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local and on-device AI runtimes

Recent window: last 5.2 months (2026-04-26 → 2026-10-02), compared with the prior 5.2 months.

horizontal · 97 members · Data as of 2026-10-05

These products provide lightweight inference engines, runtimes, and compressed models designed to run artificial intelligence directly on consumer hardware and edge devices. They are primarily built for software developers, privacy-conscious professionals, and embedded systems engineers seeking low-latency execution without cloud dependencies. This cluster is distinguished by its tight optimization for local hardware—specifically Apple Silicon and edge chips—rather than hosted cloud infrastructure.

Metrics

Stage
heating
Recent count
74
Prior count
18
Total count
97
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.51
Crowding
0.31
Concentration
0.84
Opportunity
0.59

Opportunity components

Attention
0.51
Low crowding
0.69
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.16

Source split

github
45 (0.61)
hn
23 (0.31)
ph
1 (0.01)
yc
5 (0.07)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.59

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
laya-mlx GITHUB 5859 2026-09-19
laya-coreml GITHUB 1381 2026-09-19
Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac HN 919 2026-07-29
splash GITHUB 610 2026-09-18
Needle2: 14MB agentic LLM for phones, wearables, smart home and robots HN 537 2026-08-10
1-Bit Bonsai, the First Commercially Viable 1-Bit LLMs HN 430 2026-03-31
Ollama v0.19 PH 412 2026-04-01
tusk GITHUB 302 2026-09-28
keel GITHUB 270 2026-09-22
NFC Energy-Harvesting PCB Business Card with an MCU HN 231 2026-08-28
DeepEP-Ascend GITHUB 218 2026-09-30
jev-visual GITHUB 208 2026-09-17
FluidUse GITHUB 160 2026-09-21
O.status GITHUB 120 2026-09-11
aime GITHUB 112 2026-10-01
TinyOS HN 102 2026-04-03
Qwen Scribe HN 97 2026-07-29
axon-pulse-foss GITHUB 80 2026-09-18
Microcrad HN 79 2026-06-17
ghost-location GITHUB 69 2026-09-13
Lamb Labs: Custom Chips for AI Inference YC 64 2026-08-03
CLI for working with Apple Core ML models HN 48 2026-01-22
ProtonPottsMPNN GITHUB 47 2026-09-30
AirSIM GITHUB 47 2026-09-29
Shellock, a real-time CLI flag explainer for fish shell HN 37 2026-01-07
simdutf-swift GITHUB 33 2026-09-30
ZXC HN 28 2025-12-17
The Token Company: Intelligent compression for LLM context bloat YC 25 2026-03-03
Matforge - AI Scientists to discover new semiconductor materials YC 25 2026-04-21
coachwhip GITHUB 25 2026-10-01
bonsai-apple-silicon GITHUB 24 2026-09-18
ruby-laya GITHUB 22 2026-09-22
laya-mps GITHUB 22 2026-09-21
flashalign GITHUB 20 2026-09-26
TiGrIS, a tiling compiler that fits ML models onto embedded devices HN 20 2026-04-29
li-ion-soc-soh-toolkit GITHUB 20 2026-09-20
avash GITHUB 19 2026-09-22
dai-asr-i18n GITHUB 19 2026-09-30
inferpd GITHUB 18 2026-09-19
Aerogen Systems: Building Chip Fabs Without Cleanrooms YC 17 2026-08-18
pw GITHUB 17 2026-09-13
AirCard-Injector GITHUB 17 2026-09-21
dotsci GITHUB 16 2026-09-30
se3-livom-comfort GITHUB 16 2026-09-22
SplashMonitor GITHUB 16 2026-09-20
demod-analyzer GITHUB 15 2026-09-22
backend-kitty GITHUB 15 2026-09-24
systemANE GITHUB 14 2026-09-20
Visibl Semiconductors: The First AI-Enabled Coordination Layer for Chip Design YC 13 2026-02-19
mlx-AuK GITHUB 13 2026-09-12