MOONLIGHT AI / CAPABILITIES
Explore the capabilities of Moonlight AI 1.7.x. Choose where AI runs — on your phone, your computer, or your choice of cloud provider. In Phone mode, conversations remain on-device. Computer and Cloud modes send data to your selected endpoints.
01 / CHOOSE WHERE YOUR AI RUNS
LOCAL-FIRST, NOT LOCAL-ONLYON-DEVICE INFERENCE · PHONE MODE
Run compatible GGUF models directly on your Android device. After the required model is downloaded, Phone mode can operate without an internet connection.
On-device GGUF inference · No cloud provider requiredLocal Phone mode processes prompts directly on your device and does not require sending data to a cloud AI provider.
ON YOUR DEVICE (PHONE MODE)
Run compatible GGUF language models directly on your Android phone. In Phone mode, prompts and responses are processed on-device without sending data to a cloud AI provider.
Compatible GGUF models running via native on-device execution. Phone mode can operate without internet access once the required model is downloaded.
Connect to your own compatible LM Studio server to chat with models running on your computer. Guided setup covers same-Wi-Fi and private network access.
User-configured endpoint. Requests route to your computer's LM Studio API address over your local network or a separately configured private network (such as Tailscale).
Connect OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic, Alibaba Cloud, NVIDIA, or compatible providers. When Cloud mode is used, requests are processed by the selected provider.
Requests include recent messages, personal instructions and attached text after a send confirmation. Provider privacy policies, retention practices and billing apply.
Moonlight provides an in-app way to report AI responses that are incorrect, unsafe, or inappropriate.
Users can report specific problematic outputs directly from the chat screen with a category selection, submitting relevant response details so issues can be reviewed.
Supported OpenAI and Anthropic cloud models can use provider web search to return answers with clickable citations.
Provider web tools are enabled unless disabled in provider settings. Search queries and chat context are processed by the provider's search infrastructure.
Store provider API keys and LM Studio tokens securely on your Android device with hardware-backed encryption.
Native AES-GCM encryption backed by the Android Keystore. Chat history is stored separately in private app MMKV storage.
Glass, Glass Night, Paper, Mono, and Midnight themes, with system appearance following and a saved Reduce Motion preference.
Appearance preferences persist locally in private app storage. Full accessibility support including system reduced-motion detection.
Search, rename, and delete conversations. Review or clear locally saved memories at any time. No Moonlight account or centralized chat history.
Conversations and memories persist in private app storage. Android cloud backup is disabled. Deleting data removes it immediately from local storage.
Attach supported UTF-8 text documents to summarize notes, review code, or analyze text.
Native bounded reader accepts up to 512 KiB of text. Stays local in Phone mode; transmitted to the configured endpoint in Computer or Cloud mode after confirmation.
Capacity checks filter local model downloads and verify available RAM before loading on-device models.
ARM64 verification, total RAM and available RAM checks against model size to reduce memory pressure. Serialized model loading.
Choose concise, balanced, or detailed response styles and save custom personal instructions.
Personal instructions apply to conversations and are included in Computer and Cloud requests. Saved memories are not automatically injected into remote requests.
Use Android speech recognition to dictate prompts directly into your conversation.
Uses Android system SpeechRecognizer. Transcripts follow the data path of the selected Phone, Computer, or Cloud mode. Moonlight does not record raw audio.
03 / FIVE WAYS TO FEEL AT HOME
Glass, Glass Night, Paper, Mono and Midnight. Choose the light you like, follow your system appearance, or reduce motion. Your preferences stay saved.
A little daylight, wherever you are.
02 / A CLOSER LOOK
A new glass settings experience brings appearance, responses, models and connections together.
