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AI · February 11, 2026

OnsetLab

Local tool-calling AI agents with SLMs

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What it does

Build once, run anywhere. Your models, your tools, your machine. OnsetLab is an open-source framework for running tool-calling AI agents locally. Turn small language models into agents that can call real tools, work with your local environment, and stay under your control. No cloud lock-in, no hidden execution. Start in the playground, ship via Python, Docker, or vLLM.

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