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Run open AI models locally

Download open-weight models and run them on your own machine, privately and offline. Listed only when the tool's own review names this job as a fit.

5 tools
ToolWhy choose itPriceJAVIS ScoreKey capabilitiesEvidenceCompare

Hugging Face Hub

AI Data & Retrieval AI Data & Retrieval · $9/mo

Hugging Face spent a decade becoming the default home for open AI. Now it's about to become part of the world's most valuable chipmaker.

$9/moFreemium
88
Run open AI models locally
Sources checkedUpdated Oct 4, 2026

Open WebUI

Self-Hosted AI & Automation Self-Hosted AI & Automation · Custom

Open WebUI is still genuinely free. "Open source" is now a more complicated word for it.

CustomFreemium
88
Run open AI models locally
Sources checkedUpdated Oct 4, 2026

Ollama

Self-Hosted AI & Automation Self-Hosted AI & Automation · $20/mo

Ollama is still the easiest on-ramp to local AI. It's also had its first real security scare.

$20/moOpen source
86
Run open AI models locally
Sources checkedUpdated Oct 4, 2026

DeepSeek

AI Chat Assistants AI Chat Assistants · $0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens (off-peak)

The best value in AI right now, if you accept that you are dealing with a fast-moving Chinese lab, not a polished consumer brand.

$0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens (off-peak)Freemium
74
Build AI agentsRun open AI models locally
Sources checkedUpdated Oct 4, 2026

Aider

AI Coding Agents AI Coding Agents · Free

Aider still works. The question is whether "still works" is good enough in 2026.

FreeOpen source
73
Write and edit code with an AI agentRun open AI models locally
Sources checkedUpdated Oct 4, 2026