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Run AI on your own machine.

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Getting Started14 files

Install something, run your first model, and use it for real work.

Hardware & VRAM16 files

What to buy, what fits in the memory you have, and what it costs to run.

Models & Quantisation8 files

Choosing quants, understanding context windows, and converting weights.

Fine-Tuning & Datasets4 files

Teaching a model your task — when it beats prompting, and on what data.

RAG & Agents6 files

Giving a model your documents, your tools, and the run of a task. Dedicated coding agents have their own hub below.

Enterprise & Privacy7 files

Self-hosting, serving at scale, and the case for keeping data on your own machines.

Coding Agents22 pages →
Decision models7 pages →

Jev-style System One models answer typed questions with a probability per option instead of text. What runs locally, on what hardware, and how to set it up.

Troubleshooting39 files →

Paste the error you are seeing. Grouped by operating system, because that is what decides the fix.

Windows · 22CUDA out of memoryOllama: "model requires more system memory than is available"Model loads but runs painfully slowLM Studio: "Failed to load model" (insufficient memory)"No CUDA-capable device is detected"Out of memory at long context (the KV cache, not the weights)AMD GPU not detected / ROCm unsupported (Ollama & llama.cpp)Which GGUF quant should I download? (Q4 vs Q5 vs Q8)Out of disk space / failed GGUF download for large modelsLocal LLM repeating itself or stuck in a loopOllama "connection refused"Ollama /v1/systemone errors: 400, 404, 413 explainedOllama /v1/systemone image errors: 400, 413, HEIC and sideways photosLocal LLM outputs gibberish? Wrong chat templateOllama runs on the CPU on Windows despite an NVIDIA GPUCUDA works on Windows but not inside WSL2Windows shared GPU memory makes your model crawl, not crash"ollama is not recognized as an internal or external command"Move your models off C:Can't reach Ollama from another deviceYour laptop runs the model on the integrated GPU, not the RTXSmartScreen and antivirus are blocking your local AI install
Linux · 23CUDA out of memoryOllama: "model requires more system memory than is available"Model loads but runs painfully slowLM Studio: "Failed to load model" (insufficient memory)"No CUDA-capable device is detected"Out of memory at long context (the KV cache, not the weights)AMD GPU not detected / ROCm unsupported (Ollama & llama.cpp)Which GGUF quant should I download? (Q4 vs Q5 vs Q8)Out of disk space / failed GGUF download for large modelsLocal LLM repeating itself or stuck in a loopOllama "connection refused"Ollama /v1/systemone errors: 400, 404, 413 explainedOllama /v1/systemone image errors: 400, 413, HEIC and sideways photosLocal LLM outputs gibberish? Wrong chat templateCUDA works on Windows but not inside WSL2nvidia-smi stopped working after a kernel update"Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch"Secure Boot is blocking your GPU driver moduleYour Ollama environment variables are ignored on LinuxYour Docker container can't see the GPUROCm doesn't support your AMD card"Permission denied" on /dev/kfdOllama on a headless Linux server
Apple · 20Ollama: "model requires more system memory than is available"Model loads but runs painfully slowLM Studio: "Failed to load model" (insufficient memory)Apple Silicon: model won't use the GPU / Metal not engagedOut of memory at long context (the KV cache, not the weights)Which GGUF quant should I download? (Q4 vs Q5 vs Q8)Out of disk space / failed GGUF download for large modelsLocal LLM repeating itself or stuck in a loopOllama "connection refused"Ollama /v1/systemone errors: 400, 404, 413 explainedOllama /v1/systemone image errors: 400, 413, HEIC and sideways photosLocal LLM outputs gibberish? Wrong chat templateYour Mac is swapping to disk instead of running the modelRaising the Metal VRAM ceiling on Apple Silicon"App is damaged and can't be opened"Running local LLMs on an Intel MacMLX won't install, or runs on the CPUYour MacBook is fast for two minutes, then half as fastThe model crashes your iPhone app, or drops to a smaller oneiPhone model downloads that fail, fill your storage, or stop