diff --git a/backend/index.yaml b/backend/index.yaml
index 646e34b9c51c..3f9569a44b18 100644
--- a/backend/index.yaml
+++ b/backend/index.yaml
@@ -572,6 +572,27 @@
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-nemo"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-nemo"
   icon: https://www.nvidia.com/favicon.ico
+- &spiritlm
+  urls:
+    - https://github.com/facebookresearch/spiritlm
+  description: |
+    Meta Spirit LM: interleaved spoken and written language model. Supports text generation, text-to-speech (TTS), and automatic speech recognition (ASR) in a single 7B model.
+  tags:
+    - text-to-text
+    - text-to-speech
+    - TTS
+    - speech-recognition
+    - ASR
+    - LLM
+    - multimodal
+  license: fair-noncommercial
+  name: "spiritlm"
+  alias: "spiritlm"
+  capabilities:
+    nvidia: "cuda12-spiritlm"
+    default: "cpu-spiritlm"
+    nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-spiritlm"
+  icon: https://ai.meta.com/favicon.ico
 - &voxcpm
   urls:
     - https://github.com/ModelBest/VoxCPM
diff --git a/backend/python/spiritlm/Makefile b/backend/python/spiritlm/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85b00878cdbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/spiritlm/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.PHONY: spiritlm
+spiritlm:
+	bash install.sh
+
+.PHONY: run
+run: spiritlm
+	@echo "Running spiritlm..."
+	bash run.sh
+	@echo "spiritlm run."
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: spiritlm
+	@echo "Testing spiritlm..."
+	bash test.sh
+	@echo "spiritlm tested."
+
+.PHONY: protogen-clean
+protogen-clean:
+	$(RM) backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: protogen-clean
+	rm -rf venv __pycache__
diff --git a/backend/python/spiritlm/backend.py b/backend/python/spiritlm/backend.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f3172e875d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/spiritlm/backend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+LocalAI gRPC backend for Meta Spirit LM: interleaved text and speech model.
+Supports text generation (Predict), TTS, and audio transcription (ASR).
+"""
+from concurrent import futures
+import argparse
+import io
+import os
+import signal
+import struct
+import sys
+import time
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+import backend_pb2
+import backend_pb2_grpc
+import grpc
+
+_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24
+MAX_WORKERS = int(os.environ.get("PYTHON_GRPC_MAX_WORKERS", "1"))
+DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RATE = 16000
+
+
+def _parse_option_value(value: str) -> Any:
+    if value.lower() in ("true", "false"):
+        return value.lower() == "true"
+    try:
+        return int(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        return float(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+    return value
+
+
+def _float32_audio_to_wav_bytes(audio: Any, sample_rate: int = DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RATE) -> bytes:
+    """Convert float32 mono audio array to WAV bytes."""
+    import numpy as np
+    samples = np.asarray(audio, dtype=np.float32)
+    if samples.ndim != 1:
+        samples = samples.flatten()
+    n_frames = len(samples)
+    n_channels = 1
+    sample_width = 2  # 16-bit
+    byte_rate = sample_rate * n_channels * sample_width
+    block_align = n_channels * sample_width
+    data_size = n_frames * sample_width
+    # Clip to [-1, 1] and convert to int16
+    samples = samples.clip(-1.0, 1.0)
+    int16_samples = (samples * 32767).astype("<i2")
+    buf = io.BytesIO()
+    buf.write(b"RIFF")
+    buf.write(struct.pack("<I", 36 + data_size))
+    buf.write(b"WAVE")
+    buf.write(b"fmt ")
+    buf.write(struct.pack("<IHHIIHH", 16, 1, n_channels, sample_rate, byte_rate, block_align, 16))
+    buf.write(b"data")
+    buf.write(struct.pack("<I", data_size))
+    buf.write(int16_samples.tobytes())
+    return buf.getvalue()
+
+
+class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
+    """gRPC servicer implementing LocalAI backend for Spirit LM."""
+
+    def Health(self, request: backend_pb2.HealthMessage, context: grpc.ServicerContext) -> backend_pb2.Reply:
+        return backend_pb2.Reply(message=b"OK")
+
+    def LoadModel(self, request: backend_pb2.ModelOptions, context: grpc.ServicerContext) -> backend_pb2.Result:
+        try:
+            from spiritlm.model.spiritlm_model import Spiritlm
+        except ImportError as e:
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"SpiritLM not installed: {e}")
+
+        self._options = self._parse_options(request.Options)
+        model_name = (request.Model or "").strip() or "spirit-lm-base-7b"
+        if model_name not in ("spirit-lm-base-7b", "spirit-lm-expressive-7b"):
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unknown model: {model_name}")
+
+        try:
+            print(f"Loading Spirit LM model: {model_name}", file=sys.stderr)
+            self._model = Spiritlm(model_name)
+            self._sample_rate = self._options.get("sample_rate", DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RATE)
+            print("Spirit LM model loaded successfully", file=sys.stderr)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"LoadModel failed: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=str(e))
+
+        return backend_pb2.Result(success=True, message="Model loaded successfully")
+
+    def _parse_options(self, options: List[str]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        out: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        for opt in options or []:
+            if ":" not in opt:
+                continue
+            key, _, value = opt.partition(":")
+            key = key.strip()
+            value = value.strip()
+            if key:
+                out[key] = _parse_option_value(value)
+        return out
+
+    def _generation_config(
+        self,
+        tokens: int = 200,
+        temperature: float = 0.9,
+        top_p: float = 0.95,
+        do_sample: bool = True,
+    ) -> Any:
+        from transformers import GenerationConfig
+        return GenerationConfig(
+            max_new_tokens=tokens,
+            temperature=temperature,
+            top_p=top_p,
+            do_sample=do_sample,
+        )
+
+    def Predict(self, request: backend_pb2.PredictOptions, context: grpc.ServicerContext) -> backend_pb2.Reply:
+        if not getattr(self, "_model", None):
+            context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.FAILED_PRECONDITION)
+            context.set_details("Model not loaded")
+            return backend_pb2.Reply(message=b"")
+        try:
+            text = self._generate_text(
+                prompt=request.Prompt or "",
+                tokens=max(1, request.Tokens or 200),
+                temperature=request.Temperature if request.Temperature > 0 else 0.9,
+                top_p=request.TopP if request.TopP > 0 else 0.95,
+                stop_prompts=list(request.StopPrompts) if request.StopPrompts else None,
+            )
+            return backend_pb2.Reply(
+                message=text.encode("utf-8"),
+                tokens=len(text.split()),
+                prompt_tokens=0,
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.INTERNAL)
+            context.set_details(str(e))
+            return backend_pb2.Reply(message=b"")
+
+    def PredictStream(
+        self, request: backend_pb2.PredictOptions, context: grpc.ServicerContext
+    ) -> Any:
+        if not getattr(self, "_model", None):
+            context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.FAILED_PRECONDITION)
+            context.set_details("Model not loaded")
+            return
+        try:
+            text = self._generate_text(
+                prompt=request.Prompt or "",
+                tokens=max(1, request.Tokens or 200),
+                temperature=request.Temperature if request.Temperature > 0 else 0.9,
+                top_p=request.TopP if request.TopP > 0 else 0.95,
+                stop_prompts=list(request.StopPrompts) if request.StopPrompts else None,
+            )
+            yield backend_pb2.Reply(message=text.encode("utf-8"), tokens=len(text.split()))
+        except Exception as e:
+            context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.INTERNAL)
+            context.set_details(str(e))
+
+    def _generate_text(
+        self,
+        prompt: str,
+        tokens: int = 200,
+        temperature: float = 0.9,
+        top_p: float = 0.95,
+        stop_prompts: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        from spiritlm.model.spiritlm_model import ContentType, GenerationInput, OutputModality
+
+        if not prompt.strip():
+            return ""
+
+        inputs = [GenerationInput(content=prompt.strip(), content_type=ContentType.TEXT)]
+        config = self._generation_config(tokens=tokens, temperature=temperature, top_p=top_p)
+        outputs = self._model.generate(
+            output_modality=OutputModality.TEXT,
+            interleaved_inputs=inputs,
+            generation_config=config,
+        )
+        parts: List[str] = []
+        for out in outputs or []:
+            if getattr(out, "content_type", None) and str(getattr(out.content_type, "name", "")) == "TEXT":
+                content = getattr(out, "content", None)
+                if isinstance(content, str):
+                    parts.append(content)
+        result = "".join(parts)
+        if stop_prompts:
+            for stop in stop_prompts:
+                if stop in result:
+                    result = result.split(stop)[0].strip()
+        return result
+
+    def AudioTranscription(
+        self, request: backend_pb2.TranscriptRequest, context: grpc.ServicerContext
+    ) -> backend_pb2.TranscriptResult:
+        if not getattr(self, "_model", None):
+            return backend_pb2.TranscriptResult(segments=[], text="")
+        audio_path = (request.dst or "").strip()
+        if not audio_path or not os.path.isfile(audio_path):
+            print(f"Audio file not found: {audio_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+            return backend_pb2.TranscriptResult(segments=[], text="")
+
+        try:
+            from spiritlm.model.spiritlm_model import ContentType, GenerationInput, OutputModality
+
+            inputs = [GenerationInput(content=audio_path, content_type=ContentType.SPEECH)]
+            config = self._generation_config(tokens=500, temperature=0.2, top_p=0.95)
+            outputs = self._model.generate(
+                output_modality=OutputModality.TEXT,
+                interleaved_inputs=inputs,
+                generation_config=config,
+            )
+            parts: List[str] = []
+            for out in outputs or []:
+                if getattr(out, "content_type", None) and str(getattr(out.content_type, "name", "")) == "TEXT":
+                    content = getattr(out, "content", None)
+                    if isinstance(content, str):
+                        parts.append(content)
+            text = " ".join(parts).strip()
+            segment = backend_pb2.TranscriptSegment(id=0, start=0, end=0, text=text)
+            return backend_pb2.TranscriptResult(segments=[segment], text=text)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"AudioTranscription failed: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
+            return backend_pb2.TranscriptResult(segments=[], text="")
+
+    def TTS(self, request: backend_pb2.TTSRequest, context: grpc.ServicerContext) -> backend_pb2.Result:
+        if not getattr(self, "_model", None):
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message="Model not loaded")
+        text = (request.text or "").strip()
+        if not text:
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message="TTS request has no text")
+
+        try:
+            from spiritlm.model.spiritlm_model import ContentType, GenerationInput, OutputModality
+
+            inputs = [GenerationInput(content=text, content_type=ContentType.TEXT)]
+            config = self._generation_config(tokens=400, temperature=0.9, top_p=0.95)
+            outputs = self._model.generate(
+                output_modality=OutputModality.SPEECH,
+                interleaved_inputs=inputs,
+                generation_config=config,
+            )
+            audio_float32 = None
+            for out in outputs or []:
+                if getattr(out, "content_type", None) and str(getattr(out.content_type, "name", "")) == "SPEECH":
+                    content = getattr(out, "content", None)
+                    if content is not None and hasattr(content, "__len__"):
+                        import numpy as np
+                        arr = np.asarray(content, dtype=np.float32)
+                        if audio_float32 is None:
+                            audio_float32 = arr
+                        else:
+                            audio_float32 = np.concatenate([audio_float32, arr])
+            if audio_float32 is None:
+                return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message="No speech output from model")
+
+            wav_bytes = _float32_audio_to_wav_bytes(audio_float32, self._sample_rate)
+            if request.dst:
+                with open(request.dst, "wb") as f:
+                    f.write(wav_bytes)
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=True, message="OK")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"TTS failed: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
+            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=str(e))
+
+    def TTSStream(
+        self, request: backend_pb2.TTSRequest, context: grpc.ServicerContext
+    ) -> Any:
+        if not getattr(self, "_model", None):
+            context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.FAILED_PRECONDITION)
+            context.set_details("Model not loaded")
+            return
+        result = self.TTS(request, context)
+        if not result.success:
+            context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.INTERNAL)
+            context.set_details(result.message)
+            return
+        if request.dst and os.path.isfile(request.dst):
+            with open(request.dst, "rb") as f:
+                data = f.read()
+            yield backend_pb2.Reply(audio=data)
+
+
+def serve(address: str) -> None:
+    server = grpc.server(
+        futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=MAX_WORKERS),
+        options=[
+            ("grpc.max_message_length", 50 * 1024 * 1024),
+            ("grpc.max_send_message_length", 50 * 1024 * 1024),
+            ("grpc.max_receive_message_length", 50 * 1024 * 1024),
+        ],
+    )
+    backend_pb2_grpc.add_BackendServicer_to_server(BackendServicer(), server)
+    server.add_insecure_port(address)
+    server.start()
+    print("Spirit LM backend listening on: " + address, file=sys.stderr)
+
+    def signal_handler(sig: int, frame: Any) -> None:
+        print("Shutting down...", file=sys.stderr)
+        server.stop(0)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
+
+    try:
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        server.stop(0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Spirit LM gRPC backend for LocalAI")
+    parser.add_argument("--addr", default="localhost:50051", help="Address to bind")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    serve(args.addr)
diff --git a/backend/python/spiritlm/install.sh b/backend/python/spiritlm/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4136d8765589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/spiritlm/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+backend_dir=$(dirname $0)
+if [ -d $backend_dir/common ]; then
+    source $backend_dir/common/libbackend.sh
+else
+    source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
+fi
+
+installRequirements
diff --git a/backend/python/spiritlm/protogen.sh b/backend/python/spiritlm/protogen.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ad37dee164b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/spiritlm/protogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+backend_dir=$(dirname $0)
+if [ -d $backend_dir/common ]; then
+    source $backend_dir/common/libbackend.sh
+else
+    source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
+fi
+
+python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -I../.. -I./ --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. backend.proto
diff --git a/backend/python/spiritlm/requirements-install.txt b/backend/python/spiritlm/requirements-install.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5987270e043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/spiritlm/requirements-install.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SpiritLM: install from GitHub (not on PyPI)
+git+https://github.com/facebookresearch/spiritlm.git
diff --git a/backend/python/spiritlm/requirements.txt b/backend/python/spiritlm/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72750ac22933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/spiritlm/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+grpcio>=1.71.0
+grpcio-tools
+protobuf
+torch
+transformers
+soundfile
+numpy
diff --git a/backend/python/spiritlm/run.sh b/backend/python/spiritlm/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eae121f37b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/spiritlm/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+backend_dir=$(dirname $0)
+if [ -d $backend_dir/common ]; then
+    source $backend_dir/common/libbackend.sh
+else
+    source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
+fi
+
+startBackend $@
diff --git a/backend/python/spiritlm/test.sh b/backend/python/spiritlm/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb59f2aaf3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/python/spiritlm/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+backend_dir=$(dirname $0)
+if [ -d $backend_dir/common ]; then
+    source $backend_dir/common/libbackend.sh
+else
+    source $backend_dir/../common/libbackend.sh
+fi
+
+runUnittests
diff --git a/gallery/index.yaml b/gallery/index.yaml
index 5cee03804465..a02acffb70c3 100644
--- a/gallery/index.yaml
+++ b/gallery/index.yaml
@@ -584,6 +584,39 @@
       - transcript
     parameters:
       model: Qwen/Qwen3-ASR-0.6B
+- &spiritlm
+  urls:
+    - https://github.com/facebookresearch/spiritlm
+    - https://ai.meta.com/resources/models-and-libraries/spirit-lm-downloads/
+  description: |
+    Meta Spirit LM is an interleaved spoken and written language model. It supports text generation, text-to-speech (TTS), and automatic speech recognition (ASR) in a single 7B model. Base version uses phonetic tokens; Expressive adds pitch and style.
+  tags:
+    - speech-recognition
+    - ASR
+    - text-to-speech
+    - TTS
+    - llm
+    - multimodal
+  license: fair-noncommercial
+  icon: https://ai.meta.com/favicon.ico
+  name: "spirit-lm-base-7b"
+  url: "github:mudler/LocalAI/gallery/virtual.yaml@master"
+  overrides:
+    backend: spiritlm
+    known_usecases:
+      - transcript
+      - tts
+    parameters:
+      model: spirit-lm-base-7b
+- !!merge <<: *spiritlm
+  name: "spirit-lm-expressive-7b"
+  overrides:
+    backend: spiritlm
+    known_usecases:
+      - transcript
+      - tts
+    parameters:
+      model: spirit-lm-expressive-7b
 - name: "huihui-glm-4.7-flash-abliterated-i1"
   url: "github:mudler/LocalAI/gallery/virtual.yaml@master"
   urls: