The short version
A 30B local agentic model with encouraging early hands-on reports.
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Muse Glimmer 30B
A 30B local agentic model with encouraging early hands-on reports.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-08-11
Last seen:2026-08-11
Times seen:1
Website:huggingface.co
Why it caught our attention
A commenter reported good local results on a 32GB Mac mini, while another cited promising early comparisons with Qwen 3.6 27B.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-08-11
“Starting this morning I am running their new local 30B model muse-glimmer on my old MacMini 32G using Ollama”
mark_l_watson · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
“Initial reports are good.”
Aurornis · caveat · evaluated
Direct HN comment
Muse Glimmer: 30B-parameter model optimized for always-on local agent workflows
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