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Show HN: Local LLM Notepad – run a GPT-style model from a USB stick

https://github.com/runzhouye/Local_LLM_Notepad
10•davidye324•3h ago
What it is A single 45 MB Windows .exe that embeds llama.cpp and a minimal Tk UI. Copy it (plus any .gguf model) to a flash drive, double-click on any Windows PC, and you’re chatting with an LLM—no admin rights, Cloud, or network.

Why I built it Existing “local LLM” GUIs assume you can pip install, pass long CLI flags, or download GBs of extras.

I wanted something my less-technical colleagues could run during a client visit by literally plugging in a USB drive.

How it works PyInstaller one-file build → bundles Python runtime, llama_cpp_python, and the UI into a single PE.

On first launch, it memory-maps the .gguf; subsequent prompts stream at ~20 tok/s on an i7-10750H with gemma-3-1b-it-Q4_K_M.gguf (0.8 GB).

Tick-driven render loop keeps the UI responsive while llama.cpp crunches.

A parser bold-underlines every token that originated in the prompt; Ctrl+click pops a “source viewer” to trace facts. (Helps spot hallucinations fast.)

Comments

ge96•22m ago
Wonder if you can use/interface with those coral accelerator boards

Small Language Models Are the Future of Agentic AI

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02153
1•favoboa•1m ago•0 comments

Gitlab Communication

https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/communication/
1•mooreds•6m ago•0 comments

I developed a SAS dataset viewer

https://statdataviewer.com/
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https://github.com/nimtable/nimtable
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Bitbucket Is Down

https://bitbucket.status.atlassian.com
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Why Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress

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Docopt Command-line interface description language

http://docopt.org/
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Show HN: Profile AI for Professional LinkedIn Headshots – ProfileAIPro

https://profileaipro.com/
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The "personal computer" model scales better than the "terminal" model

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/ScalingTerminalsVsPCs
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The Monorepo Culture

https://resync-games.com/blog/engineering/monorepo-culture
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https://hamel.dev/blog/posts/evals-faq/
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https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/06/30/openSourceAIEditorFirstMilestone
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History of Unix Manpages

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/apple-weighs-using-anthropic-or-openai-to-power-siri-in-major-reversal-bloomberg-news-.html
10•Bluestein•56m ago•0 comments

Survey on Evaluation of LLM-Based Agents

https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16416
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TechniDox

https://technidox.dev/
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2•samaysharma•1h ago•1 comments