Lemonade Server

Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) Publisher Star developer Star developer

Install latest/stable of Lemonade Server

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

Make sure snap support is enabled in your Desktop store.


Install using the command line

sudo snap install lemonade-server

Don't have snapd? Get set up for snaps.

Channel Version Published

Details for Lemonade Server

License

  • MIT

Last updated

  • 29 January 2026 - latest/stable
  • Today - latest/edge

Websites


Contact


Source code


Report a bug


Report a Snap Store violation

Share this snap

Generate an embeddable card to be shared on external websites.

Local AI server with OpenAI-compatible API

Lemonade Server is a lightweight, high-performance local AI inference server that provides an OpenAI-compatible API for running large language models on your own hardware.

Features:

  • OpenAI-compatible REST API (chat completions, embeddings, etc.)
  • Multiple backend support: Vulkan, ROCm (AMD GPUs), and CPU
  • Automatic model management and caching
  • Support for GGUF models from Hugging Face
  • Low latency local inference
  • Runs as a background service

Supported Hardware:

  • AMD GPUs: RDNA3 (RX 7000), RDNA4 (RX 9000), Strix Point/Halo APUs
  • Any Vulkan-capable GPU
  • CPU fallback for systems without GPU acceleration

Quick Start: The server starts automatically after installation. Access the API at: http://localhost:8000/api/v1

ROCm Support (AMD GPUs): For ROCm GPU acceleration, connect the process-control interface: sudo snap connect lemonade-server:process-control

Documentation: https://lemonade-server.ai/


Install Lemonade Server on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the installing snapd documentation.


Where people are using Lemonade Server

Users by distribution (log)

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 25.10
Fedora 43