StayLameBro/backburner
Your iPhone helps your Mac run a 27B model: faster prompt reading and more context over a USB-C cable
- Stars
- 1.1k
- Forks
- 109
- Open issues
- 5
- Last push
- 9d ago
About backburner
backburner is a free, open-source LLM chat app by StayLameBro, written mainly in Python. Your iPhone helps your Mac run a 27B model: faster prompt reading and more context over a USB-C cable. It has 1.1k GitHub stars and 109 forks, and was last updated 9d ago. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- MIT
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 1,102
- Last update
- 9d ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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backburner FAQ
Is backburner free?
Yes. backburner is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does backburner run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, backburner works on macOS.
Does backburner need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is backburner still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated 9d ago and has 5 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to backburner?
Similar free, open-source tools include omlx, llamafile, MTPLX, ollama.