Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
A hardware-aware directory for local AI models
Local AI Picks catalogs open-weight models by task and estimated hardware needs, with model samples and test details.
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Task sections include coding, agents, speech, image, video and 3D, music, translation, OCR, embeddings, safety filters, and specialized models. Device and memory controls sit above listings that show lab, parameter count, minimum memory, and sometimes a score. Language-model entries with GPQA Diamond scores are ordered highest-first; other entries are newest-first. The site says each sample card shows a model's first run and is not rated.
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