Foundry Local (preview) documentation

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Learn About Foundry Local (preview)

Overview

• What is Foundry Local (preview)?

Concept

• Foundry Local Architecture

Get started

Quickstart

• Get started with Foundry Local

How-To Guide

• Integrate with Inferencing SDKs
• Transcribe audio files
• Integrate with LangChain
• Integrate with Open Web UI
• Compile Hugging Face models to run on Foundry Local

Reference

Reference

• CLI reference
• SDK reference
• REST reference
• Catalog API reference
• Foundry Local on Windows Server 2025
• Best practice and troubleshooting

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