--- title: Install Lemonade Server on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Lemonade Server for on Debian - Local AI server with OpenAI-compatible API url: https://snapcraft.io/install/lemonade-server/debian --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Lemonade Server on **Debian** # Lemonade Server [Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)") * [Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)") * [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/lemonade-server/debian#install) #### Local AI server with OpenAI-compatible API Lemonade is a local AI server that provides cloud-API-equivalent capabilities (chat, coding, speech, image generation) running 100% locally on your own hardware. It exposes OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama-compatible APIs on localhost:13305, connectable to hundreds of apps. **Features:** * OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama-compatible APIs (chat completions, embeddings, etc.) * Multi-modal inference: LLMs, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, audio generation, image generation, and 3D generation * Automatic backend selection based on available hardware — CUDA, ROCm, Vulkan, NPU, and CPU backends download on demand * 77+ built-in models (GGUF, FLM, ONNX) with `lemonade-server pull` / `lemonade-server list` for model management * Cloud offload: route inference to OpenAI-compatible providers alongside local models * MCP (Model Context Protocol) client and server support * Built-in Prometheus metrics endpoint * Runs as a background service with auto-restart on failure **Supported Hardware:** * AMD GPUs: RDNA2/3/4 (RX 6000/7000/9000), Strix Point/Halo APUs, Instinct MI100/MI200/MI300X/MI350X via ROCm * AMD XDNA2 NPUs (Ryzen AI) for LLM and speech inference * NVIDIA GPUs: Turing (sm\_75) and newer via CUDA (Ampere, Ada Lovelace, Hopper, Blackwell) * Cross-vendor GPUs via Vulkan (AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, Qualcomm Adreno on ARM64) * CPU fallback for systems without GPU acceleration * Both amd64 (x86\_64) and arm64 (aarch64) architectures **Quick Start:** The server starts automatically after installation. Access the API at: **Documentation:** ### Package name * lemonade-server --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 3 September 2026 - latest/stable * Yesterday - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [lemonade-server.ai](https://lemonade-server.ai "https://lemonade-server.ai") --- ### Contact * [github.com/kenvandine/lemonade-server-snap/issues](https://github.com/kenvandine/lemonade-server-snap/issues "https://github.com/kenvandine/lemonade-server-snap/issues") --- ### Source code * [github.com/lemonade-sdk/lemonade](https://github.com/lemonade-sdk/lemonade "https://github.com/lemonade-sdk/lemonade") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/kenvandine/lemonade-server-snap/issues](https://github.com/kenvandine/lemonade-server-snap/issues "https://github.com/kenvandine/lemonade-server-snap/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/lemonade-server/debian#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Debian and install Lemonade Server Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd: ``` sudo snap install snapd ``` ### Install Lemonade Server To install Lemonade Server, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install lemonade-server ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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