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AI Horde

Crowdsourced distributed cluster for AI generation

Self-Hosted AI ★ 1.6k stars Hard setup AGPL-3.0

AI Horde is an open-source, crowdsourced distributed cluster for image and text generation. Volunteers contribute GPU power and the software can be self-hosted to run a private horde.

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Key features

  • Distributed generation cluster
  • Image and text support
  • Kudos reward system
  • Self-hostable horde

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.6k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Python

Is AI Horde secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for AI Horde's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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