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Alternative to Hermes

I'm using qwen3.8-27b thru llama.cpp and QFN Swift 1.5 IQ3 thru strata. I'm using consumer grade hardware, so these are not running very fast. I am using Hermes. As a noob, I'm not even using all the features and capability. I provide the instructions in a run list. I like how Hermes is persistent…

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  1. 2026-11-06 23:41 · r/LocalLLM
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