"I run my models locally" this is how it looks like in 2026
you get model recommendations and zero excuses not to run models locally
Hugging Face shows local model recommendations for running models on your machine
AIMerve Noyan of Hugging Face posts that running models locally in 2026 now comes with model recommendations that remove the usual barriers to setup. The post links to a demo of Llama, a menu bar app built by Georgi Gerganov's team on the llama.cpp project for running open models on a Mac.
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I've been building Llama with the llama.cpp team — a tiny menu bar app that runs open models on your Mac. Here it is in 35 seconds 🦙
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Original title: "I run my models locally" this is how it looks like in 2026