Run and manage local AI models, and search everything you own with them, all in one program.
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A batteries-included local search engine you can talk to: it runs the AI models, indexes your files and code, crawls the web, and plugs into your coding agent, so there's nothing else to install or set up. Ask in plain English; every answer cites the file and line.
It's all one program: no separate model server, vector database, or container to stand up. lilbee runs the models and keeps the index itself. Reach it as a terminal app, CLI, Model Context Protocol server, HTTP API, or Python library. Close it and it's gone, or run it as a service to keep it warm. Everything runs on your computer; it uses a cloud model only when you pick one.
Models are no different: lilbee has its own model manager and multi-GPU fleet, built on llama.cpp, so one executable does everything (browse Hugging Face, download a model, give it a role, run it on Metal / Vulkan / CUDA). Battle-tested managers are always supported too. If you already use Ollama or LM Studio, point lilbee at your existing setup and skip its native model support if you prefer.
