<titledata-rh="true">Installing Podman AI Lab | Podman Desktop</title><metadata-rh="true"name="viewport"content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><metadata-rh="true"name="twitter:card"content="summary_large_image"><metadata-rh="true"property="og:image"content="https://podman-desktop.io/img/banner_podman-desktop.png"><metadata-rh="true"name="twitter:image"content="https://podman-desktop.io/img/banner_podman-desktop.png"><metadata-rh="true"property="og:url"content="https://podman-desktop.io/docs/ai-lab/installing"><metadata-rh="true"property="og:locale"content="en"><metadata-rh="true"name="docusaurus_locale"content="en"><metadata-rh="true"name="docsearch:language"content="en"><metadata-rh="true"name="docusaurus_version"content="current"><metadata-rh="true"name="docusaurus_tag"content="docs-default-current"><metadata-rh="true"name="docsearch:version"content="current"><metadata-rh="true"name="docsearch:docusaurus_tag"content="docs-default-current"><metadata-rh="true"property="og:title"content="Installing Podman AI Lab | Podman Desktop"><metadata-rh="true"name="description"content="Podman AI Lab can help you run large language models (LLMs) locally with no pain."><metadata-rh="true"property="og:description"content="Podman AI Lab can help you run large language models (LLMs) locally with no pain."><metadata-rh="true"name="keywords"content="podman desktop,podman,ai,llm,generative ai"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="icon"href="/img/favicon.ico"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="canonical"href="https://podman-desktop.io/docs/ai-lab/installing"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="alternate"href="https://podman-desktop.io/docs/ai-lab/installing"hreflang="en"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="alternate"href="https://podman-desktop.io/docs/ai-lab/installing"hreflang="x-default"><linkdata-rh="true"rel="preconnect"href="https://MR01ANKQ9S-dsn.algolia.net"crossorigin="anonymous"><linkrel="alternate"type="application/rss+xml"href="/blog/rss.xml"title="Podman Desktop RSS Feed">
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<p>The AI Lab extension extends the capabilities of Podman Desktop for Large Language Models (LLMs). It has to be installed before you can use it. Installation is just a click if you have Podman Desktop installed already.</p>
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<p>If you have Podman Desktop already installed, <ahref="podman-desktop:extension/redhat.ai-lab"><strong>click to launch the installation</strong></a> of Podman AI Lab in Podman Desktop.</p>
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<li>The navigation bar should contain the Podman AI Lab icon.
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