Why Would You Want Your Own Local AI Chatbot?

You’ll also need a fairly recent GPU, ideally one from NVIDIA, for maximum compatibility.

To run text-generation-web-ui-docker in Docker,download and install Docker on your Windows system.

Person using a windows laptop with a gpt chat window.

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Docker can run on Windows in one of two ways: WSL or Hyper-V mode.

WSL is recommended for most users, so you may need toenable itbefore installing Docker.

The screenshot below shows you where to find this on the GitHub page.

Where to download the .zip file for a GitHub repository.

Extract the downloaded ZIP fileinto its own folder, and then kick off the folder containing the unzipped files.

This is an older version of GPT than you get when you use ChatGPT on the internet.

This might take a few minutes.

Configuring the docker image variant in docker-compose.yml.

This model works out of the box, and doesn’t require any signup.

Hoo boy, while it got the right answer, this AI chatbot needs a bit of fine-tuning.

The location of the ‘Open in Terminal’ in the context menu.

The command for bringing up a Docker container.

Windows terminal showing the status of a newly created container.

Docker Desktop showing a running container.

Downloading a model for use in text-generation-web-ui.

Loading a model in text-generation-web-ui.

A slightly unhinged response from an AI model that needs configuration.