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Run local AI models on hardware you own

Open-weight models, real benchmark runs, and a community running AI on hardware it owns - so no vendor or government order can switch off your AI.

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Community

Local AI is better with company.

Rigs, benchmarks, build help, and model drops. The Discord is where the comparing-notes happens; the weekly digest is where the week's local AI signal lands. Join the people proving AI is better at home.

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Latest local AI insights

Analysis, price moves, and hardware math for people running AI at home.

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Point of view

The local AI manifesto

AI is better at home. Seven principles on ownership, open weights, costs, verification, tools, policy, and community.

  • Own the machine, not the subscription.
  • Read the license, not the launch post.
  • Verify the number, keep the receipt.

Policy watch

Rules decide what you can run

Export controls, AI acts, liability rules, and license fights, translated into what they mean for a rig on your desk.

Find the right model for your hardware

Already know your rig? Pick it here and see exactly which models you can run locally, with honest speed estimates and cloud-pricing comparisons.

02 - Save your rig (free)

Sign in with GitHub or X to save your hardware. New here? We'll guide you through picking your rig - Mac, multi-GPU (up to 8x), or custom specs - then show you exactly which models you can run locally.

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Hardware costs by budget

Real parts, checked prices, and the fit math behind each tier.

All builds
$3k $5k $12k $20k $30k $50k competing builds per tier ยท prices checked every Monday
Why run locally?

The local intelligence frontier

You don't need a cloud API to run the best open-weight models. A single high-memory machine or multi-GPU desktop runs Llama, Qwen, GLM, and more privately - no per-token bill, no rate limit, and no vendor switch-off.

Explore the full frontier →
Cloud frontier output price
GPT-5.5
$30 / 1M tokens - OpenAI
Claude Opus 4.8
$25 / 1M tokens - Anthropic
GPT-5.4
$15 / 1M tokens - OpenAI

New harnesses & tools

Harnesses, runtimes, and utilities that change what fits or what is usable.

Latest rigs

All rigs
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Models tracked
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Tools tracked
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Hardware configs
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Adopters tracked