# Hugging Face shows local model recommendations for running models on your machine

> Original title: "I run my models locally" this is how it looks like in 2026

- Source: Merve Noyan
- Published: 2026-10-27T15:31:08.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/t42w2rm45decxy57b3n4tpjli
- Original: https://x.com/mervenoyann/status/2115104014446567618

## Summary

Merve 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.

## Post

"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

## Quoted post @erusev

> 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 🦙

https://x.com/erusev/status/2115098392606973971