Self-Hosted Alternatives to ChatGPT: Your Guide to Local AI Let’s be real for a second: ChatGPT is incredible. It has completely changed how we write code, draft emails, and brainstorm ideas. But as homelabbers and self-hosting enthusiasts, there’s always that nagging voice in the back of our heads asking, “Could I run this myself?” ...
Ollama vs LM Studio: Which Should You Use for Local AI? Welcome back to the blog! If you’ve been hanging around the homelab and self-hosting communities lately, you’ve probably noticed that local AI is no longer just a niche hobby for those with massive enterprise GPU clusters. Thanks to highly optimized model formats like GGUF and incredible open-source projects, you can run surprisingly capable Large Language Models (LLMs) on everything from a beefy workstation to a quiet home server sitting in your closet. ...