Your Own Private AI.

Run AI locally on your own hardware. Generate images, chat with a local LLM, transcribe audio, clone voices. No subscriptions, no data leaving your home. No cloud required.

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Why Local AI

Privacy. Cost. Control. Three reasons people are moving their AI off the cloud — and onto Unraid.

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Your data never leaves your network.

Every prompt, every file, every conversation stays on your hardware. No logs, no telemetry, no data shared with a black box.

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No subscriptions. No per-token pricing.

Pay for hardware once, or, use what you have lying around. Run unlimited queries. No caps, no paywalls, no rate limits.

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Full Control. You decide which models to run.

Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral, Phi — switch any time. Run the latest models the day it drops or optimally use models for specific workloads.

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Local AI on your Unraid server isn't just chatbots, it's image generation, music, voice cloning, photo recognition, automatic transcription, and so much more, all running on hardware you already own. But where do you even start? This isn't a setup guide. Think of it as your mental map of local AI, so when you do start installing things, you'll actually understand what you're doing and why.

Two types of AI. Both run locally on Unraid.

Generative AI

Create new things from scratch.

Text, images, music, voice — generative AI builds something new every time. Ask a chatbot, generate an image from a prompt, clone a voice, compose a track using containers like Ollama, Open WebUI, ComfyUI, or Speeches.

Predictive AI

Recognize and classify what already exists.

Cameras that detect people vs. dogs. Photos that get auto-renamed. Audio that gets transcribed. Often light on hardware with some running off a CPU alone. Examples include Frigate, Whisper, or A-Eye for photo renaming.

Hardware

You might already have what you need. Local AI scales to your hardware. Here's what each tier gets you.

CPU only

Tier 1

Free starting point. Small models + predictive AI. Slower for chatbots, but zero extra cost.

Integrated GPU

Tier 2

Built-in Intel XE or AMD Radeon that shares system RAM. Underrated free step-up but fast RAM matters here.

Dedicated GPU

Tier 3 — Recommended

Where local AI really opens up. VRAM is the key spec. 8 GB — absolute minimum. 12 GB — sweet spot ★

Recommended budget GPU: RTX 3060 12GB

Edge AI

Tier 4

Google Coral TPU Accelerator: Purpose-built for Frigate camera detection. Near-zero CPU usage but not for chatbots or image gen.

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Try before you buy

Not sure if Unraid is right for you? Take Unraid for a test drive for 30 days—no credit card required.

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With affordable options starting at just $49, we have a license for everyone.