Local AI workflow
Private chat server
A self-hosted ChatGPT-style app for your household or team — nothing leaves the box. The stack: Open WebUI, LibreChat with Ollama serving 3 recommended local models — hardware readiness graded by the same engine as the feasibility checker.
The stack
Tool
Open WebUI
Alternative tool
LibreChat
Runtime
Ollama
Model pick
llama-3.1-8b-instruct
the default starter model for general chat
Model pick
qwen2.5-14b-instruct
noticeably stronger general model that still fits mid-range hardware
Model pick
llama-3.3-70b-instruct
the ambitious pick — needs big-memory hardware
Hardware readiness
Each cell is the engine's verdict for the best clean quant of that model on Ollama at 8K context — the same math as the checker, tiers not numbers.
Different hardware? Check your exact machine against any model in this stack.
Check your machine →Don't have the hardware? Build a stack for your budget →Template picks are editorial; every verdict, grade and tier above comes from the engine over sourced data — how the math works.