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For new folks, you can get a local code agent running on your Mac like this: 1. $ npm install -g @openai/codex 2. $ brew install ollama; ollama serve 3. $ ol

by gcr 1y ago

For new folks, you can get a local code agent running on your Mac like this: 1. $ npm install -g @openai/codex 2. $ brew install ollama; ollama serve 3. $ ollama pull gpt-oss:20b 4. $ codex --oss -m gpt-oss:20b This runs locally without Internet. Idk if there’s telemetry for codex, but you should be able to turn that off if so. You need an M1 Mac or better with at least 24GB of GPU memory. The model is pretty big, about 16GB of disk space in ~/.ollama Be careful - the 120b model is 1.5× better than this 20b variant, but takes 5× higher requirements.

nickthegreek 1y ago
have you been able to build or reiterate anything of value using just 20b to vibe code?
giancarlostoro 1y ago
LM Studio is even easier, and things like JetBrains IDEs will sync to LM Studio, same with Zed.
abacadaba 1y ago
As much as I've been using llms via api all day every day, being able to run it locally on my mba and talk to my laptop still feels like magic
windexh8er 1y ago
I've been really impressed by OpenCode [0]. The limitations of all the frontier TUI is removed and it is feature complete and performant compared to Codex or Claude Code. [0] https://opencode.ai/ https://opencode.ai/
- embedding-shape 1y ago
  > OpenCode will be available on desktop soon Anyone happen to know what that means exactly? The install instructions at the top seems to indicate it already is available on desktop?
  - windexh8er 1y ago
    It's a terminal only (TUI) tool today. They're releasing a graphical (GUI) version in the future.
    - embedding-shape 1y ago
      > It's a terminal only (TUI) tool today. But to use that TUI you need a desktop, or at least a laptop I guess, but that distinction doesn't make sense. Are they referring to the GUI being the "Desktop Version"? Never heard it put that way before if so.
      - windexh8er 1y ago
        > But to use that TUI you need a desktop... No, you don't need a "desktop" to use a TUI. It's terminal based and has nothing to do with the desktop environment you're in. Alao, if you have a "desktop" that assumes you're using a GUI. Pretty straightforward.
- ponyous 1y ago
  What kind of API subscription are you using? I found opencode to be incredibly expensive - prompts costing $5, while with aider I did it for <$0.1.
ricardonunez 1y ago
Similar on a MBpro 16 m4 max 128gb 1tb. I only use it for testing and did created a microservice to process some data for a client but no daily workflow.

by gcr 1y ago

nickthegreek 1y ago

have you been able to build or reiterate anything of value using just 20b to vibe code?

giancarlostoro 1y ago

LM Studio is even easier, and things like JetBrains IDEs will sync to LM Studio, same with Zed.

abacadaba 1y ago

As much as I've been using llms via api all day every day, being able to run it locally on my mba and talk to my laptop still feels like magic

windexh8er 1y ago

I've been really impressed by OpenCode [0]. The limitations of all the frontier TUI is removed and it is feature complete and performant compared to Codex or Claude Code. [0] https://opencode.ai/ https://opencode.ai/

embedding-shape 1y ago
> OpenCode will be available on desktop soon Anyone happen to know what that means exactly? The install instructions at the top seems to indicate it already is available on desktop?
- windexh8er 1y ago
  It's a terminal only (TUI) tool today. They're releasing a graphical (GUI) version in the future.
  - embedding-shape 1y ago
    > It's a terminal only (TUI) tool today. But to use that TUI you need a desktop, or at least a laptop I guess, but that distinction doesn't make sense. Are they referring to the GUI being the "Desktop Version"? Never heard it put that way before if so.
    - windexh8er 1y ago
      > But to use that TUI you need a desktop... No, you don't need a "desktop" to use a TUI. It's terminal based and has nothing to do with the desktop environment you're in. Alao, if you have a "desktop" that assumes you're using a GUI. Pretty straightforward.
ponyous 1y ago
What kind of API subscription are you using? I found opencode to be incredibly expensive - prompts costing $5, while with aider I did it for <$0.1.

ricardonunez 1y ago

Similar on a MBpro 16 m4 max 128gb 1tb. I only use it for testing and did created a microservice to process some data for a client but no daily workflow.