RWKV-Runner

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

A small desktop app that downloads, configures and runs RWKV language models locally and exposes them through an OpenAI-compatible API.

Adopt it when

You want to run RWKV models on your own PC and use them from ChatGPT-style clients.

Watch out

Only covers the RWKV model family, and the community is mainly Chinese.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Desktop app

Built with

TypeScript, Python, Go and Wails

How established

Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v1.9.12.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: RWKV-Runner → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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