docs: architecture & feature diagrams (blueprint style)#10137
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Add a blueprint-style architecture diagram: clients -> small core (API, router, WebUI, agents) -> gRPC -> backend processes pulled on demand as OCI images. Place it on the overview page and replace the stale external architecture image on the reference page. Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code] Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
…arted docs Add 24 architecture/flow/comparison diagrams (PNG + HTML source) under docs/static/images/diagrams/, wired into their docs pages, from an impact-vs-effort audit of the docs. Broaden the API surface on the overview architecture diagram (OpenAI, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, Ollama, and LocalAI's own API) and move the gRPC boundary label clear of the arrows. Pages: distributed mode (architecture, scheduling, ds4 layer-split), distributed inferencing, MLX, realtime, quantization, MCP, agents, mitm & cloud proxy, middleware, reverse-proxy TLS, VRAM, voice & face recognition, reranker, function calling, fine-tuning (recipe + jobs), diarization, audio transform, quickstart, model resolution. Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code] Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
Commit the composable-core card (small core + on-demand backend tiles) alongside the other diagrams and reference it from the README hero via a repo-relative path, so it renders on GitHub. Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code] Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
…yout - composable-core: thicken the plug-in connectors so they read clearly, and widen the SEPARATE IMAGE badge so its text no longer overflows the box. - federated-vs-worker: shorten the WHOLE/SPLIT REQUEST pills to fit, and replace the tangled node-to-node activation arrows with a clean fan-out (request split across all sharded nodes), mirroring the federated panel. Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code] Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
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Adds 25 blueprint-style diagrams across the docs (one architecture flagship + 24 feature/flow/comparison cards), committed under
docs/static/images/diagrams/as PNG + HTML source so they're editable later. Generated from an impact-vs-effort audit of all 79 docs pages. Follows #10136 (composable positioning).All cards share LocalAI's existing blueprint / riso house style (paper + ink + rust + teal, Bricolage Grotesque + Archivo, hard offset shadows, engineering-grid).
What's included
overview.md+ replaces the stale external image onreference/architecture.md(clients incl. OpenAI/Anthropic/ElevenLabs/Ollama/LocalAI API -> small core -> gRPC -> on-demand backends)Several also replace fragile external screenshots (link-rot risk) with real diagrams.
Built with a 24-agent parallel workflow; every card was reviewed against its render and wired into its docs page.