Open Source AI
(27 articles)Ollama vs LM Studio vs llama.cpp: 5 Speed Tests Ranked
llama.cpp beats Ollama by 8–15% in raw token generation, but speed isn't everything. Here's how all three local LLM runners compare across the metrics that...
Stable Diffusion XL in 5 Steps: Zero to Pro
The definitive SDXL tutorial covering installation, prompting, and advanced techniques like ControlNet and LoRAs. Everything you need to go from first image to...
How to Run Llama 4 Locally: Complete Setup Guide
Step-by-step guide to running Meta's Llama 4 Scout and Maverick models on your own hardware using Ollama, llama.cpp, and vLLM, with hardware requirements and...
Qwen3.5 vs Gemma4: 4 Models Tested for Local Coding
We break down benchmarks across all four Qwen3.5 and Gemma4 variants for local agentic coding on a 4090 — speed, code quality, VRAM, and context. One clear...
Ditch the API Bill: Run Claude Code on Local LLMs
Connect Claude Code CLI to a local llama.cpp server in under 10 minutes. Full tutorial covering terminal setup, VS Code integration, and performance tuning for...
Ditch the API: 8 Open Source LLMs for Local AI in 2026
We tested the top 8 open source LLMs you can run on your own hardware in 2026 — from the 14B Phi-4 to the 671B DeepSeek V3. Here's what's actually worth your...
Ollama vs LM Studio: 7 Differences That Matter
Ollama is a CLI-first tool built for developers who want API access and Docker deployment. LM Studio is a polished desktop app for anyone who wants to chat...
Why Frontier AI Benchmarks Are Broken in 2026
A new book by Moritz Hardt argues that benchmark rankings — not scores — are what actually matter. We tested his thesis against every major 2026 AI benchmark.
Krasis vs llama.cpp: Is 10x Faster LLM Inference Real?
Krasis LLM Runtime claims dramatically faster inference than llama.cpp for large MoE models on a single NVIDIA GPU. We break down the real numbers, the...
A $500 GPU Just Beat Claude Sonnet at Coding Tasks
ATLAS, a source-available AI system built by a Virginia Tech student, scores 74.6% on LiveCodeBench using a single $500 consumer GPU — outperforming Claude...
Clarity-OMR vs Audiveris: 5 OMR Accuracy Tests
A deep-dive comparison of Clarity-OMR's machine learning approach against Audiveris's traditional computer vision for optical music recognition — with real...
ROCm vs Vulkan Performance: Mi50 Benchmark (4 Models)
New benchmarks pit ROCm 7 nightly against Vulkan on an AMD Mi50 32GB running llama.cpp. Vulkan wins short-context dense inference, but ROCm dominates...