{
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "version": "1",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-16",
  "name": "localmodel.run",
  "description": "Check whether a computer or phone can run a given local LLM, and which tool to use, across macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android.",
  "use_case": "Hardware compatibility check for running local AI models (LLMs, image, video, audio) on a specific computer or phone.",
  "tags": ["local-llm", "hardware-compatibility", "gguf", "ollama", "vram", "on-device-ai", "apple-silicon"],
  "example_queries": [
    "Can I run Llama 3.1 8B on my M2 MacBook Pro 16GB?",
    "What models can an RTX 4090 run locally?",
    "Will Qwen2.5 7B run on an iPhone 16 Pro?",
    "Cheapest GPU to run a 70B model locally"
  ],
  "url": "https://localmodel.run",
  "contact": "https://github.com/ansumanshah/localmodel.run/issues",
  "capabilities": [
    {
      "name": "check_compatibility",
      "description": "Given a model id and a device id, return whether the device can run the model, the recommended quantization, estimated memory, and the install command.",
      "method": "GET",
      "url_template": "https://localmodel.run/api/can-i-run/{model}/{device}.json",
      "parameters": {
        "model": {
          "description": "Model slug (e.g. llama-3.1-8b). See values_url for the full list.",
          "values_url": "https://localmodel.run/api/models.json"
        },
        "device": {
          "description": "Device slug (e.g. macbook-pro-m3-16gb). See values_url for the full list.",
          "values_url": "https://localmodel.run/api/devices.json"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "list_models",
      "description": "List all tracked local LLMs with parameter counts and GGUF quant sizes.",
      "method": "GET",
      "url": "https://localmodel.run/api/models.json"
    },
    {
      "name": "list_devices",
      "description": "List all tracked devices with memory and usable-memory figures.",
      "method": "GET",
      "url": "https://localmodel.run/api/devices.json"
    }
  ],
  "discovery": {
    "api_catalog": "https://localmodel.run/api/index.json",
    "llms_txt": "https://localmodel.run/llms.txt",
    "llms_full_txt": "https://localmodel.run/llms-full.txt",
    "sitemap": "https://localmodel.run/sitemap-index.xml"
  },
  "auth": "none",
  "pricing": "free",
  "data_license": "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to localmodel.run",
  "disclaimer": "Memory figures are estimates. See https://localmodel.run/methodology"
}