diff --git a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/embeddings/litellm.py b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/embeddings/litellm.py
index 1d8fb9d8..ca9dcb6c 100644
--- a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/embeddings/litellm.py
+++ b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/embeddings/litellm.py
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ def __init__(
             api_version: The API version for the call.
 
         Raises:
-            ImportError: If the litellm package is not installed.
+            ImportError: If the 'litellm' extra requirements are not installed.
         """
         if not HAS_LITELLM:
-            raise ImportError("You need to install litellm package to use LiteLLM models")
+            raise ImportError("You need to install the 'litellm' extra requirements to use LiteLLM embeddings models")
 
         super().__init__()
         self.model = model
diff --git a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/embeddings/local.py b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/embeddings/local.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a4f52ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/embeddings/local.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+from typing import Iterator, Optional
+
+try:
+    import torch
+    import torch.nn.functional as F
+    from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer
+
+    HAS_LOCAL_EMBEDDINGS = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_LOCAL_EMBEDDINGS = False
+
+from ragbits.core.embeddings.base import Embeddings
+
+
+class LocalEmbeddings(Embeddings):
+    """
+    Class for interaction with any encoder available in HuggingFace.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model_name: str,
+        api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Constructs a new local LLM instance.
+
+        Args:
+            model_name: Name of the model to use.
+            api_key: The API key for Hugging Face authentication.
+
+        Raises:
+            ImportError: If the 'local' extra requirements are not installed.
+        """
+        if not HAS_LOCAL_EMBEDDINGS:
+            raise ImportError("You need to install the 'local' extra requirements to use local embeddings models")
+
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self.hf_api_key = api_key
+        self.model_name = model_name
+
+        self.device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+        self.model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(self.model_name, token=self.hf_api_key).to(self.device)
+        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(self.model_name, token=self.hf_api_key)
+
+    async def embed_text(self, data: list[str], batch_size: int = 1) -> list[list[float]]:
+        """
+        Calls the appropriate encoder endpoint with the given data and options.
+
+        Args:
+            data: List of strings to get embeddings for.
+            batch_size: Batch size.
+
+        Returns:
+            List of embeddings for the given strings.
+        """
+        embeddings = []
+        for batch in self._batch(data, batch_size):
+            batch_dict = self.tokenizer(
+                batch, max_length=self.tokenizer.model_max_length, padding=True, truncation=True, return_tensors="pt"
+            ).to(self.device)
+            with torch.no_grad():
+                outputs = self.model(**batch_dict)
+                batch_embeddings = self._average_pool(outputs.last_hidden_state, batch_dict["attention_mask"])
+                batch_embeddings = F.normalize(batch_embeddings, p=2, dim=1)
+            embeddings.extend(batch_embeddings.to("cpu").tolist())
+
+        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+        return embeddings
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _batch(data: list[str], batch_size: int) -> Iterator[list[str]]:
+        length = len(data)
+        for ndx in range(0, length, batch_size):
+            yield data[ndx : min(ndx + batch_size, length)]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _average_pool(last_hidden_states: torch.Tensor, attention_mask: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        last_hidden = last_hidden_states.masked_fill(~attention_mask[..., None].bool(), 0.0)
+        return last_hidden.sum(dim=1) / attention_mask.sum(dim=1)[..., None]
diff --git a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/clients/litellm.py b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/clients/litellm.py
index b504c9de..f1620d8c 100644
--- a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/clients/litellm.py
+++ b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/clients/litellm.py
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ def __init__(
             use_structured_output: Whether to request a structured output from the model. Default is False.
 
         Raises:
-            ImportError: If the litellm package is not installed.
+            ImportError: If the 'litellm' extra requirements are not installed.
         """
         if not HAS_LITELLM:
-            raise ImportError("You need to install litellm package to use LiteLLM models")
+            raise ImportError("You need to install the 'litellm' extra requirements to use LiteLLM models")
 
         super().__init__(model_name)
         self.base_url = base_url
diff --git a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/clients/local.py b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/clients/local.py
index 50c4fc54..d3a1d0f6 100644
--- a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/clients/local.py
+++ b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/clients/local.py
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ def __init__(
         Args:
             model_name: Name of the model to use.
             hf_api_key: The Hugging Face API key for authentication.
+
+        Raises:
+            ImportError: If the 'local' extra requirements are not installed.
         """
         if not HAS_LOCAL_LLM:
             raise ImportError("You need to install the 'local' extra requirements to use local LLM models")
diff --git a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/litellm.py b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/litellm.py
index 86bb4d07..00524113 100644
--- a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/litellm.py
+++ b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/litellm.py
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ def __init__(
                 from the model. Default is False. Can only be combined with models that support structured output.
 
         Raises:
-            ImportError: If the litellm package is not installed.
+            ImportError: If the 'litellm' extra requirements are not installed.
         """
         if not HAS_LITELLM:
-            raise ImportError("You need to install litellm package to use LiteLLM models")
+            raise ImportError("You need to install the 'litellm' extra requirements to use LiteLLM models")
 
         super().__init__(model_name, default_options)
         self.base_url = base_url
diff --git a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/local.py b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/local.py
index 1aa5b99c..cf3cacbe 100644
--- a/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/local.py
+++ b/packages/ragbits-core/src/ragbits/core/llms/local.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ def __init__(
             model_name: Name of the model to use. This should be a model from the CausalLM class.
             default_options: Default options for the LLM.
             api_key: The API key for Hugging Face authentication.
+
+        Raises:
+            ImportError: If the 'local' extra requirements are not installed.
         """
         if not HAS_LOCAL_LLM:
             raise ImportError("You need to install the 'local' extra requirements to use local LLM models")