| 1 | <p align="center"> |
| 2 | <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ondeinference/onde/main/assets/onde-inference-logo.svg" alt="Onde Inference" width="80"> |
| 3 | </p> |
| 4 | |
| 5 | <h1 align="center">@ondeinference/cli</h1> |
| 6 | |
| 7 | <p align="center"> |
| 8 | A terminal app for your <a href="https://ondeinference.com/">Onde Inference</a> account, plus local model fine-tuning. |
| 9 | </p> |
| 10 | |
| 11 | <p align="center"> |
| 12 | <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ondeinference/cli"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@ondeinference/cli?style=flat-square&labelColor=17211D&color=235843" alt="npm"></a> |
| 13 | <a href="https://crates.io/crates/onde-cli"><img src="https://img.shields.io/crates/v/onde-cli?style=flat-square&labelColor=17211D&color=235843" alt="crates.io"></a> |
| 14 | <a href="https://pypi.org/project/onde-cli/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/onde-cli?style=flat-square&labelColor=17211D&color=235843" alt="PyPI"></a> |
| 15 | <a href="https://pub.dev/packages/onde_cli"><img src="https://img.shields.io/pub/v/onde_cli?style=flat-square&labelColor=17211D&color=235843" alt="pub.dev"></a> |
| 16 | <a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Onde.Cli"><img src="https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/Onde.Cli?style=flat-square&labelColor=17211D&color=235843" alt="NuGet"></a> |
| 17 | <a href="https://ondeinference.com"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/ondeinference.com-235843?style=flat-square&labelColor=17211D" alt="Website"></a> |
| 18 | </p> |
| 19 | |
| 20 | --- |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ## Install |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ```sh |
| 25 | npm install -g @ondeinference/cli |
| 26 | ``` |
| 27 | |
| 28 | npm installs the right native binary for your platform automatically. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | It works on: |
| 31 | |
| 32 | - macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) |
| 33 | - Linux (x64 and arm64) |
| 34 | - Windows (x64 and arm64) |
| 35 | |
| 36 | ### Other ways to install |
| 37 | |
| 38 | | Method | Command | |
| 39 | |---|---| |
| 40 | | Homebrew | `brew install ondeinference/homebrew-tap/onde` | |
| 41 | | pip | `pip install onde-cli` | |
| 42 | | uv | `uv tool install onde-cli` | |
| 43 | | Dart pub | `dart pub global activate onde_cli` | |
| 44 | | .NET tool | `dotnet tool install --global Onde.Cli` | |
| 45 | | Cargo | `cargo install onde-cli` | |
| 46 | |
| 47 | --- |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ## Run it |
| 50 | |
| 51 | ```sh |
| 52 | onde --tui |
| 53 | ``` |
| 54 | |
| 55 | That opens the terminal UI. Plain `onde` prints usage and exits. |
| 56 | |
| 57 | From there you can: |
| 58 | |
| 59 | - sign up or sign in |
| 60 | - create and manage apps |
| 61 | - assign models |
| 62 | - fine-tune supported local models |
| 63 | - export merged models to GGUF |
| 64 | |
| 65 | No browser needed. |
| 66 | |
| 67 | ## Basic keys |
| 68 | |
| 69 | | Key | Action | |
| 70 | |---|---| |
| 71 | | `Tab` | Move between fields | |
| 72 | | `Enter` | Submit or confirm | |
| 73 | | `Ctrl+L` | Go to sign in | |
| 74 | | `Ctrl+N` | Go to create account | |
| 75 | | `Ctrl+C` | Quit | |
| 76 | |
| 77 | --- |
| 78 | |
| 79 | ## Fine-tuning |
| 80 | |
| 81 | `onde` can fine-tune Qwen2, Qwen2.5, and Qwen3 safetensors models with LoRA. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Training runs locally: |
| 84 | - Metal on Apple Silicon |
| 85 | - CPU on other platforms |
| 86 | |
| 87 | So yes, no cloud training setup and no Python environment to babysit. |
| 88 | |
| 89 | If you want a quick mental model for what the network is doing once it starts running, Onde has a short write-up on the [forward pass](https://ondeinference.com/forward-pass). |
| 90 | |
| 91 | ### Supported base models |
| 92 | |
| 93 | | Model | Size | |
| 94 | |---|---| |
| 95 | | `Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B` | ~1.2 GB | |
| 96 | | `Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct` | ~3.0 GB | |
| 97 | | `Qwen/Qwen3-1.7B` | ~3.4 GB | |
| 98 | | `Qwen/Qwen3-4B` | ~8.0 GB | |
| 99 | |
| 100 | Only safetensors models can be fine-tuned. GGUF models are already quantized, so their weights are not differentiable. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | ### Training data |
| 103 | |
| 104 | Use one JSON object per line. Each object needs a `text` field containing the full conversation in Qwen's chat template. |
| 105 | |
| 106 | ```jsonl |
| 107 | {"text": "<|im_start|>user\nWhat is the boiling point of water?<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant\n100°C at sea level.<|im_end|>"} |
| 108 | ``` |
| 109 | |
| 110 | ### Running a fine-tune |
| 111 | |
| 112 | 1. Open the Models tab. |
| 113 | 2. Pick a safetensors model with `↑` / `↓`. |
| 114 | 3. Press `f` to open the fine-tune config. |
| 115 | 4. Set your data path, LoRA rank (default `8`), epochs (default `3`), and learning rate (default `0.0001`). |
| 116 | 5. Start training. |
| 117 | |
| 118 | A rank-8 adapter for the 0.6B model is about 1.5 MB, so the output stays pretty small. |
| 119 | |
| 120 | ### After training |
| 121 | |
| 122 | - Press `m` to merge the adapter into the base weights. |
| 123 | - Press `g` to export the merged model to GGUF. |
| 124 | |
| 125 | The exported file loads directly in the [Onde SDK](https://ondeinference.com/sdk) for on-device inference. |
| 126 | |
| 127 | --- |
| 128 | |
| 129 | ## What is Onde? |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [Onde Inference](https://ondeinference.com) is for running LLMs on the user's device. No server round-trips, no sending prompts off to somebody else's machine. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | It ships as native SDKs for: |
| 134 | |
| 135 | <p align="center"> |
| 136 | <a href="https://github.com/ondeinference/onde-swift">Swift</a> · <a href="https://pub.dev/packages/onde_inference">Flutter</a> · <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ondeinference/react-native">React Native</a> · <a href="https://crates.io/crates/onde">Rust</a> |
| 137 | </p> |
| 138 | |
| 139 | The CLI is for account management and local fine-tuning. The SDKs are what you ship in your app. |
| 140 | |
| 141 | --- |
| 142 | |
| 143 | ## Debug |
| 144 | |
| 145 | Logs are written to `~/.cache/onde/debug.log`. |
| 146 | |
| 147 | ## License |
| 148 | |
| 149 | Dual-licensed under [MIT](https://github.com/ondeinference/onde-cli/blob/main/LICENSE-MIT) and [Apache 2.0](https://github.com/ondeinference/onde-cli/blob/main/LICENSE-APACHE). |
| 150 | |
| 151 | ## Copyright |
| 152 | |
| 153 | © 2026 [Splitfire AB](https://5mb.app) ([Onde Inference](https://ondeinference.com)). |