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Samosa Chat

A local chat app for running open models on modest Mac hardware.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-07-15

Last seen:2026-07-15

Sightings:1

Source:github.com

What it is

A local chat app for running open models on modest Mac hardware.

Why developers recommend it

A commenter reported GPT-4-level local use on a 16GB MacBook Air.

Hacker News evidence

2026-07-15

The discussion linked Samosa Chat alongside a claimed 7–9 tokens/sec Qwen setup.

Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU