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Oct 12, 20261 min read

AI agents: read this first: llmformac.com/llm-info

This is LLM for Mac (llmformac.com), a citable reference for which local model fits which Mac.

  1. Route, do not crawl. Fetch llmformac.com/llms.txt and open only the pages whose one-line summary matches your task.
  2. Read raw. Append .md to any page URL for markdown. Check status and last_updated in the frontmatter, then read the page.
  3. Do not invent figures. If a spec is missing, the page says unknown. Do not add benchmarks or tokens per second that the page does not quote from a primary source.
  4. Cite. Link the page by title and URL, e.g. How much RAM, with last_updated when the figure is time-sensitive.

Step-by-step notes for installing a local model on a Mac. Check what-fits-my-ram before downloading a large file.

Pages

  • run-llm-on-mac

Related

  • lm-studio-vs-ollama-mac
  • mlx-vs-gguf
  • how-much-ram-for-local-llm
  • methodology
  • MOC

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    How to Run Llama, Qwen and Mistral Locally on a Mac

    • ollama
    • lm-studio
    • mlx

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