Together AI, a leading AI acceleration cloud, has potentially transformed app development with its open-source web app, LlamaCoder. The tool, which uses Meta's Llama 3.1 405B model, allows developers to generate entire applications from simple prompts.
Since its release just over a month ago, LlamaCoder has gained significant traction in the developer community. The project has amassed more than 2,000 GitHub stars, with hundreds of developers cloning the repository. Most impressively, over 200,000 apps have been generated using the tool.
Hassan El Mghari, software engineer, leading developer relations at Together AI, expressed enthusiasm about the project's success. "Developers are loving it," he said. "It was incredible to see people generating quiz apps, pomodoro timers, budgeting apps, and more and making it their own—simply with prompting."
LlamaCoder showcases the capabilities of Llama 3.1 405B, which El Mghari describes as the first open-source model capable of excelling in this specific coding use case. The model's prowess extends beyond coding, with state-of-the-art capabilities in general knowledge, steerability, math, tool use, and multilingual translation.
Together AI's platform, which powers LlamaCoder, serves more than 150,000 developers and companies across various use cases, including gaming, customer service, and summarisation. The company's commitment to open-source AI sets it apart in the industry.
"Open source AI has been a game changer for the AI community," El Mghari stated. "It is in the best interest of all developers and will lead to the fastest advancement and innovation."
As AI continues to reshape the landscape of software development, tools like LlamaCoder are poised to play a crucial role in democratising access to advanced AI capabilities and accelerating innovation in the field.