Local Model
Domain: Models & Providers
Motivation
Running an LLM on your own machine. No API costs. Examples: Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp.
Concrete Example
hermes model add local —base-url http://localhost:11434/v1. Ollama running Llama 3.3. No internet needed. Free. Your data never leaves your machine.
Analogy
Cooking at home vs eating out - free but you do the work. Local models are free but use your computer resources.