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"DeepSeek V4-Flash is MIT-licensed, runs on a consumer GPU, and hits 79% on SWE-bench with a 1M-token context. A deep, 5,000-word look at what it is, how MoE works, what it costs to self-host, what it is honest about, and where your data goes."

"ComfyUI is the node-based king of local image and video generation — 75K stars, FLUX support, ControlNet, LoRA, batch, and a REST API. A 5,000-word deep dive: install, the node graph, a beginner walkthrough, prompt engineering, model management, a real character-sheet workflow, custom nodes, LoRA, upscaling, video, teams, troubleshooting, cost, and where your data goes."

"Kimi K3 is the largest open-weight model ever released — 2.8T parameters, 1M-token context, #1 on Frontend Code Arena, built on Kimi Delta Attention. Weights dropped 2026-07-27. A 5,000-word look at whether you can run it, what it costs, how MoE works, the chip-design demo, and where your data goes."

"OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin) is the most-starred open-source coding agent — 76K+ stars, MIT-licensed, runs in a Docker sandbox and opens real PRs. A 5,000-word look at what it is, the agent loop, what tasks fit, pairing it with a local model, a real issue walkthrough, troubleshooting, cost, security, and where your code goes."

Open WebUI turns a local Ollama instance into a multi-user ChatGPT your whole household can use — with RAG, document upload, image generation, voice, functions, and a plugin pipeline. MIT-licensed, runs offline, your data never leaves the box. A 5,000-word look at installing it, tuning it, real workflows, and where your data actually goes.

Ollama turns 'run a 27B model on your laptop' into a single command. MIT-licensed, OpenAI-compatible on :11434, and your data never leaves the box. A 5,000-word dive into what it is, how to tune it, quantization math, choosing your first model, a real day with it, troubleshooting, cost, and where your data goes.

n8n: 191k stars, 1500+ integrations, native AI agents with LangChain, and self-hosted automation. The Zapier alternative that respects your data.

Coolify: Self-hostable PaaS that deploys anything on your own server. The open-source alternative to Vercel with no vendor lock-in.

Immich: Self-hosted Google Photos alternative with unlimited storage, AI face recognition, and automatic mobile backup — all free.