Merve Noyan promotes Llama, a Mac menu bar app for running models locally
Overview
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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- Oct 27, 3:16 PM ET · 1 articleHugging Face's Merve Noyan jokes about llama.app comeback in 2027Merve Noyan: Hugging Face's Merve Noyan jokes about llama.app comeback in 2027
- Oct 27, 11:31 AM ET · 1 articleMerve Noyan shows a menu bar app for running open models locally on a MacMerve Noyan: Hugging Face shows local model recommendations for running models on your machine
- Oct 23, 12:46 PM ET · 1 articleHugging Face's Merve Noyan teases Llama.app, a new tool she plans to tryMerve Noyan: Hugging Face's Merve Noyan teases Llama.app, a new tool she plans to try
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merve@mervenoyannXHugging Face's Merve Noyan jokes about llama.app comeback in 2027AIMerve 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.
merve@mervenoyannXHugging Face shows local model recommendations for running models on your machineAIMerve 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.
merve@mervenoyannXHugging Face's Merve Noyan teases Llama.app, a new tool she plans to tryAIMerve 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.

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