Kudos for supporting European sovereignty, and for the work behind it. Le mer. 23 sept. 2026 à 22:45, Lucas Nussbaum <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Hi all, > > I'm happy to announce the Debian Inference Portal, a new service that gives > Debian contributors self-service access to shared large language model > (LLM) > inference, thanks to sponsorship by Scaleway. It is available now at: > > https://inference.debian.net > > Documentation: https://inference.debian.net/doc > > > What does the service do? > ------------------------- > > Large language models (LLMs) are AI systems that generate text in response > to > a prompt. They are offered over a standard network API that a large > ecosystem > of tools already speaks — including coding agents like OpenCode, editors, > and > command-line utilities. The portal exposes that API, so any such tool can > be > pointed at the service with an API key. It is a self-service way for Debian > contributors (Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers) to use shared LLM > inference: after logging in with your Salsa account, you can create an API > key and use it with your tools. > > Two models are available — DeepSeek V4 Flash (a fast and lightweight > model, recommended for most uses) and GLM-5.2 (a more powerful > general-purpose model). > > The service is a shared, fair-use resource funded by a fixed monthly pool > of > credits. A weekly budget is allocated per user as a safety mechanism: if > it is > exhausted, you can reset it from the dashboard to get a fresh window. > > You are free to use the service for work that benefits the Debian project — > packaging, bug triage and fixes, tooling, documentation, and so on. The > underlying resources are provided free of charge by sponsors, so we may > occasionally ask for brief feedback on how the service is useful to you; > such > reports help make the case to sponsors for continuing and growing the > service. > > > Sponsorship: Scaleway > --------------------- > > This service is possible thanks to Scaleway, which kindly sponsors the > Debian > project with a monthly allocation of credits to cover the inference costs > for > contributors. Scaleway is a European cloud provider owned by the Iliad > Group > (the parent of Free) delivering public cloud, bare metal, AI and managed > services. Open source is at the heart of Scaleway's engineering culture, > and > they are proud to support projects like Debian that provide the trusted > foundation for millions of developers and organizations worldwide. > > > Thanks to Scaleway for making this possible! > -- > Lucas, for the Debian Inference Team >
