Secret Llama
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How HN took it
14 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 21 critical, out of 65 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 1 for, 13 againstIdea: 7 for, 4 againstPerformance: 4 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast and local; keeps data private
From 3 comments
This is absolutely wonderful, I am a HUGE fan of local first apps. Running models locally is such a powerful thing I wish more companies could leverage it to build smarter apps…
NikhilVerma on HNThis is amazing! I always wanted something like this, thank you so much!
NayamAmarshe on HNAmazing! It's surprisingly fast to load and run given the size of the downloaded models. Do you think it would be feasible to extend it to support web browsing? I'd like to help…
simple10 on HN
Better UI than the original WebLLM demo
From 1 comment
Nice demo! I briefly tried it out and the demo felt much better than the original WebLLM one! On a side note, i've been trying to do something similar too for similar reasons…
ngshiheng on HN
Objections
Fails to load models after download (IndexedDB cache errors)
From 1 comment
After the model is supposedly fully downloaded (about 4GB) I get: Could not load the model because Error: ArtifactIndexedDBCache failed to fetch:…
raylad on HN
No WebGPU on Linux, Firefox, or some devices
From 3 comments
Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 with Chrome, sure enough, "Could not load the model because Error: Cannot find adapter that matches the request". It really is too bad WebGPU isn't…
notarealllama on HNOn Firefox Nightly on my Steam Deck it "cannot find WebGPU in the environment".
koolala on HNCould not load the model because Error: Cannot find WebGPU in the environment
r0fl on HN
Downloads several GB of model data to the browser
From 2 comments
Is this downloading a ~5gb model to my machine and storing it locally for subsequent use?
knowaveragejoe on HNIt's great but I hope it don't catch on because then every website will make me download models. My hard drive will be full, too much bloat. I think the web is not good for this.…
hpeter on HN
Small models give poor or incoherent answers
From 2 comments
Phi 1.5 isn't quite there is it? Caught it having some inner dialog. What does that mean? Instruct: I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean by "wutt". Output: Oh, I'm sorry. I…
dosinga on HNLlama 3 seems to not be there yet at all. Can it read earlier prompts and what you have written before? It doesn't seem like it. I asked it to help come up with a song name for a…
BargirPezza on HN
Requests
Chat history
From 1 comment
Very cool! I wish there was chat history. Also if you click the "New Chat" button while an answer is generating I think some of the output gets fed back into the model, it causes…
joshstrange on HN
Web browsing support
From 1 comment
Amazing! It's surprisingly fast to load and run given the size of the downloaded models. Do you think it would be feasible to extend it to support web browsing? I'd like to help…
simple10 on HN
Support for GGUF files and Ollama
From 2 comments
Could we use an already downloaded .gguf file?
indit on HNIt's great but I hope it don't catch on because then every website will make me download models. My hard drive will be full, too much bloat. I think the web is not good for this.…
hpeter on HN
Dynamic text width
From 1 comment
This is amazing but can we please set the .prose width to be dynamic? the text column in 3 inches wide on my monitor, it should take up a % of the browser window.
Jackson_Fleck on HN
Questions
How to use it as a therapist or coach
From 2 comments
How do people use something like this as coach or therapist? This is genuine question. Side note, impressive project. Future of AI is offline mostly with few APIs in the cloud…
wg0 on HNWhat therapy prompts have you found useful?
Dowwie on HN
Whether quality differs from native runners
From 1 comment
Question - Do I compromise on quality on answers if I use models using WebLLM (like this) compare to using them on system console.
zerop on HN
Alternatives named
Ollama
From 2 comments
This is very cool, it's something I wish existed since Llama came out, having to install Ollama + Cuda to get locally working LLM didn't felt right to me when there's all what's…
littlestymaar on HNLikewise (same error) with Chrome on Windows. Currently running Ollama / Open WebUI and finding lama3:8B quite useful for writing snippets of powershell, javascript, golang etc.
earleybird on HN
LM Studio
From 1 comment
I've managed to avoid ollama and just toyed with lmstudio. It's non-free software, but extremely easy to get into, uses llama.cpp under the hood, cross-platform, yada yada.…
Jedd on HN
Window AI
From 1 comment
Window AI (https://windowai.io/) is an attempt to do something like this with a browser extension.
abi on HN
llamafile
From 1 comment
This is very cool, it's something I wish existed since Llama came out, having to install Ollama + Cuda to get locally working LLM didn't felt right to me when there's all what's…
littlestymaar on HN