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A full mulimodal LLM by merging multiple models into one

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#llm router#multimodal llm#openai compatible#llm framework

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2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.

Idea: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against

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What people liked

  • Clean, well-abstracted developer-facing API

    From 2 comments
    • I'll jump in before the haterade engine wakes up -- great bit of engineering work here! I can't imagine a better level of abstracting away the unnecessary stuff while still…
      upghost on HN
    • Nice! To be clear for my usecase I didn't mean calling the local LLM directly, rather simply being able to point to an OpenAI compatible API would be fine. It seems like…
      upghost on HN

Objections

  • Title misleadingly suggests model merging or building a true multimodal LLM; it is actually a router

    From 5 comments
    • I clicked expecting a single full multimodal LLM made by merging multiple existing models into one like the title suggests (which sounds very interesting), and I found... a…
      kouteiheika on HN
    • The problem with that phrasing is that there is actual model merging, where you merge the weights. So people reading the title might (and apparently do) expect that, less so an…
      danielbln on HN
    • You know - the word "multimodal" i think is being used badly here. Its Multi-Model - not Multimodal - which certainly suggests a completeley different thing
      willwade on HN
    • You clearly don't understand what multimodal means. Multimodal is for example new gemini where you can input green car and get the very same car, only with red paint. Multimodal…
      FilipSivak on HN
    • You are still not getting it. The use of the word multimodal does nothing good for your software. It is an LLM router. I get it that your software does support some multimodal…
      OutOfHere on HN
  • Misuse of terms 'multimodal' and 'merging' by the maker

    From 2 comments
    • Makes sense but the problem is that you're using words that already have specific meanings in the space, all related to creating one model with multiple functionalities. Merging…
      vikramkr on HN
    • You are still not getting it. The use of the word multimodal does nothing good for your software. It is an LLM router. I get it that your software does support some multimodal…
      OutOfHere on HN

Requests

  • Support for local or in-house LLMs, or OpenAI-compatible endpoints

    From 2 comments
    • I'll jump in before the haterade engine wakes up -- great bit of engineering work here! I can't imagine a better level of abstracting away the unnecessary stuff while still…
      upghost on HN
    • Nice! To be clear for my usecase I didn't mean calling the local LLM directly, rather simply being able to point to an OpenAI compatible API would be fine. It seems like…
      upghost on HN

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