how to run DeepSeek on your own computer, free — and which version you can actually fit

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.… Aliteq Lena Fischer · AI & Local Compute Editor

The full model (671B) needs a datacenter — you won't run it at home.

The distilled versions (1.5B–70B) do run locally and keep much of the reasoning ability.

Easiest way: install Ollama and run one command.

Which size: 8GB card → 7B/8B, 16GB → 14B, 24GB → 32B, dual-GPU → 70B.

Free, private, offline — like any local model, nothing leaves your machine.

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