React Native

Independent release cycle

The React Native SDK releases independently from the Cactus engine. Check the releases page for the latest compatible version.

Resources

Installation

npm install cactus-react-native react-native-nitro-modules

Quick Start

Get started with Cactus in just a few lines of code:

import { CactusLM, type CactusLMMessage } from 'cactus-react-native';

// Create a new instance
const cactusLM = new CactusLM();

// Download the model
await cactusLM.download({
  onProgress: (progress) => console.log(`Download: ${Math.round(progress * 100)}%`)
});

// Generate a completion
const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [
  { role: 'user', content: 'What is the capital of France?' }
];

const result = await cactusLM.complete({ messages });
console.log(result.response); // "The capital of France is Paris."

// Clean up resources
await cactusLM.destroy();

Using the React Hook:

import { useCactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM();

  useEffect(() => {
    // Download the model if not already available
    if (!cactusLM.isDownloaded) {
      cactusLM.download();
    }
  }, []);

  const handleGenerate = () => {
    // Generate a completion
    cactusLM.complete({
      messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }],
    });
  };

  if (cactusLM.isDownloading) {
    return (
      <Text>
        Downloading model: {Math.round(cactusLM.downloadProgress * 100)}%
      </Text>
    );
  }

  return (
    <>
      <Button onPress={handleGenerate} title="Generate" />
      <Text>{cactusLM.completion}</Text>
    </>
  );
};

Language Model

Model Options

Choose model quantization and NPU acceleration with Pro models.

import { CactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

// Use int8 for better accuracy (default)
const cactusLM = new CactusLM({
  model: 'lfm2-vl-450m',
  options: {
    quantization: 'int8', // 'int4' or 'int8'
    pro: false
  }
});

// Use pro models for NPU acceleration
const cactusPro = new CactusLM({
  model: 'lfm2-vl-450m',
  options: {
    quantization: 'int8',
    pro: true
  }
});

Completion

Generate text responses from the model by providing a conversation history.

Class

import { CactusLM, type CactusLMMessage } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusLM = new CactusLM();

const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello, World!' }];
const onToken = (token: string) => { console.log('Token:', token) };

const result = await cactusLM.complete({ messages, onToken });
console.log('Completion result:', result);

Hook

import { useCactusLM, type CactusLMMessage } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM();

  const handleComplete = async () => {
    const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello, World!' }];

    const result = await cactusLM.complete({ messages });
    console.log('Completion result:', result);
  };

  return (
    <>
      <Button title="Complete" onPress={handleComplete} />
      <Text>{cactusLM.completion}</Text>
    </>
  );
};

Vision

Vision allows you to pass images along with text prompts, enabling the model to analyze and understand visual content.

Class

import { CactusLM, type CactusLMMessage } from 'cactus-react-native';

// Vision-capable model
const cactusLM = new CactusLM({ model: 'lfm2-vl-450m' });

const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [
  {
    role: 'user',
    content: "What's in the image?",
    images: ['path/to/your/image'],
  },
];

const result = await cactusLM.complete({ messages });
console.log('Response:', result.response);

Hook

import { useCactusLM, type CactusLMMessage } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  // Vision-capable model
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM({ model: 'lfm2-vl-450m' });

  const handleAnalyze = async () => {
    const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [
      {
        role: 'user',
        content: "What's in the image?",
        images: ['path/to/your/image'],
      },
    ];

    await cactusLM.complete({ messages });
  };

  return (
    <>
      <Button title="Analyze Image" onPress={handleAnalyze} />
      <Text>{cactusLM.completion}</Text>
    </>
  );
};

Tool Calling

Enable the model to generate function calls by defining available tools and their parameters.

Class

import { CactusLM, type CactusLMMessage, type CactusLMTool } from 'cactus-react-native';

const tools: CactusLMTool[] = [
  {
    name: 'get_weather',
    description: 'Get current weather for a location',
    parameters: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {
        location: {
          type: 'string',
          description: 'City name',
        },
      },
      required: ['location'],
    },
  },
];

const cactusLM = new CactusLM();

const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [
  { role: 'user', content: "What's the weather in San Francisco?" },
];

const result = await cactusLM.complete({ messages, tools });
console.log('Response:', result.response);
console.log('Function calls:', result.functionCalls);

Hook

import { useCactusLM, type CactusLMMessage, type CactusLMTool } from 'cactus-react-native';

const tools: CactusLMTool[] = [
  {
    name: 'get_weather',
    description: 'Get current weather for a location',
    parameters: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {
        location: {
          type: 'string',
          description: 'City name',
        },
      },
      required: ['location'],
    },
  },
];

const App = () => {
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM();

  const handleComplete = async () => {
    const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [
      { role: 'user', content: "What's the weather in San Francisco?" },
    ];

    const result = await cactusLM.complete({ messages, tools });
    console.log('Response:', result.response);
    console.log('Function calls:', result.functionCalls);
  };

  return <Button title="Complete" onPress={handleComplete} />;
};

RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)

RAG allows you to provide a corpus of documents that the model can reference during generation, enabling it to answer questions based on your data.

Class

import { CactusLM, type CactusLMMessage } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusLM = new CactusLM({
  corpusDir: 'path/to/your/corpus', // Directory containing .txt files
});

const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [
  { role: 'user', content: 'What information is in the documents?' },
];

const result = await cactusLM.complete({ messages });
console.log(result.response);

Hook

import { useCactusLM, type CactusLMMessage } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM({
    corpusDir: 'path/to/your/corpus', // Directory containing .txt files
  });

  const handleAsk = async () => {
    const messages: CactusLMMessage[] = [
      { role: 'user', content: 'What information is in the documents?' },
    ];

    await cactusLM.complete({ messages });
  };

  return (
    <>
      <Button title="Ask Question" onPress={handleAsk} />
      <Text>{cactusLM.completion}</Text>
    </>
  );
};

Tokenization

Convert text into tokens using the model's tokenizer.

Class

import { CactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusLM = new CactusLM();

const result = await cactusLM.tokenize({ text: 'Hello, World!' });
console.log('Token IDs:', result.tokens);

Hook

import { useCactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM();

  const handleTokenize = async () => {
    const result = await cactusLM.tokenize({ text: 'Hello, World!' });
    console.log('Token IDs:', result.tokens);
  };

  return <Button title="Tokenize" onPress={handleTokenize} />;
};

Score Window

Calculate perplexity scores for a window of tokens within a sequence.

Class

import { CactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusLM = new CactusLM();

const tokens = [123, 456, 789, 101, 112];
const result = await cactusLM.scoreWindow({
  tokens,
  start: 1,
  end: 3,
  context: 2
});
console.log('Score:', result.score);

Hook

import { useCactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM();

  const handleScoreWindow = async () => {
    const tokens = [123, 456, 789, 101, 112];
    const result = await cactusLM.scoreWindow({
      tokens,
      start: 1,
      end: 3,
      context: 2
    });
    console.log('Score:', result.score);
  };

  return <Button title="Score Window" onPress={handleScoreWindow} />;
};

Embedding

Convert text and images into numerical vector representations that capture semantic meaning, useful for similarity search and semantic understanding.

Text Embedding

Class

import { CactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusLM = new CactusLM();

const result = await cactusLM.embed({ text: 'Hello, World!' });
console.log('Embedding vector:', result.embedding);
console.log('Embedding vector length:', result.embedding.length);

Hook

import { useCactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM();

  const handleEmbed = async () => {
    const result = await cactusLM.embed({ text: 'Hello, World!' });
    console.log('Embedding vector:', result.embedding);
    console.log('Embedding vector length:', result.embedding.length);
  };

  return <Button title="Embed" onPress={handleEmbed} />;
};

Image Embedding

Class

import { CactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusLM = new CactusLM({ model: 'lfm2-vl-450m' });

const result = await cactusLM.imageEmbed({ imagePath: 'path/to/your/image.jpg' });
console.log('Image embedding vector:', result.embedding);
console.log('Embedding vector length:', result.embedding.length);

Hook

import { useCactusLM } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusLM = useCactusLM({ model: 'lfm2-vl-450m' });

  const handleImageEmbed = async () => {
    const result = await cactusLM.imageEmbed({ imagePath: 'path/to/your/image.jpg' });
    console.log('Image embedding vector:', result.embedding);
    console.log('Embedding vector length:', result.embedding.length);
  };

  return <Button title="Embed Image" onPress={handleImageEmbed} />;
};

Speech-to-Text (STT)

The CactusSTT class provides audio transcription and audio embedding capabilities using speech-to-text models such as Whisper and Moonshine.

Transcription

Transcribe audio to text with streaming support. Accepts either a file path or raw PCM audio samples.

Class

import { CactusSTT } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusSTT = new CactusSTT({ model: 'whisper-small' });

// Transcribe from file path
const result = await cactusSTT.transcribe({
  audio: 'path/to/audio.wav',
  onToken: (token) => console.log('Token:', token)
});

console.log('Transcription:', result.response);

// Or transcribe from raw PCM samples
const pcmSamples: number[] = [/* ... */];
const result2 = await cactusSTT.transcribe({
  audio: pcmSamples,
  onToken: (token) => console.log('Token:', token)
});

console.log('Transcription:', result2.response);

Hook

import { useCactusSTT } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusSTT = useCactusSTT({ model: 'whisper-small' });

  const handleTranscribe = async () => {
    // Transcribe from file path
    const result = await cactusSTT.transcribe({
      audio: 'path/to/audio.wav',
    });
    console.log('Transcription:', result.response);

    const pcmSamples: number[] = [/* ... */];
    const result2 = await cactusSTT.transcribe({
      audio: pcmSamples,
    });
    console.log('Transcription:', result2.response);
  };

  return (
    <>
      <Button onPress={handleTranscribe} title="Transcribe" />
      <Text>{cactusSTT.transcription}</Text>
    </>
  );
};

Streaming Transcription

Transcribe audio in real-time with incremental results. Each call to streamTranscribeProcess feeds an audio chunk and returns the currently confirmed and pending text.

Class

import { CactusSTT } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusSTT = new CactusSTT({ model: 'whisper-small' });

await cactusSTT.streamTranscribeStart({
  confirmationThreshold: 0.99,  // confidence required to confirm text
  minChunkSize: 32000,          // minimum samples before processing
});

const audioChunk: number[] = [/* PCM samples as bytes */];
const result = await cactusSTT.streamTranscribeProcess({ audio: audioChunk });

console.log('Confirmed:', result.confirmed);
console.log('Pending:', result.pending);

const final = await cactusSTT.streamTranscribeStop();
console.log('Final confirmed:', final.confirmed);

Hook

import { useCactusSTT } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusSTT = useCactusSTT({ model: 'whisper-small' });

  const handleStart = async () => {
    await cactusSTT.streamTranscribeStart({ confirmationThreshold: 0.99 });
  };

  const handleChunk = async (audioChunk: number[]) => {
    const result = await cactusSTT.streamTranscribeProcess({ audio: audioChunk });
    console.log('Confirmed:', result.confirmed);
    console.log('Pending:', result.pending);
  };

  const handleStop = async () => {
    const final = await cactusSTT.streamTranscribeStop();
    console.log('Final:', final.confirmed);
  };

  return (
    <>
      <Button onPress={handleStart} title="Start" />
      <Button onPress={handleStop} title="Stop" />
      <Text>{cactusSTT.streamTranscribeConfirmed}</Text>
      <Text>{cactusSTT.streamTranscribePending}</Text>
    </>
  );
};

Audio Embedding

Generate embeddings from audio files for audio understanding.

Class

import { CactusSTT } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusSTT = new CactusSTT();

const result = await cactusSTT.audioEmbed({
  audioPath: 'path/to/audio.wav'
});

console.log('Audio embedding vector:', result.embedding);
console.log('Embedding vector length:', result.embedding.length);

Hook

import { useCactusSTT } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusSTT = useCactusSTT();

  const handleAudioEmbed = async () => {
    const result = await cactusSTT.audioEmbed({
      audioPath: 'path/to/audio.wav'
    });
    console.log('Audio embedding vector:', result.embedding);
    console.log('Embedding vector length:', result.embedding.length);
  };

  return <Button title="Embed Audio" onPress={handleAudioEmbed} />;
};

Language Detection

Detect the spoken language in an audio file. Only available on the class, not the hook.

import { CactusSTT } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusSTT = new CactusSTT({ model: 'whisper-small' });

const result = await cactusSTT.detectLanguage({
  audio: 'path/to/audio.wav',
  options: { useVad: true },
});

console.log('Language:', result.language);  // e.g. 'en'
console.log('Confidence:', result.confidence);

Voice Activity Detection (VAD)

The CactusVAD class detects speech segments in audio, returning timestamped intervals where speech is present.

Class

import { CactusVAD } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusVAD = new CactusVAD({ model: 'silero-vad' });

const result = await cactusVAD.vad({
  audio: 'path/to/audio.wav',
  options: {
    threshold: 0.5,
    minSpeechDurationMs: 250,
    minSilenceDurationMs: 100,
  }
});

console.log('Speech segments:', result.segments);
// [{ start: 0, end: 16000 }, { start: 32000, end: 48000 }, ...]
console.log('Total time (ms):', result.totalTime);

Hook

import { useCactusVAD } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusVAD = useCactusVAD({ model: 'silero-vad' });

  const handleVAD = async () => {
    const result = await cactusVAD.vad({
      audio: 'path/to/audio.wav',
    });
    console.log('Speech segments:', result.segments);
  };

  return <Button title="Detect Speech" onPress={handleVAD} />;
};

Vector Index

The CactusIndex class provides a vector database for storing and querying embeddings with metadata. Enabling similarity search and retrieval.

Creating and Initializing an Index

Class

import { CactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusIndex = new CactusIndex('my-index', 1024);
await cactusIndex.init();

Hook

import { useCactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusIndex = useCactusIndex({
    name: 'my-index',
    embeddingDim: 1024
  });

  const handleInit = async () => {
    await cactusIndex.init();
  };

  return <Button title="Initialize Index" onPress={handleInit} />
};

Adding Documents

Add documents with their embeddings and metadata to the index.

Class

import { CactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusIndex = new CactusIndex('my-index', 1024);
await cactusIndex.init();

await cactusIndex.add({
  ids: [1, 2, 3],
  documents: ['First document', 'Second document', 'Third document'],
  embeddings: [
    [0.1, 0.2, ...],
    [0.3, 0.4, ...],
    [0.5, 0.6, ...]
  ],
  metadatas: ['metadata1', 'metadata2', 'metadata3']
});

Hook

import { useCactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusIndex = useCactusIndex({
    name: 'my-index',
    embeddingDim: 1024
  });

  const handleAdd = async () => {
    await cactusIndex.add({
      ids: [1, 2, 3],
      documents: ['First document', 'Second document', 'Third document'],
      embeddings: [
        [0.1, 0.2, ...],
        [0.3, 0.4, ...],
        [0.5, 0.6, ...]
      ],
      metadatas: ['metadata1', 'metadata2', 'metadata3']
    });
  };

  return <Button title="Add Documents" onPress={handleAdd} />;
};

Querying the Index

Search for similar documents using embedding vectors.

Class

import { CactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusIndex = new CactusIndex('my-index', 1024);
await cactusIndex.init();

const result = await cactusIndex.query({
  embeddings: [[0.1, 0.2, ...]],
  options: {
    topK: 5,
    scoreThreshold: 0.7
  }
});

console.log('IDs:', result.ids);
console.log('Scores:', result.scores);

Hook

import { useCactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusIndex = useCactusIndex({
    name: 'my-index',
    embeddingDim: 1024
  });

  const handleQuery = async () => {
    const result = await cactusIndex.query({
      embeddings: [[0.1, 0.2, ...]],
      options: {
        topK: 5,
        scoreThreshold: 0.7
      }
    });
    console.log('IDs:', result.ids);
    console.log('Scores:', result.scores);
  };

  return <Button title="Query Index" onPress={handleQuery} />;
};

Retrieving Documents

Get documents by their IDs.

Class

import { CactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusIndex = new CactusIndex('my-index', 1024);
await cactusIndex.init();

const result = await cactusIndex.get({ ids: [1, 2, 3] });
console.log('Documents:', result.documents);
console.log('Metadatas:', result.metadatas);
console.log('Embeddings:', result.embeddings);

Hook

import { useCactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusIndex = useCactusIndex({
    name: 'my-index',
    embeddingDim: 1024
  });

  const handleGet = async () => {
    const result = await cactusIndex.get({ ids: [1, 2, 3] });
    console.log('Documents:', result.documents);
    console.log('Metadatas:', result.metadatas);
    console.log('Embeddings:', result.embeddings);
  };

  return <Button title="Get Documents" onPress={handleGet} />;
};

Deleting Documents

Mark documents as deleted by their IDs.

Class

import { CactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusIndex = new CactusIndex('my-index', 1024);
await cactusIndex.init();

await cactusIndex.delete({ ids: [1, 2, 3] });

Hook

import { useCactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusIndex = useCactusIndex({
    name: 'my-index',
    embeddingDim: 1024
  });

  const handleDelete = async () => {
    await cactusIndex.delete({ ids: [1, 2, 3] });
  };

  return <Button title="Delete Documents" onPress={handleDelete} />;
};

Compacting the Index

Optimize the index by removing deleted documents and reorganizing data.

Class

import { CactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const cactusIndex = new CactusIndex('my-index', 1024);
await cactusIndex.init();

await cactusIndex.compact();

Hook

import { useCactusIndex } from 'cactus-react-native';

const App = () => {
  const cactusIndex = useCactusIndex({
    name: 'my-index',
    embeddingDim: 1024
  });

  const handleCompact = async () => {
    await cactusIndex.compact();
  };

  return <Button title="Compact Index" onPress={handleCompact} />;
};

API Reference

CactusLM Class

Constructor

new CactusLM(params?: CactusLMParams)

Parameters: - model - Model slug or absolute path to a model file (default: 'qwen3-0.6b'). - corpusDir - Directory containing text files for RAG (default: undefined). - cacheIndex - Whether to cache the RAG corpus index on disk (default: false). - options - Model options for quantization and NPU acceleration: - quantization - Quantization type: 'int4' | 'int8' (default: 'int8'). - pro - Enable NPU-accelerated models (default: false).

Methods

download(params?: CactusLMDownloadParams): Promise<void>

Downloads the model. If the model is already downloaded, returns immediately with progress 1. Throws an error if a download is already in progress.

Parameters: - onProgress - Callback for download progress (0-1).

init(): Promise<void>

Initializes the model and prepares it for inference. Safe to call multiple times (idempotent). Throws an error if the model is not downloaded yet.

complete(params: CactusLMCompleteParams): Promise<CactusLMCompleteResult>

Performs text completion with optional streaming and tool support. Automatically calls init() if not already initialized. Throws an error if a generation (completion or embedding) is already in progress.

Parameters: - messages - Array of CactusLMMessage objects. - options - Generation options: - temperature - Sampling temperature. - topP - Nucleus sampling threshold. - topK - Top-K sampling limit. - maxTokens - Maximum number of tokens to generate (default: 512). - stopSequences - Array of strings to stop generation. - forceTools - Force the model to call one of the provided tools (default: false). - telemetryEnabled - Enable telemetry for this request (default: true). - confidenceThreshold - Confidence threshold below which cloud handoff is triggered (default: 0.7). - toolRagTopK - Number of tools to select via RAG when tool list is large (default: 2). - includeStopSequences - Whether to include stop sequences in the response (default: false). - useVad - Whether to use VAD preprocessing (default: true). - tools - Array of CactusLMTool objects for function calling. - onToken - Callback for streaming tokens.

tokenize(params: CactusLMTokenizeParams): Promise<CactusLMTokenizeResult>

Converts text into tokens using the model's tokenizer.

Parameters: - text - Text to tokenize.

scoreWindow(params: CactusLMScoreWindowParams): Promise<CactusLMScoreWindowResult>

Calculates the log-probability score for a window of tokens within a sequence.

Parameters: - tokens - Array of token IDs. - start - Start index of the window. - end - End index of the window. - context - Number of context tokens before the window.

embed(params: CactusLMEmbedParams): Promise<CactusLMEmbedResult>

Generates embeddings for the given text. Automatically calls init() if not already initialized. Throws an error if a generation (completion or embedding) is already in progress.

Parameters: - text - Text to embed. - normalize - Whether to normalize the embedding vector (default: false).

imageEmbed(params: CactusLMImageEmbedParams): Promise<CactusLMImageEmbedResult>

Generates embeddings for the given image. Requires a vision-capable model. Automatically calls init() if not already initialized. Throws an error if a generation (completion or embedding) is already in progress.

Parameters: - imagePath - Path to the image file.

stop(): Promise<void>

Stops ongoing generation.

reset(): Promise<void>

Resets the model's internal state, clearing any cached context. Automatically calls stop() first.

destroy(): Promise<void>

Releases all resources associated with the model. Automatically calls stop() first. Safe to call even if the model is not initialized.

getModels(): Promise<CactusModel[]>

Returns available models.

getModelName(): string

Returns the model slug or path the instance was created with.

useCactusLM Hook

The useCactusLM hook manages a CactusLM instance with reactive state. When model parameters (model, corpusDir, cacheIndex, options) change, the hook creates a new instance and resets all state. The hook automatically cleans up resources when the component unmounts.

State

• completion: string - Current generated text. Automatically accumulated during streaming. Cleared before each new completion and when calling reset() or destroy().
• isGenerating: boolean - Whether the model is currently running an operation. Shared by complete, tokenize, scoreWindow, embed, and imageEmbed.
• isInitializing: boolean - Whether the model is initializing.
• isDownloaded: boolean - Whether the model is downloaded locally. Automatically checked when the hook mounts or model changes.
• isDownloading: boolean - Whether the model is being downloaded.
• downloadProgress: number - Download progress (0-1). Reset to 0 after download completes.
• error: string | null - Last error message from any operation, or null if there is no error. Cleared before starting new operations.

Methods

• download(params?: CactusLMDownloadParams): Promise<void> - Downloads the model. Updates isDownloading and downloadProgress state during download. Sets isDownloaded to true on success.
• init(): Promise<void> - Initializes the model for inference. Sets isInitializing to true during initialization.
• complete(params: CactusLMCompleteParams): Promise<CactusLMCompleteResult> - Generates text completions. Automatically accumulates tokens in the completion state during streaming. Sets isGenerating to true while generating. Clears completion before starting.
• tokenize(params: CactusLMTokenizeParams): Promise<CactusLMTokenizeResult> - Converts text into tokens. Sets isGenerating to true during operation.
• scoreWindow(params: CactusLMScoreWindowParams): Promise<CactusLMScoreWindowResult> - Calculates log-probability scores for a window of tokens. Sets isGenerating to true during operation.
• embed(params: CactusLMEmbedParams): Promise<CactusLMEmbedResult> - Generates embeddings for the given text. Sets isGenerating to true during operation.
• imageEmbed(params: CactusLMImageEmbedParams): Promise<CactusLMImageEmbedResult> - Generates embeddings for the given image. Sets isGenerating to true while generating.
• stop(): Promise<void> - Stops ongoing generation. Clears any errors.
• reset(): Promise<void> - Resets the model's internal state, clearing cached context. Also clears the completion state.
• destroy(): Promise<void> - Releases all resources associated with the model. Clears the completion state. Automatically called when the component unmounts.
• getModels(): Promise<CactusModel[]> - Returns available models.

CactusSTT Class

Constructor

new CactusSTT(params?: CactusSTTParams)

Parameters: - model - Model slug or absolute path to a model file (default: 'whisper-small'). - options - Model options for quantization and NPU acceleration: - quantization - Quantization type: 'int4' | 'int8' (default: 'int8'). - pro - Enable NPU-accelerated models (default: false).

Methods

download(params?: CactusSTTDownloadParams): Promise<void>

Downloads the model. If the model is already downloaded, returns immediately with progress 1. Throws an error if a download is already in progress.

Parameters: - onProgress - Callback for download progress (0-1).

init(): Promise<void>

Initializes the model and prepares it for inference. Safe to call multiple times (idempotent). Throws an error if the model is not downloaded yet.

transcribe(params: CactusSTTTranscribeParams): Promise<CactusSTTTranscribeResult>

Transcribes audio to text with optional streaming support. Accepts either a file path or raw PCM audio samples. Automatically calls init() if not already initialized. Throws an error if a generation is already in progress.

Parameters: - audio - Path to the audio file or raw PCM samples as a byte array. - prompt - Optional prompt to guide transcription (default: '<|startoftranscript|><|en|><|transcribe|><|notimestamps|>'). - options - Transcription options: - temperature - Sampling temperature. - topP - Nucleus sampling threshold. - topK - Top-K sampling limit. - maxTokens - Maximum number of tokens to generate (default: 384). - stopSequences - Array of strings to stop generation. - useVad - Whether to apply VAD to strip silence before transcription (default: true). - telemetryEnabled - Enable telemetry for this request (default: true). - confidenceThreshold - Confidence threshold for quality assessment (default: 0.7). - cloudHandoffThreshold - Max entropy threshold above which cloud handoff is triggered. - includeStopSequences - Whether to include stop sequences in the response (default: false). - onToken - Callback for streaming tokens.

streamTranscribeStart(options?: CactusSTTStreamTranscribeStartOptions): Promise<void>

Starts a streaming transcription session. Automatically calls init() if not already initialized. If a session is already active, returns immediately.

Parameters: - confirmationThreshold - Fuzzy match ratio required to confirm a transcription segment (default: 0.99). - minChunkSize - Minimum number of audio samples before processing (default: 32000). - telemetryEnabled - Enable telemetry for this session (default: true).

streamTranscribeProcess(params: CactusSTTStreamTranscribeProcessParams): Promise<CactusSTTStreamTranscribeProcessResult>

Feeds audio samples into the streaming session and returns the current transcription state. Throws an error if no session is active.

Parameters: - audio - PCM audio samples as a byte array.

streamTranscribeStop(): Promise<CactusSTTStreamTranscribeStopResult>

Stops the streaming session and returns the final confirmed transcription text. Throws an error if no session is active.

detectLanguage(params: CactusSTTDetectLanguageParams): Promise<CactusSTTDetectLanguageResult>

Detects the spoken language in the given audio. Automatically calls init() if not already initialized. Throws an error if a generation is already in progress.

Parameters: - audio - Path to the audio file or raw PCM samples as a byte array. - options: - useVad - Whether to apply VAD before detection (default: true).

audioEmbed(params: CactusSTTAudioEmbedParams): Promise<CactusSTTAudioEmbedResult>

Generates embeddings for the given audio file. Automatically calls init() if not already initialized. Throws an error if a generation is already in progress.

Parameters: - audioPath - Path to the audio file.

stop(): Promise<void>

Stops ongoing transcription or embedding generation.

reset(): Promise<void>

Resets the model's internal state. Automatically calls stop() first.

destroy(): Promise<void>

Releases all resources associated with the model. Stops any active streaming session. Automatically calls stop() first. Safe to call even if the model is not initialized.

getModels(): Promise<CactusModel[]>

Returns available speech-to-text models.

getModelName(): string

Returns the model slug or path the instance was created with.

useCactusSTT Hook

The useCactusSTT hook manages a CactusSTT instance with reactive state. When model parameters (model, options) change, the hook creates a new instance and resets all state. The hook automatically cleans up resources when the component unmounts.

State

• transcription: string - Current transcription text. Automatically accumulated during streaming. Cleared before each new transcription and when calling reset() or destroy().
• streamTranscribeConfirmed: string - Accumulated confirmed text from the active streaming session. Updated after each successful streamTranscribeProcess call and finalized by streamTranscribeStop.
• streamTranscribePending: string - Uncommitted (in-progress) text from the current audio chunk. Cleared when the session stops.
• isGenerating: boolean - Whether the model is currently transcribing or embedding. Both operations share this flag.
• isStreamTranscribing: boolean - Whether a streaming transcription session is currently active.
• isInitializing: boolean - Whether the model is initializing.
• isDownloaded: boolean - Whether the model is downloaded locally. Automatically checked when the hook mounts or model changes.
• isDownloading: boolean - Whether the model is being downloaded.
• downloadProgress: number - Download progress (0-1). Reset to 0 after download completes.
• error: string | null - Last error message from any operation, or null if there is no error. Cleared before starting new operations.

Methods

• download(params?: CactusSTTDownloadParams): Promise<void> - Downloads the model. Updates isDownloading and downloadProgress state during download. Sets isDownloaded to true on success.
• init(): Promise<void> - Initializes the model for inference. Sets isInitializing to true during initialization.
• transcribe(params: CactusSTTTranscribeParams): Promise<CactusSTTTranscribeResult> - Transcribes audio to text. Automatically accumulates tokens in the transcription state during streaming. Sets isGenerating to true while generating. Clears transcription before starting.
• audioEmbed(params: CactusSTTAudioEmbedParams): Promise<CactusSTTAudioEmbedResult> - Generates embeddings for the given audio. Sets isGenerating to true during operation.
• streamTranscribeStart(options?: CactusSTTStreamTranscribeStartOptions): Promise<void> - Starts a streaming transcription session. If a session is already active, returns immediately. Clears streamTranscribeConfirmed and streamTranscribePending before starting. Sets isStreamTranscribing to true.
• streamTranscribeProcess(params: CactusSTTStreamTranscribeProcessParams): Promise<CactusSTTStreamTranscribeProcessResult> - Feeds audio and returns incremental results. Appends confirmed text to streamTranscribeConfirmed and updates streamTranscribePending.
• streamTranscribeStop(): Promise<CactusSTTStreamTranscribeStopResult> - Stops the session and returns the final result. Sets isStreamTranscribing to false. Appends final confirmed text to streamTranscribeConfirmed and clears streamTranscribePending.
• stop(): Promise<void> - Stops ongoing generation. Clears any errors.
• reset(): Promise<void> - Resets the model's internal state. Also clears the transcription state.
• destroy(): Promise<void> - Releases all resources associated with the model. Clears the transcription, streamTranscribeConfirmed, and streamTranscribePending state. Automatically called when the component unmounts.
• getModels(): Promise<CactusModel[]> - Returns available speech-to-text models.

CactusVAD Class

Constructor

new CactusVAD(params?: CactusVADParams)

Parameters: - model - Model slug or absolute path to a VAD model file (default: 'silero-vad'). - options - Model options: - quantization - Quantization type: 'int4' | 'int8' (default: 'int8'). - pro - Enable NPU-accelerated models (default: false).

Methods

download(params?: CactusVADDownloadParams): Promise<void>

Downloads the VAD model. If the model is already downloaded, returns immediately with progress 1. Throws an error if a download is already in progress.

Parameters: - onProgress - Callback for download progress (0-1).

init(): Promise<void>

Initializes the VAD model. Safe to call multiple times (idempotent). Throws an error if the model is not downloaded yet.

vad(params: CactusVADVadParams): Promise<CactusVADResult>

Runs voice activity detection on the given audio. Automatically calls init() if not already initialized.

Parameters: - audio - Path to the audio file or raw PCM samples as a byte array. - options - VAD options: - threshold - Speech probability threshold (default: model default). - negThreshold - Silence probability threshold. - minSpeechDurationMs - Minimum speech segment duration in ms. - maxSpeechDurationS - Maximum speech segment duration in seconds. - minSilenceDurationMs - Minimum silence duration before ending a segment. - speechPadMs - Padding added to each speech segment in ms. - windowSizeSamples - Processing window size in samples. - samplingRate - Audio sampling rate. - minSilenceAtMaxSpeech - Minimum silence at max speech duration. - useMaxPossSilAtMaxSpeech - Whether to use maximum possible silence at max speech.

destroy(): Promise<void>

Releases all resources associated with the model. Safe to call even if the model is not initialized.

getModels(): Promise<CactusModel[]>

Returns available VAD models.

getModelName(): string

Returns the model slug or path the instance was created with.

useCactusVAD Hook

The useCactusVAD hook manages a CactusVAD instance with reactive state. When model parameters (model, options) change, the hook creates a new instance and resets all state. The hook automatically cleans up resources when the component unmounts.

State

• isInitializing: boolean - Whether the model is initializing.
• isDownloaded: boolean - Whether the model is downloaded locally. Automatically checked when the hook mounts or model changes.
• isDownloading: boolean - Whether the model is being downloaded.
• downloadProgress: number - Download progress (0-1). Reset to 0 after download completes.
• error: string | null - Last error message, or null.

Methods

• download(params?: CactusVADDownloadParams): Promise<void> - Downloads the model. Updates isDownloading and downloadProgress state during download. Sets isDownloaded to true on success.
• init(): Promise<void> - Initializes the model.
• vad(params: CactusVADVadParams): Promise<CactusVADResult> - Runs voice activity detection.
• destroy(): Promise<void> - Releases all resources. Automatically called when the component unmounts.
• getModels(): Promise<CactusModel[]> - Returns available VAD models.

CactusIndex Class

Constructor

new CactusIndex(name: string, embeddingDim: number)

Parameters: - name - Name of the index. - embeddingDim - Dimension of the embedding vectors.

Methods

init(): Promise<void>

Initializes the index and prepares it for operations. Must be called before using any other methods.

add(params: CactusIndexAddParams): Promise<void>

Adds documents with their embeddings and metadata to the index.

Parameters: - ids - Array of document IDs. - documents - Array of document texts. - embeddings - Array of embedding vectors (each vector must match embeddingDim). - metadatas - Optional array of metadata strings.

query(params: CactusIndexQueryParams): Promise<CactusIndexQueryResult>

Searches for similar documents using embedding vectors.

Parameters: - embeddings - Array of query embedding vectors. - options - Query options: - topK - Number of top results to return (default: 10). - scoreThreshold - Minimum similarity score threshold (default: -1.0).

get(params: CactusIndexGetParams): Promise<CactusIndexGetResult>

Retrieves documents by their IDs.

Parameters: - ids - Array of document IDs to retrieve.

delete(params: CactusIndexDeleteParams): Promise<void>

Deletes documents from the index by their IDs.

Parameters: - ids - Array of document IDs to delete.

compact(): Promise<void>

Optimizes the index by removing deleted documents and reorganizing data for better performance. Call after a series of deletions.

destroy(): Promise<void>

Releases all resources associated with the index from memory.

useCactusIndex Hook

The useCactusIndex hook manages a CactusIndex instance with reactive state. When index parameters (name or embeddingDim) change, the hook creates a new instance and resets all state. The hook automatically cleans up resources when the component unmounts.

State

• isInitializing: boolean - Whether the index is initializing.
• isProcessing: boolean - Whether the index is processing an operation (add, query, get, delete, or compact).
• error: string | null - Last error message from any operation, or null if there is no error. Cleared before starting new operations.

Methods

• init(): Promise<void> - Initializes the index. Sets isInitializing to true during initialization.
• add(params: CactusIndexAddParams): Promise<void> - Adds documents to the index. Sets isProcessing to true during operation.
• query(params: CactusIndexQueryParams): Promise<CactusIndexQueryResult> - Searches for similar documents. Sets isProcessing to true during operation.
• get(params: CactusIndexGetParams): Promise<CactusIndexGetResult> - Retrieves documents by IDs. Sets isProcessing to true during operation.
• delete(params: CactusIndexDeleteParams): Promise<void> - Deletes documents. Sets isProcessing to true during operation.
• compact(): Promise<void> - Optimizes the index. Sets isProcessing to true during operation.
• destroy(): Promise<void> - Releases all resources. Automatically called when the component unmounts.

getRegistry

getRegistry(): Promise<{ [key: string]: CactusModel }>

Returns all available models from HuggingFace, keyed by model slug. Result is cached across calls.

import { getRegistry } from 'cactus-react-native';

const registry = await getRegistry();
const model = registry['qwen3-0.6b'];
console.log(model);

Type Definitions

CactusLMParams

interface CactusLMParams {
  model?: string;
  corpusDir?: string;
  cacheIndex?: boolean;
  options?: CactusModelOptions;
}

CactusLMDownloadParams

interface CactusLMDownloadParams {
  onProgress?: (progress: number) => void;
}

CactusLMMessage

interface CactusLMMessage {
  role: 'user' | 'assistant' | 'system';
  content?: string;
  images?: string[];
}

CactusLMCompleteOptions

interface CactusLMCompleteOptions {
  temperature?: number;
  topP?: number;
  topK?: number;
  maxTokens?: number;
  stopSequences?: string[];
  forceTools?: boolean;
  telemetryEnabled?: boolean;
  confidenceThreshold?: number;
  toolRagTopK?: number;
  includeStopSequences?: boolean;
  useVad?: boolean;
}

CactusLMTool

interface CactusLMTool {
  name: string;
  description: string;
  parameters: {
    type: 'object';
    properties: {
      [key: string]: {
        type: string;
        description: string;
      };
    };
    required: string[];
  };
}

CactusLMCompleteParams

interface CactusLMCompleteParams {
  messages: CactusLMMessage[];
  options?: CactusLMCompleteOptions;
  tools?: CactusLMTool[];
  onToken?: (token: string) => void;
}

CactusLMCompleteResult

interface CactusLMCompleteResult {
  success: boolean;
  response: string;
  functionCalls?: {
    name: string;
    arguments: { [key: string]: any };
  }[];
  cloudHandoff?: boolean;
  confidence?: number;
  timeToFirstTokenMs: number;
  totalTimeMs: number;
  prefillTokens: number;
  prefillTps: number;
  decodeTokens: number;
  decodeTps: number;
  totalTokens: number;
  ramUsageMb?: number;
}

CactusLMTokenizeParams

interface CactusLMTokenizeParams {
  text: string;
}

CactusLMTokenizeResult

interface CactusLMTokenizeResult {
  tokens: number[];
}

CactusLMScoreWindowParams

interface CactusLMScoreWindowParams {
  tokens: number[];
  start: number;
  end: number;
  context: number;
}

CactusLMScoreWindowResult

interface CactusLMScoreWindowResult {
  score: number;
}

CactusLMEmbedParams

interface CactusLMEmbedParams {
  text: string;
  normalize?: boolean;
}

CactusLMEmbedResult

interface CactusLMEmbedResult {
  embedding: number[];
}

CactusLMImageEmbedParams

interface CactusLMImageEmbedParams {
  imagePath: string;
}

CactusLMImageEmbedResult

interface CactusLMImageEmbedResult {
  embedding: number[];
}

CactusModel

interface CactusModel {
  slug: string;
  capabilities: string[];
  quantization: {
    int4: {
      sizeMb: number;
      url: string;
      pro?: {
        apple: string;
      };
    };
    int8: {
      sizeMb: number;
      url: string;
      pro?: {
        apple: string;
      };
    };
  };
}

CactusModelOptions

interface CactusModelOptions {
  quantization?: 'int4' | 'int8';
  pro?: boolean;
}

CactusSTTParams

interface CactusSTTParams {
  model?: string;
  options?: CactusModelOptions;
}

CactusSTTDownloadParams

interface CactusSTTDownloadParams {
  onProgress?: (progress: number) => void;
}

CactusSTTTranscribeOptions

interface CactusSTTTranscribeOptions {
  temperature?: number;
  topP?: number;
  topK?: number;
  maxTokens?: number;
  stopSequences?: string[];
  useVad?: boolean;
  telemetryEnabled?: boolean;
  confidenceThreshold?: number;
  cloudHandoffThreshold?: number;
  includeStopSequences?: boolean;
}

CactusSTTTranscribeParams

interface CactusSTTTranscribeParams {
  audio: string | number[];
  prompt?: string;
  options?: CactusSTTTranscribeOptions;
  onToken?: (token: string) => void;
}

CactusSTTTranscribeResult

interface CactusSTTTranscribeResult {
  success: boolean;
  response: string;
  cloudHandoff?: boolean;
  confidence?: number;
  timeToFirstTokenMs: number;
  totalTimeMs: number;
  prefillTokens: number;
  prefillTps: number;
  decodeTokens: number;
  decodeTps: number;
  totalTokens: number;
  ramUsageMb?: number;
}

CactusSTTAudioEmbedParams

interface CactusSTTAudioEmbedParams {
  audioPath: string;
}

CactusSTTAudioEmbedResult

interface CactusSTTAudioEmbedResult {
  embedding: number[];
}

CactusSTTStreamTranscribeStartOptions

interface CactusSTTStreamTranscribeStartOptions {
  confirmationThreshold?: number;
  minChunkSize?: number;
  telemetryEnabled?: boolean;
}

CactusSTTStreamTranscribeProcessParams

interface CactusSTTStreamTranscribeProcessParams {
  audio: number[];
}

CactusSTTStreamTranscribeProcessResult

interface CactusSTTStreamTranscribeProcessResult {
  success: boolean;
  confirmed: string;
  pending: string;
  bufferDurationMs?: number;
  confidence?: number;
  cloudHandoff?: boolean;
  cloudResult?: string;
  cloudJobId?: number;
  cloudResultJobId?: number;
  timeToFirstTokenMs?: number;
  totalTimeMs?: number;
  prefillTokens?: number;
  prefillTps?: number;
  decodeTokens?: number;
  decodeTps?: number;
  totalTokens?: number;
  ramUsageMb?: number;
}

CactusSTTStreamTranscribeStopResult

interface CactusSTTStreamTranscribeStopResult {
  success: boolean;
  confirmed: string;
}

CactusSTTDetectLanguageOptions

interface CactusSTTDetectLanguageOptions {
  useVad?: boolean;
}

CactusSTTDetectLanguageParams

interface CactusSTTDetectLanguageParams {
  audio: string | number[];
  options?: CactusSTTDetectLanguageOptions;
}

CactusSTTDetectLanguageResult

interface CactusSTTDetectLanguageResult {
  language: string;
  confidence?: number;
}

CactusVADParams

interface CactusVADParams {
  model?: string;
  options?: CactusModelOptions;
}

CactusVADDownloadParams

interface CactusVADDownloadParams {
  onProgress?: (progress: number) => void;
}

CactusVADOptions

interface CactusVADOptions {
  threshold?: number;
  negThreshold?: number;
  minSpeechDurationMs?: number;
  maxSpeechDurationS?: number;
  minSilenceDurationMs?: number;
  speechPadMs?: number;
  windowSizeSamples?: number;
  samplingRate?: number;
  minSilenceAtMaxSpeech?: number;
  useMaxPossSilAtMaxSpeech?: boolean;
}

CactusVADSegment

interface CactusVADSegment {
  start: number;
  end: number;
}

CactusVADResult

interface CactusVADResult {
  segments: CactusVADSegment[];
  totalTime: number;
  ramUsage: number;
}

CactusVADVadParams

interface CactusVADVadParams {
  audio: string | number[];
  options?: CactusVADOptions;
}

CactusIndexParams

interface CactusIndexParams {
  name: string;
  embeddingDim: number;
}

CactusIndexAddParams

interface CactusIndexAddParams {
  ids: number[];
  documents: string[];
  embeddings: number[][];
  metadatas?: string[];
}

CactusIndexGetParams

interface CactusIndexGetParams {
  ids: number[];
}

CactusIndexGetResult

interface CactusIndexGetResult {
  documents: string[];
  metadatas: string[];
  embeddings: number[][];
}

CactusIndexQueryOptions

interface CactusIndexQueryOptions {
  topK?: number;
  scoreThreshold?: number;
}

CactusIndexQueryParams

interface CactusIndexQueryParams {
  embeddings: number[][];
  options?: CactusIndexQueryOptions;
}

CactusIndexQueryResult

interface CactusIndexQueryResult {
  ids: number[][];
  scores: number[][];
}

CactusIndexDeleteParams

interface CactusIndexDeleteParams {
  ids: number[];
}

Performance Tips

• Model Selection - Choose smaller models for faster inference on mobile devices.
• Memory Management - Always call destroy() when you're done with models to free up resources.
• VAD - Use useVad: true (the default) when transcribing audio with silence, to strip non-speech regions and speed up transcription.

Example App

Check out our example app for a complete React Native implementation.