Software & Tools

The software we use and recommend

From local inference to cloud. All open-source or with free alternatives. Production-tested.

22 tools across 7 categories. Updated April 2026.

17 Self-hosted
9 Cloud
18 Free
LOC

Local Inference

Engines that run models on your hardware

Ollama

SELF

Local inference engine. REST API, multi-model, Q4_K_M quantization.

MIT Free 120K+

MLX

SELF

Apple framework for Apple Silicon. 93% faster than CPU.

MIT Free 20K+

llama.cpp

SELF

C++ inference for GGUF models. Ollama is built on this.

MIT Free 75K+

vLLM

SELF

High-performance inference server with PagedAttention.

Apache 2.0 Free 40K+
ORC

Orchestration & Agents

Frameworks for building and managing AI agents

Claude Code

CLOUD

Anthropic CLI for autonomous agents. Our primary system.

Proprietary API pay-per-use

LangChain

SELF

Chain and agent framework for LLMs. Wide ecosystem.

MIT Free 100K+

CrewAI

SELF

Multi-agent with roles, tasks, and delegation.

MIT Free 25K+

AutoGen

SELF

Microsoft framework for multi-turn conversational agents.

MIT Free 35K+
AUT

Automation & Workflows

No-code and code-based automation platforms

n8n

SELF CLOUD

Workflow automation with 400+ integrations. Self-hosted or cloud.

Fair-code Free (self) / from EUR 20/mo 50K+

ComfyUI

SELF

Visual workflow editor for image/video generation.

GPL-3.0 Free 65K+
RAG

RAG & Search

Retrieval and embedding systems for contextual AI

FAISS

SELF

Vector search by Meta. Our primary RAG system.

MIT Free 32K+

ChromaDB

SELF CLOUD

Embedded vector database. Easy to use.

Apache 2.0 Free 18K+

Pinecone

CLOUD

Cloud managed vector DB. Scalable.

Proprietary Free up to 100K / from USD 25/mo
BAC

Backend & APIs

Server frameworks and databases

FastAPI

SELF

Python async framework. Our Hub API (168 endpoints).

MIT Free 80K+

SQLite

SELF

Embedded database. Our primary DB (vorlux.db).

Public Domain Free

Astro

SELF

Static framework for website. SSG with islands.

MIT Free 48K+
NET

Networking & Security

VPN, remote management, and security

Tailscale

SELF CLOUD

Zero-trust mesh VPN. Remote management of deployments.

BSD Free (3 users) / from USD 6/user 20K+

WireGuard

SELF

Modern VPN protocol. Tailscale is built on this.

GPL-2.0 Free
CLO

Cloud GPU & APIs

When you need more power than local hardware

RunPod

CLOUD

Cloud GPU rental. A100 from USD 1.29/hr.

Proprietary From USD 1.29/hr

Anthropic API

CLOUD

Claude Opus/Sonnet/Haiku via API.

Proprietary From USD 0.25/1M tok

OpenAI API

CLOUD

GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini via API.

Proprietary From USD 0.15/1M tok

HuggingFace

SELF CLOUD

Model hub, datasets, spaces. Our model source.

Apache 2.0 Free / Pro from USD 9/mo

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