alpacai.org · Frauenkappelen, Switzerland

Local AI.
No cloud required.

A self-hosted homelab running open-source language models, image generation, photo archiving, self-built web apps, and automated infrastructure — entirely on local hardware.

80 GB
Local GPU VRAM
~82 k
Photos archived
Ollama
Local LLM backend
Ubuntu
24.04 LTS, all VMs
100%
Self-hosted
Projects
AI · LLM

Language Models

Open-source LLMs running locally on AMD Radeon GPUs via Ollama. Per-user chat instances, local document context, and a translation Chrome extension.

AI · Images

Image Generation

ComfyUI on a dedicated NVIDIA GPU. Text-to-image workflows running locally, no external service involved.

AI · Audio

Podcast Generator

Turn any PDF into a German-language podcast or audiobook using local LLMs and voice cloning. Runs entirely on local hardware.

AI · Agent

WhatsApp AI Agent

A conversational agent with a defined personality and long-term memory, running on local models. Reachable through WhatsApp, isolated from the main network.

Web App · Transit

planlos

A self-hosted Swiss transit app that knows your routes and writes a short AI status briefing instead of a wall of departure times.

Web App · Household

Shopping & Budget

A shared shopping list in the spirit of Bring!, extended with supermarket price comparison and a monthly household budget.

Photos

Photo Archive

Immich with AI-powered face recognition, smart search, and automatic album generation across 82 000 photos going back to 2005.

Infrastructure

Automation

Ansible and Semaphore orchestrate all servers. Scheduled backups, updates, and verified restores — all automated.

AI · Infrastructure

AI Ansible Management

The local AI reads, writes, and reviews Ansible playbooks directly on the management server. Dual-model review on every write.

Infrastructure

Hardware & Network

Three AI servers, two virtualisation hosts, two NAS units, and a fleet of VMs. All managed as code, no manual configuration.

Privacy and control
over convenience.

Every query to a language model, every photo, every document stays on local hardware. No usage data leaves the house. The tradeoff is maintaining the infrastructure — which is, itself, a large part of the point.

Open source,
start to finish.

Ollama · Open WebUI · ComfyUI · Immich · Nextcloud · Bitwarden · Mailcow · Pi-hole · Grafana · Prometheus · Ansible · Semaphore · Restic · Nginx · WireGuard · PostgreSQL · Ubuntu 24.04