🎓 Foundry Local Documentation

April 6, 2026 · View on GitHub

Documentation for Foundry Local can be found in the following resources:

Microsoft Learn: This is the official documentation for Foundry Local, providing comprehensive guides, tutorials, and reference materials to help you get started and make the most of Foundry Local.
SDK Reference:
- C# SDK Reference: This documentation provides detailed information about the C# SDK for Foundry Local, including API references, usage examples, and best practices for integrating Foundry Local into your applications.
- JavaScript SDK Reference: This documentation offers detailed information about the JavaScript SDK for Foundry Local, including API references, usage examples, and best practices for integrating Foundry Local into your web applications.
- Python SDK Reference: This documentation provides detailed information about the Python SDK for Foundry Local, including API references, usage examples, and best practices for integrating Foundry Local into your Python applications.
- Rust SDK Reference: This documentation provides detailed information about the Rust SDK for Foundry Local, including API references, usage examples, and best practices for integrating Foundry Local into your Rust applications.
Foundry Local Lab: This GitHub repository contains a lab designed to help you learn how to use Foundry Local effectively. It includes hands-on exercises, sample code, and step-by-step instructions to guide you through the process of setting up and using Foundry Local in various scenarios.

Supported Capabilities

Foundry Local is a unified local AI runtime that supports both text generation and speech-to-text through a single SDK:

Capability	Model Aliases	SDK API
Chat Completions (Text Generation)	`phi-3.5-mini`, `qwen2.5-0.5b`, etc.	`model.createChatClient()`
Audio Transcription (Speech-to-Text)	`whisper-tiny`	`model.createAudioClient()`