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local AI inference and runtimes

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-05), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

horizontal · 226 members · Data as of 2026-10-08

These products provide lightweight inference engines, specialized runtimes, and optimization tools designed to execute machine learning models locally or on constrained hardware. They are used by machine learning engineers and systems developers seeking low-latency execution, memory efficiency, and hardware acceleration on devices like Apple Silicon or edge NPUs. This cluster is distinguished by its focus on low-level compute runtimes and kernel optimizations rather than cloud-hosted APIs or application-layer wrappers.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
168
Prior count
49
Total count
226
Momentum
242.86
Attention
0.50
Crowding
0.80
Concentration
0.84
Opportunity
0.43

Opportunity components

Attention
0.50
Low crowding
0.20
Momentum (normalized)
0.86
Low concentration
0.16

Source split

github
94 (0.56)
hn
57 (0.34)
ph
10 (0.06)
yc
7 (0.04)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.52

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
laya-coreml GITHUB 1381 2026-09-19
deepopen GITHUB 1016 2026-09-21
Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac HN 919 2026-07-29
I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work HN 915 2026-04-06
splash GITHUB 610 2026-09-18
Needle2: 14MB agentic LLM for phones, wearables, smart home and robots HN 537 2026-08-10
OrcaBonsai-27B-Uncensored GITHUB 526 2026-09-18
EvoVLM GITHUB 475 2026-10-02
1-Bit Bonsai, the First Commercially Viable 1-Bit LLMs HN 430 2026-03-31
Find the best local LLM for your hardware, ranked by benchmarks HN 283 2026-05-15
cek-probe-model GITHUB 260 2026-09-10
routeVSCODE GITHUB 239 2026-09-10
DeepEP-Ascend GITHUB 218 2026-09-30
Timber HN 207 2026-03-02
Tiny-vLLM HN 205 2026-05-29
Mellum by JetBrains PH 196 2026-06-20
JevRouter GITHUB 163 2026-09-18
ninfer-fusion-kvmem GITHUB 141 2026-10-04
Pollen HN 137 2026-04-30
llmwiki-operational GITHUB 136 2026-09-16
tpu-megakernels GITHUB 119 2026-09-23
airspace GITHUB 118 2026-09-11
C99 implementation of new O(m log^(2/3) n) shortest path algorithm HN 111 2026-02-23
Inference-Engineering GITHUB 95 2026-09-14
Tacopy HN 95 2025-11-30
open-jev-fast GITHUB 88 2026-09-27
Parseable, an open observability datalake, handles 100M time-series/min HN 84 2026-10-06
A tiny LLM running at 21,000 tok/s on a $250 FPGA (Live Demo) HN 79 2026-08-10
VLCoT GITHUB 79 2026-09-28
ResolveHQ HN 72 2026-09-11
Optimize and serve models with Fable quality at half the cost HN 71 2026-07-26
YuE2-Turbo GITHUB 66 2026-09-21
Mu HN 65 2025-11-24
causilo GITHUB 64 2026-09-13
B-IR HN 62 2026-01-12
QQ-Network-Protocol GITHUB 59 2026-09-13
Reame HN 59 2026-07-11
ZSE HN 58 2026-02-26
Reducing LLM input tokens by 70% HN 56 2026-05-12
An LLM-Powered Tool to Catch PCB Schematic Mistakes HN 55 2025-11-28
kyojin GITHUB 53 2026-10-02
zephon GITHUB 48 2026-10-07
ProtonPottsMPNN GITHUB 47 2026-09-30
livenerf GITHUB 44 2026-09-22
runntime GITHUB 43 2026-09-14
openrouter-docs-community GITHUB 41 2026-10-04
dev-0.4b GITHUB 39 2026-09-21
muse2api GITHUB 38 2026-09-27
LMMOCK GITHUB 35 2026-09-20
TypeLLM GITHUB 35 2026-09-17