Run an AI Model on Your Own Computer with Ollama or LM Studio
A step-by-step tour of running open models locally: pick a tool, download a model, chat, and call it from code, with privacy and hardware realities explained.
You can run an AI model entirely on your own computer, with no account, no internet connection once it is downloaded, and no text leaving your machine. Two free-to-start tools make this easy: Ollama, which is command-line friendly, and LM Studio, which has a point-and-click app. This guide shows how each works and what to expect.
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