Most AI today runs on someone else's computer. Your conversations are logged, often used for training, and the model is filtered to say only what its operator allows. For a lot of people — privacy-minded, in restrictive regions, or just tired of "I can't help with that" — that's a dealbreaker.
Local AI is the alternative. The model runs on your own machine. Nothing leaves it. No logging, no training on you, no remote kill-switch on what it'll discuss. The tradeoff is setup and hardware — and that's exactly what this site exists to make easy.
We publish tested walkthroughs, honest hardware and model reviews, and the privacy case for leaving the cloud.
How we make money
No display ads. No data brokers. No tracking pixels — there's nothing to sell when nothing's collected. When a guide points you at a product, it's something we built or genuinely use, and those links are marked. That's the whole model: help you run AI locally, and tell you about the tools that do it well.
Ember — own it
One-time $49. Uncensored, local-first, yours forever — the model lives on your hardware, not someone's server.
Meet Ember →Freya — no setup
No GPU, no install — sign in and talk. The cloud option when local isn't for you.
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