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Merve Noyan promotes Llama, a Mac menu bar app for running models locally

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Merve Noyan of Hugging Face posts on X that running models locally in 2026 now comes with model recommendations that remove the usual setup barriers.

Her post links to a demo of Llama, a menu bar app for running open models on a Mac, built by Georgi Gerganov's team on the llama.cpp project. She says users get model recommendations and "zero excuses not to run models locally," but the post does not describe the app's features further.

Earlier, Noyan teased llama.app without saying what it does, and challenged @llm_wizard to try it. In a later reply she jokes that a duo may return in 2027 and urges followers to install llama.app.

Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 27, 3:18 PM ET

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  1. Oct 27, 3:16 PM ET · 1 article
    Hugging Face's Merve Noyan jokes about llama.app comeback in 2027
    Merve Noyan: Hugging Face's Merve Noyan jokes about llama.app comeback in 2027
  2. Oct 27, 11:31 AM ET · 1 article
    Merve Noyan shows a menu bar app for running open models locally on a Mac
    Merve Noyan: Hugging Face shows local model recommendations for running models on your machine
  3. Oct 23, 12:46 PM ET · 1 article
    Hugging Face's Merve Noyan teases Llama.app, a new tool she plans to try
    Merve Noyan: Hugging Face's Merve Noyan teases Llama.app, a new tool she plans to try

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Oct 27
  1. merveX
    Hugging Face's Merve Noyan jokes about llama.app comeback in 2027

    AIMerve Noyan of Hugging Face jokes that a duo may return in 2027 if fans manifest it hard enough, and urges followers to install llama.app. In a reply to @llm_wizard, she teases him for never having tried llama.app.

  2. merveX
    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.

Oct 23
  1. merveX
    Hugging Face's Merve Noyan teases Llama.app, a new tool she plans to try

    AIMerve Noyan of Hugging Face posts a playful challenge to @llm_wizard, saying she judges them for never having tried llama.app. The post gives no details about what llama.app does.

    Image from @mervenoyann's post

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