:robot: The free, Open Source alternative to OpenAI, Claude and others. Self-hosted and local-first. Drop-in replacement for OpenAI, running on consumer-grade hardware. No GPU required. Runs gguf,...
Privacy and ability to generate content you want. Using commercial services like OpenAI means your data is sent to their servers, so anything you query is known to the company, and their models are often restricted in terms of content they will allow you to generate. For example, Google’s Gemini will refuse to deal with many political subjects.
Oh haha it’s a bit tricky if you’re not technical, the easiest way is to use docker, but that’s a whole thing of itself. If you want just an app you can run, one of these is easier to get going with
what is the advantage of doing something like this? i am a layperson
Privacy and ability to generate content you want. Using commercial services like OpenAI means your data is sent to their servers, so anything you query is known to the company, and their models are often restricted in terms of content they will allow you to generate. For example, Google’s Gemini will refuse to deal with many political subjects.
is there a guide how to use this? i downloaded the zip file but i have no idea what to do with it
Oh haha it’s a bit tricky if you’re not technical, the easiest way is to use docker, but that’s a whole thing of itself. If you want just an app you can run, one of these is easier to get going with
Thanks for the tips, I will check those out