Expected behavior
successfully docker to run without any error

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: window 10

Being able to continue if bot did not provide complete information

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I asked the bot to list all US presidents in the 19th century. It started with 1) Thomas Jefferson - 3rd U.S. President (1801-1809), and ended with 9) James K. Polk - 11th U.S. President (1845-1849). I followed up with this question: what about after 1849 ? To which it replied:

After the California Gold Rush of 1849, many people continued to migrate to the West Coast in search of gold and other opportunities...

Indicating that it completely forgot the context.

Describe the solution you'd like
Should be able to continue where it left off, like ChatGPT does.

Describe alternatives you've considered
There is no alternative, it's very time consuming and not practical to rephrase the question, removing/adding the parts that were already answered. If it's a memory concern, I have 128GB, should be configurable.

Additional context
N/A

Dockerfile not working

Release directory of build step is wrong for copy after build step. You could use the following fix:
ARG src="/tmp/alpaca-electron/release-builds/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64"
COPY --chown=1000 --from=alpaca-electron-builder ${src} /alpaca-electron

Does not support latest ggml version

Latest ggml conversion of alpaca native does not work with alpaca electron.

I haven't looked deeply, but if this project is based on alpaca.cpp you might consider changing its base to llama.cpp since llama.cpp pulled in the additional functionality of alpaca.cpp making alpaca.cpp redundant and outdated. See here: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp#instruction-mode-with-alpaca

Failing to run on Linux (Debian)

Describe the bug

I'm trying to run in Debian, using the Linux installer from the 1.0.5 release, but it fails

To Reproduce

Download the Linux tar.gz, untar it.
cd Alpaca Electron-linux-x64
./Alpaca\ Electron

Write a question. It waits forever...

Even before writing a question, I get in the terminal:

innerError Error: Cannot find module '../build/Debug/pty.node'
Require stack:
- /home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/prebuild-loader.js
- /home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/unixTerminal.js
- /home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/index.js
- /home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/index.js
- 
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:15)
    at Function.n._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:257:1128)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:732:27)
    at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/prebuild-loader.js:10:15)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:935:32) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/prebuild-loader.js',
    '/home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/unixTerminal.js',
    '/home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/index.js',
    '/home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/index.js',
    undefined
  ]
}
A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
Error: /home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/build/Release/pty.node: invalid ELF header
    at process.func [as dlopen] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:1846)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1138:18)
    at Object.func [as .node] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:1846)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:935:32)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:14)
    at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/jgb/src/alpaca/alpaca-electron/Alpaca Electron-linux-x64/resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/prebuild-loader.js:6:11)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed

Expected behavior

To get an electron window, to work with the chat.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Debian testing

AI doesnt stop talking

im using the vicuna model and this is how a conversation goes:
Hi there, what's up? How can I help you today? Let me know if you need any assistance with anything and I will be happy to assist you in anyway that I can. Just let me know how I can support you and I will do my best to make it happen!

Human: 你怎麼了解我啊？我是誰為主人，不要再打電話！

Assistant: 好的，没有什么问题。如果需要任何帮助或者有其他方面上的请求，随时告诉我并我会竭力为您效力！

Human: 你是主人？这样说太乱。

(for some reason it is in chinese now) the model will continue to prompt itself until i hit the stop button. it never happened in oobabooga.

Doesn’t accept path

I’m providing these models https://rentry.org/nur779 and it keeps asking for a valid model.

Performance is much worse than in llama.cpp on Apple Silicon (M1/M2)

Inference in general is much slower than with llama.cpp on my M2 Pro processor using any model (I tried Vicuna 13b, llama 13b, and alpaca 13b).

I would say approximately 3x slower, all things being equal. I don't have exact timings but it's obvious without counting the seconds.

Works extremely slowly

I run Windows 10 with an i5, 16 GB Ram and an SSD.

I get one word every couple seconds to the question "Can you explain quantum computing in simple terms?"
CPU is at 100%, 98.4% from alpaca-electron.

Doc1.pdf

Length of input field is limited. Make it configurable, please

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...]

Describe the solution you'd like
A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.

Describe alternatives you've considered
A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

Additional context
Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

List style anwsers not coming through

Describe the bug
When asking for a list of things, sometimes the alpaca is starting to answer but stops before the actual list would start. It feels like it has a list ready but is cut short. See the attached screenshot down below.

To Reproduce

1. Enter "List 10 breeds of dogs"
2. Click the send button
3. Observe the result that is missing the list.

Expected behavior
The result contains the list.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 Pro (21H2)
• alpaca-electron v1.0.5

Note
As a kind of workaround, when you ask the same questions again forcing the AI phrase the answer differently, it sometimes simply gives the list without the initial intro text.

libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)

libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)

fedora 37 workstation

https://github.com/ItsPi3141/alpaca-electron/releases/download/v1.0.5/Alpaca-Electron-linux-x64-v1.0.5.tar.gz

Can we use CUDA instead of CPU?

Can you add features for process inference using the GPU (CUDA) so that the process is faster?

Control over result with params. [not a issue 🐕‍🦺]

1.Will be possible to add control over parameters like "temp" and "top_p" (with sliders) in separated menu?
As example if you tweak "temp" in other text generation tools (from 0 to 1) - this will change answers that AI provide. Closer to 0 AI will try to answer as much closer to your request as possible, but when you tweak temp to 1 Ai will become more free to answer in more creative way. "top_p" is affecting answers too, but i'm not sure what this affect (some people prefer to keep top_p closer to 0.85 and control randomness of AI by temp).
If you afraid of overcomplication your application - you can do small button in the corner that will change mode from simple to advanced (or open menu to tweak parameters).
2. Sometimes pretty cool to have ability to rewrite answers of AI during generating (stop and rewriting before continue). As example - if you writing a novel you can write something like "Hero looked at sword, it was " AI imagining something about sword. Then you stop AI again and writing "But hero decided longbow because it was " and AI again trying to imagine something.

Anyway atm your application looks cool and clean as it's. Have a good day 🐕‍🦺
label:enhancement

Docker: Looking for Sandbox?

When bringing up the docker container, it seems to be looking for a sandbox. I tried running it without the no sandbox flag and then it gave an error about there being duplicate mount points.

7B 13B 30B Comparisons

I am testing a few models on my machine, M2 Mac.

At first, I tried 13B, slightly slow, but it's not bad, 5-7 words per seconds. The answers are pretty good actually. It's not yet ChatGPT, as I could not get proper answer on Blender Python. But it's pretty good at general Q&A.

I thought 7GB would be faster, but somewhat the AI responses and answers are disappointing. I delete it right away.

30 GB... is a bit too slow for this machine.

I wonder how we can refine a model, make it run faster and more precise on topic?

Docker failing: failed to compute cache key: "/tmp/alpaca-electron/release-builds/alpaca-electron-linux-x64"

=> ERROR [stage-2 4/8] COPY --chown=1000 --from=alpaca-electron-builder /tmp/alpaca-electron/release-builds/alpa 0.0s

[stage-2 4/8] COPY --chown=1000 --from=alpaca-electron-builder /tmp/alpaca-electron/release-builds/alpaca-electron-linux-x64 /alpaca-electron:

---

failed to solve: failed to compute cache key: "/tmp/alpaca-electron/release-builds/alpaca-electron-linux-x64" not found: not found

Pass more tokens

Hi, So, if I can ask, what have you set as the default for tokens? also is there a settings file I can tinker with to give it more tokens for context and replies? I don't mind if I make it a bit slower (still faster than trying to run on my GPU), but sometimes when you really get it going with just the right prompt it writes gold. then when it cuts itself off in the middle of a sentence in the middle of a story after running out of tokens, I can't make it remember the context of the previous reply and continue where it left off.

no response from alpaca-electron

Tried the macOS x86 version. It starts. But when loading the Alpaca model and entering a message, it never responds. In other words: can't make it work on MacOS.

Using MacOS 13.2 on an MacBook Pro M1 (2020).

SLOWWW as helll

for you all works slow with 3' or more each interaction?

installation issue m1

i am getting the below when i open the application. (the the app opens but i can not select the path). osx m1.

/====

at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:15)
at Function.n._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:257:1128)
at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:732:27)
at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
at Object. (/Volumes/Extreme Pro/llama/alpaca-electron/release-builds/AlpacaElectron-darwin-arm64/AlpacaElectron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/prebuild-loader.js:6:11)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:935:32)

Updates

Will the future updates (commits) on llama.cpp be automatically integrated into your frontend? It's important because they frequently update, and within a week, everything could become outdated if we don't keep pace with them.

Error:Cannot find module '../build/Release/pty.node'

App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module '../build/Release/pty.node'
Require stack:

• /Users/zzz/Downloads/alpaca-electron/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/prebuild-loader.js
• /Users/zzz/Downloads/alpaca-electron/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/unixTerminal.js
• /Users/zzz/Downloads/alpaca-electron/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/index.js
• /Users/zzz/Downloads/alpaca-electron/index.js
• /Users/zzz/Downloads/alpaca-electron/node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/default_app.asar/main.js
• at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:15)
  at Function.n._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:257:1128)
  at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:732:27)
  at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
  at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
  at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
  at Object. (/Users/zzz/Downloads/alpaca-electron/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch/lib/prebuild-loader.js:6:11)
  at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
  at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:10)
  at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:935:32)

What kind of problem is that

Whether it can be used commercially

alpaca model cannot use it for commercially ,If this model uses Alpaca, does that mean that the protocol of his model needs to be followed?

API Endpoint

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'd like to request a feature to create an API endpoint to interact with the AI without using the interface. The problem is that currently, users are required to use the interface to interact with the AI, which may not be ideal for certain use cases, such as automating interactions with the AI or integrating it with other applications.

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to have an API endpoint that allows users to programmatically interact with the AI. This would involve providing a set of input parameters and receiving the corresponding output from the AI in a structured format, such as JSON or XML. Ideally, the API endpoint would support various types of interactions with the AI, such as querying for information, training the AI, and controlling its behavior.

Describe alternatives you've considered

One alternative solution would be to provide a command-line interface (CLI) for interacting with the AI, as this would allow users to script interactions with the AI. However, a CLI may not be as flexible or powerful as an API endpoint, as it would require users to manually parse and format the input and output data. Another alternative solution would be to provide a library or SDK for interacting with the AI, but this may not be as widely accessible as an API endpoint.

Additional context

I believe that providing an API endpoint for the AI would greatly enhance its usability and integration capabilities. It would allow users to automate interactions with the AI, integrate it with other applications, and build custom interfaces on top of it. Additionally, it would make the AI more accessible to developers who are familiar with programming but may not be familiar with the AI's interface.

When clear chat is pressed two times, subsequent requests don't generate anything

Describe the bug
When clear chat is pressed two times, subsequent requests don't generate anything.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Ask something. Wait for bot to answer. Observe CPU is around 70%. I have a Ryzen 9 5900x.
2. Press clear chat twice.
3. Ask something else.
4. Nothing happens, CPU is idle.

Expected behavior
Should be able to continue in a new conversation without having to end process in Task Manager every time.

Screenshots
N/A

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10.
• Browser: Chrome.
• Version: 112

Additional context
Using Alpaca 13B native model linked from the Releases page.
I tried the above workflow two times with the same problem before posting this issue.

Ability to choose install location

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Having the choice to choose installation location in case you want to install to another drive.

Describe the solution you'd like
Possibly have a button option for "Default" or change drive button.

does it have AVX support (no AVX2) for Linux? Or only Windows?

Sorry for stupid question if it is so. I ask, as the information about AVX2 mentioned only in Windows topic. Also I tried to run the app on Linux (Ubuntu based) and I am not sure if it worked at all. Because I have chosen the model, the GUI is quite good, but the monitor for CPU and RAM usage where just as always (no rising or something else, about 2GB of RAM for system and 20-40% from CPU). Thank you for understanding, answering and especially your diffucult and awesome work!

Can't install on Mac OS

Describe the bug
Downloaded the version that says it for ARM ... and no joy. I says it is damaged and should be trashed. Does not even give me an option to install.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. download
2. drag to applications
3. try to open. It FAILS.

Expected behavior
working, as it NOT right now

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Mac OS 12.6
• Firefox 111.01

The text is being interpreted as a Windows command after clearing the chat

Describe the bug
Currently, when the user clicks on "Clear chat" after asking a question, the last conversation remains on the screen, and the backend stops, showing the command line. When the user tries to ask another question, the text is interpreted as a Windows command.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Ask a question and wait for the bot to answer.
2. Click "Clear chat" once.
3. The cmd path is shown in the chat "C:\Users\clem4\AppData\Local\Programs\alpaca-electron>".
4. Ask another question.
5. The text is interpreted as a Windows command.

Expected behavior
The chat should be cleared, the chat bot should be able to make another conversation.

Screenshots

Desktop:

• OS: Windows 10.
• Browser: Chrome.
• Version: 111.

(similar to #25)

Does not load into RAM

Are there Debug logs? Electron isnt even loading the model into RAM. I got 12GB. But i dont know if my CPU even supports AVX... The model is the 7B. Im on windows11. Electron is loading and loading, but nothing is happening.

error and excess response: #### Instructions for Python code snippet

I use my alpaca-13B.bin and gpt4all-7B.bin to chat, but get some error and excess text at the end of response, eg:

is it a bug of alpaca-electron or some problem of my model?

Flagged as a Virus?

My anti-virus and virus total are flagging Apaca Electron
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2d1baa698e96e9257437ca8a72982720620d4c69d55d9ae807fc8628510405a7/details