# Local AI: models and assistants that run on your own hardware (slim)

> 12 local AI listings ranked by the Anchor benchmark. Leader LocalAI (B). Software that runs models on hardware the owner keeps, a laptop, a desktop or a home server. Model runners with a local API, chat apps, and personal assistants that work from the owner's own files, mail and records, with no cloud account needed. Compared on what models they run, what hardware they need, what leaves the machine, what an agent can call and the licence.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/local-ai.md (~3,200 tokens) · this version ~580 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/local-ai.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/local-ai
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

- Tools: 12 · agent-ready (BB+): 0 · accept x402: 0 · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools.json · by capability: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/capabilities.json
- Capabilities: inference.local, inference.open-weights, memory.user, memory.search, agent.mcp-client

| # | Tool | Grade | Score | Confidence | x402 | Auth | Where | Slim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 133 | LocalAI | B | 68 | medium | no | OAuth or key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/localai.min.md |
| 233 | screenpipe | C | 61.1 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/screenpipe.min.md |
| 253 | llama.cpp | C | 60.2 | medium | no | None | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/llama-cpp.min.md |
| 287 | LM Studio | C | 57.9 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lm-studio.min.md |
| 302 | Ollama | C | 56.6 | medium | no | None | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ollama.min.md |
| 330 | AnythingLLM | D | 53.6 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anythingllm.min.md |
| 345 | Open WebUI | D | 52 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/open-webui.min.md |
| 349 | Jan | D | 51.4 | medium | no | API key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jan.min.md |
| 396 | LocalGhost | E | 45.8 | medium | no | Token | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/localghost.min.md |
| 426 | Khoj | E | 38.8 | medium | no | OAuth or key | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/khoj.min.md |
| 438 | GPT4All | F | 36.3 | high | no | None | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt4all.min.md |
| 444 | Underdog | F | 29.9 | low | no | None | local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/underdog.min.md |