nickyni/

unified-ai-inference-2026

From 3 Docker containers to 1 API call. The AI Stack Consolidation Trend: Developers are replacing LocalAI (and multi-container setups) with unified cloud APIs.

	The Evolution




	

Era Stack Pain

2022 OpenAI + AssemblyAI + ElevenLabs + Stability 4 billing accounts

2023-24 Ollama + Whisper.cpp + Coqui + A1111 4 Docker containers

2025 LocalAI (single container) Still needs hardware

2026 NexaAPI (cloud… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/nickyni/unified-ai-inference-2026.