Lemonade v10: Linux NPU support and chock full of multi-modal capabilities

Hi r/localllama community, I am happy to announce this week's release of Lemonade v10! The headline feature, Linux support for NPU, was already posted but I wanted to share the big picture as well.

Lemonade v9 came out 4 months ago and introduced a new C++ implementation for what was essentially an LLM- and Windows-focused project. Since then, the community has grown a lot and added:

• Robust support for Ubuntu, Arch, Debian, Fedora, and Snap
• Image gen/editing, transcription, and speech gen, all from a single base URL
• Control center web and desktop app for managing/testing models and backends

All of this work is in service of making the local AI apps ecosystem more awesome for everyone! The idea is to make it super easy to try models/backends, build multi-modal apps against a single base URL, and make these apps easily portable across a large number of platforms.

In terms of what's next, we are partnering with the community to build out more great local-first AI experiences and use cases. We're giving away dozens of high-end Strix Halo 128 GB laptops in the AMD Lemonade Developer Challenge. If you have ideas for the future of NPU and/or multi-modal local AI apps please submit your projects!

Thanks as always for this community's support! None of this would be possible without the dozens of contributors and hundreds of y'all providing feedback.

If you like what you're doing, please drop us a star on the Lemonade GitHub and come chat about it on Discord!