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I built a one-click launcher for local LLMs on the Mac (llama.cpp + Qwen3 + OpenCode)

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Most people who try local LLMs on a Mac don't get stuck on installation. They get stuck on the questions that come before it: which model, which quantization, how much context, will it fit in my RAM, and how do I hook an agent up to it? After my write-up on running LLMs locally on Apple Silicon, th…

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  1. 2026-11-04 19:39 · DEV Community — AI
    I built a one-click launcher for local LLMs on the Mac (llama.cpp + Qwen3 + OpenCode)

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