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Llama is the open model that kicked off the whole local-AI movement, and running it yourself is genuinely one command. Here's how, and which size fits your GPU.
Lena Fischer · Aug 3 · 10 min
OpenAI released open-weight models you can run yourself. The 20B fits a 16GB card thanks to clever quantization; the 120B needs a serious rig. Here's how to run gpt-oss locally.
Lena Fischer · Aug 3 · 10 min
Mistral's models are famously efficient — they punch above their size, so you get a lot on modest hardware. Here's how to run Mistral locally in one command, by size.
Lena Fischer · Aug 3 · 10 min
Gemma 3 is one of the best open models you can run at home, and it's multimodal — it reads images too. Here's how to run it in one command, and which size fits your GPU.
Lena Fischer · Aug 1 · 10 min
Qwen3 is arguably the best open model you can run at home right now. Getting it running is genuinely one command. Here's exactly how, and which size fits your GPU.
Lena Fischer · Aug 1 · 10 min
DeepSeek's reasoning models are free and open — but the full one needs a datacenter. The good news: the distilled versions run great on a normal PC. Here's how to run DeepSeek locally, and which size fits your hardware.
Lena Fischer · Jul 30 · 9 min
They're the two most popular ways to run AI models on your own computer, and both are free. The short answer: LM Studio if you want a friendly app, Ollama if you want to build. Here's the full comparison.
Ravi Malhotra · Jul 30 · 9 min
You don't need a subscription or an account to have a capable AI assistant. Free, open models running on your own PC give you private, offline, unlimited AI — here's how to set one up.
Lena Fischer · Jul 30 · 9 min
Running your own AI model at home sounds technical. It isn't — you can be chatting with a private, offline AI in about five minutes with one free app. Here's exactly how.
Lena Fischer · Jul 30 · 9 min
They all run local models, but they're built for completely different people. One's for easy desktop use, one's for flexibility, one's for serving at scale. Here's how to pick without wasting a weekend.
Lena Fischer · Jul 28 · 9 min