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LocalLLaMA

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Welcome to LocalLLaMA! Here we discuss running and developing machine learning models at home. Lets explore cutting edge open source neural network technology together.

Get support from the community! Ask questions, share prompts, discuss benchmarks, get hyped at the latest and greatest model releases! Enjoy talking about our awesome hobby.

As ambassadors of the self-hosting machine learning community, we strive to support each other and share our enthusiasm in a positive constructive way.

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Hi everyone! I recently became moderator of this community and have been making some changes. I figured it would be good practice to be transparent with you and document what's been going on.

Changelog

  • The community sidebar now has a banner

  • The description of our community has been rewritten and expanded.

  • New thumbnail picture

  • Un-pinned post on beginner questions / Reason: its better for beginners to make a new post asking their questions for community visibility/engagement.

  • Un-pinned post on guide to LLMs / Reason: guide years old and somewhat outdated.

thumbnail picture changes

Ive been experimenting with some different thumbnails for our community. I didn't really want to keep associating with r/localllama in any way we dont need to copy them.

Old thumbnail

old picture

New Thumbnail:

New banner:

I want to make sure our thumbnail looks decent and clearly recognizable on phones. Ive been tying to stick with the more minimal aesthetic, for readability.If you have some constructive critisism or a compelling argument to switch back to old thumbnail I will hear you out in the comments.

Plans moving forward

I would like to curate and pin an meta-index of all the guides members here have made throughout the community lifespan.

I would like to write and pin my own version of a beginners guide for llms in 2025.

Conclusion

Thank you all! From the posters, to the commenters, and especially the readers/lurkers. You have all helped keep this place alive. I will do continue doing my best to post while quietly keeping the place well maintained.

Source Images to artwork:

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The new banner is amazing! I love it. The llama icon is really cute, too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I really appreciate the kind words swelter_spark thats very cool of you to say!

Keep being awesome :)