RamaLama

RamaLama is an open-source developer tool that simplifies working with and serving AI models locally or in production by leveraging container technologies like Docker, Podman, and OCI registries, allowing AI inference workflows to be treated like standard container deployments. It abstracts away much of the complexity of configuring AI runtimes, dependencies, and hardware optimizations by detecting available GPUs (or falling back to CPU) and automatically pulling a container image pre-configured for the detected hardware environment. Developers can use familiar container commands to pull, run, and interact with AI models from any source, treating models similarly to how container images are handled in OCI workflows. RamaLama supports multiple model registries and offers a REST API or chatbot interface for interacting with running models, making it flexible for local development, testing, or integration into larger systems.