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Launch HN: LlamaFarm (YC W22) – Open-source framework for distributed AI

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🦙 LlamaFarm

Build powerful AI locally, extend anywhere.

LlamaFarm is an open-source framework for building retrieval-augmented and agentic AI applications. It ships with opinionated defaults (Ollama for local models, Chroma for vector storage) while staying 100% extendable—swap in vLLM, remote OpenAI-compatible hosts, new parsers, or custom stores without rewriting your app.

Local-first developer experience with a single CLI ( lf ) that manages projects, datasets, and chat sessions.

with a single CLI ( ) that manages projects, datasets, and chat sessions. Production-ready architecture that mirrors server endpoints and enforces schema-based configuration.

that mirrors server endpoints and enforces schema-based configuration. Composable RAG pipelines you can tailor through YAML, not bespoke code.

you can tailor through YAML, not bespoke code. Extendable everything: runtimes, embedders, databases, extractors, and CLI tooling.

📺 Video demo (90 seconds): https://youtu.be/W7MHGyN0MdQ

🚀 Quickstart (TL;DR)

Prerequisites:

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