--- title: "Credits & Attribution" description: "Caro stands on the shoulders of giants. This page honors the open source projects, maintainers, and communities that make Caro possible." url: "https://caro.sh/credits" markdown_url: "https://caro.sh/credits.md" lang: "en" type: "website" image: "https://caro.sh/og/credits.png" --- A LONG TIME AGO IN AN OPEN SOURCE ECOSYSTEM FAR, FAR AWAY... # CREDITS Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Caro is an open source project that would not exist without the incredible work of countless developers, maintainers, and communities who have built the foundations we rely on every day. This page is our way of saying **thank you** to everyone who has contributed to the tools, libraries, and resources that make Caro possible. ## Special Thanks 🎁 ### Anselm Eickhoff For the gift of a name A heartfelt thank you to [@aeplay](https://github.com/aeplay) for graciously transferring the `caro` crate name to this project. This act of generosity gave Caro its identity — a memorable, friendly name that embodies our mission. *"Work sucks. Play works."* — We couldn't agree more. [GitHub](https://github.com/aeplay) 🤖 ### Anthropic & Claude Code The Maintainer's Co-Pilot Caro was built with the help of [Claude Code](https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code), Anthropic's agentic coding tool. From architecture decisions to code reviews, debugging sessions to documentation — Claude Code has been an indispensable collaborator in bringing Caro to life. A testament to how AI can augment human creativity in open source development. [GitHub ](https://github.com/anthropics)[Website](https://www.anthropic.com/) 🧠 ## AI & Machine Learning The brilliant minds and teams building the models and frameworks that power local AI inference. 🦙 ### llama.cpp by Georgi Gerganov The project that brought LLM inference to the masses. llama.cpp's pure C/C++ implementation enables Caro to run language models efficiently on any hardware. With 91k+ GitHub stars, it's the backbone of local AI inference. [GitHub](https://github.com/ggerganov) [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/ggerganov) [Website](https://ggerganov.com/) 🍎 ### Apple MLX by Apple Machine Learning Research The array framework that makes Apple Silicon sing. Built by Awni Hannun, Jagrit Digani, Angelos Katharopoulos, and Ronan Collobert — MLX powers Caro's blazing-fast inference on M-series Macs. [GitHub](https://github.com/ml-explore) [Docs](https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/) ☁️ ### Qwen by Alibaba Cloud Qwen Team The magnificent Qwen2.5-Coder models that power Caro's shell command generation. With 100+ open weight models and 40M+ downloads, Qwen represents the best of open source AI. A massive shoutout to the entire Qwen team! [GitHub](https://github.com/QwenLM) [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/Qwen) [Website](https://qwenlm.github.io/) 🤗 ### Hugging Face The AI Community Platform The hub that makes model distribution possible. Caro uses Hugging Face's infrastructure for model caching and downloads, bringing the best open models to your local machine. [GitHub](https://github.com/huggingface) [Website](https://huggingface.co/) 🕯️ ### Candle by Hugging Face A minimalist ML framework for Rust that provides Caro's cross-platform CPU inference backend. Fast, lightweight, and Rust-native. [GitHub](https://github.com/huggingface/candle) 🦀 ## Rust Ecosystem The incredible Rust crates and their maintainers that form Caro's foundation. Without these libraries, there would be no Caro. ⚡ ### Tokio Async Runtime Created by Carl Lerche and maintained by Alice Ryhl — Tokio is the async foundation that powers Caro's concurrent operations. Alice's tireless work as the first paid Tokio contributor has been instrumental to the ecosystem. [GitHub](https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio) [Alice's Site](https://ryhl.io/) [Tokio.rs](https://tokio.rs/) 📜 ### Serde by David Tolnay The legendary serialization framework with 196M+ downloads. David Tolnay's work on serde, syn, quote, anyhow, and thiserror has shaped how the entire Rust ecosystem handles data and errors. [GitHub](https://github.com/dtolnay) [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/davidtolnay) 🎯 ### Clap by Ed Page & rust-cli The CLI argument parser that makes Caro's interface possible. With 28M+ downloads per month, clap's derive macros and comprehensive features are the gold standard for Rust CLIs. [GitHub](https://github.com/clap-rs/clap) [Docs](https://docs.rs/clap) 🌐 ### Reqwest by Sean McArthur The ergonomic HTTP client for Rust. Sean's work on reqwest, hyper, and the entire networking stack powers Caro's remote backend connections. [GitHub](https://github.com/seanmonstar) [Blog](https://seanmonstar.com/) 📊 ### Tracing by Eliza Weisman Structured diagnostics for Rust. Eliza's tracing ecosystem provides Caro with comprehensive logging and observability. A core tokio-rs team member whose work benefits the entire async Rust ecosystem. [GitHub](https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing) [Website](https://www.elizas.website/) 📈 ### Indicatif by Armin Ronacher (mitsuhiko) Progress bars and spinners that make Caro's output beautiful. Armin Ronacher — creator of Flask and core Sentry contributor — brings the same polish to the Rust console ecosystem. [GitHub](https://github.com/console-rs/indicatif) [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/mitsuhiko) [Website](https://mitsuhiko.at/) ### Also Powered By anyhow thiserror serde\_json serde\_yaml toml config tracing-subscriber tracing-appender dialoguer colored directories dirs which os\_info sysinfo hf-hub url chrono regex once\_cell sha2 async-trait futures atty tokenizers cxx 🌐 ## Web Technologies The frameworks and tools that power caro.sh — this very website you're reading. 🚀 ### Astro by Fred K. Schott & The Astro Team The web framework for content-driven websites. Astro's zero-JS by default philosophy makes caro.sh fast and accessible. Thanks to Fred and the incredible open source community behind Astro — governance that puts contributors first. [GitHub](https://github.com/withastro/astro) [Fred's GitHub](https://github.com/fredkschott) [astro.build](https://astro.build/) 📊 ### Vercel Analytics Privacy-friendly insights Real-time, privacy-friendly traffic insights that help us understand how people use caro.sh without compromising visitor privacy. [GitHub](https://github.com/vercel/analytics) [Vercel](https://vercel.com/) 🎉 ### canvas-confetti Celebration effects Because sometimes you need confetti! This lightweight library adds joy to our celebrations without bloating the bundle. [GitHub](https://github.com/catdad/canvas-confetti) [Demo](https://www.kirilv.com/canvas-confetti/) 🛗 ### elevator.js by Tim Holman A "back to top" button that behaves like a real elevator — complete with muzak! Tim's delightfully weird creation adds personality to our scroll experience. [GitHub](https://github.com/tholman/elevator.js) [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/twholman) [Website](https://tholman.com/) 💡 ## Inspiration ### Portal's Caroline The name "Caro" draws inspiration from Caroline, the AI assistant in Valve's Portal series. Like Caroline, Caro aims to be a helpful, loyal companion — but one that respects your autonomy and keeps you safe. ### Kyaro (The Real One!) Meet IRL Kyaro (Kyarorain Kadosh) — the real-life inspiration for Caro's loyal companion spirit. Follow her adventures on [Instagram @kyaroblackheart](https://www.instagram.com/kyaroblackheart/) 🐕🖤 ### The Unix Heritage Caro stands on the shoulders of giants. We honor the [GNU Project](https://www.gnu.org/), the [Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/), and the [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/) community — pioneers who proved that software freedom and collaboration create better tools for everyone. Their vision of a world where users control their computing is woven into everything we build. ### Open Source Community Every contributor who has ever opened an issue, submitted a PR, answered a question, or shared knowledge freely. The open source ethos makes projects like Caro possible. ⚖️ ## Open Source Licenses Caro is licensed under [AGPL-3.0](https://github.com/wildcard/caro/blob/main/LICENSE). We depend on many open source projects with various licenses: ### MIT License tokio, clap, indicatif, dialoguer, colored, tracing, reqwest, hyper, anyhow, thiserror, elevator.js, canvas-confetti ### MIT OR Apache-2.0 serde, serde\_json, chrono, regex, once\_cell, async-trait, futures ### Apache-2.0 Qwen models, tokenizers, hf-hub ### MIT llama.cpp, MLX (Apple), Astro For a complete list of dependencies and their licenses, run `cargo tree` or check our [Cargo.lock](https://github.com/wildcard/caro/blob/main/Cargo.lock). ## Thank You To every developer who has contributed a line of code, filed a bug report, answered a question, or simply used and shared these incredible projects — **thank you**. Open source is a gift economy, and we're grateful to be part of it. If we've missed anyone or made any errors, please [open an issue](https://github.com/wildcard/caro/issues/new) and let us know! [Star Caro on GitHub](https://github.com/wildcard/caro) — The Caro Team 🐕