# canirun.ai

12 Hacker News commenters recommended canirun.ai and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Lets you pick your hardware and see which local AI models run on it, with no install needed. Critics say results are often inaccurate or incomplete.

## Why people recommend it

- Accurate for the user's own setup (3 comments): "I do appreciate that the "canirun" one was also wrong but let me pick my real card from the dropdown with results that seemed much more accurate." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997289)) "doesn't require any installs. I've found it to be pretty accurate for my setup too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148570)) "I find this to be pretty accurate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997169))
- Matches models to chosen hardware specs (3 comments): "toggle your computer specs at the top for a refined list of models and tokens/sec" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49246563)) "can help you find a model that'll run on your hardware" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47803602)) "visit canirun.ai to find a suitable model" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49735312))
- Helps decide which model to run (3 comments): "can help you find a model that'll run on your hardware" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47803602)) "That may help make the decision." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47570427)) "might answer that question" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519734))

## What people warn about

- Ignores quantizations and MoE models (2 comments): "That site doesn't seem to consider the quants." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520658)) "canirun doesn't work well for MoE models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168041))
- Estimates often wrong or far off (2 comments): "I do appreciate that the "canirun" one was also wrong but let me pick my real card from the dropdown with results that seemed much more accurate." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997289)) "The estimates seems far off as well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147506))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [llmfit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/llmfit.md): 20 recommend
- [Llmspeed](https://hackerapproved.com/p/llmspeed.md): 8 recommend
- [LLM model right-sizing tool](https://hackerapproved.com/p/right-sizes-llm-models-to-your-system-s-ram-cpu-and-gpu.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.canirun.ai/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "canirun.ai", https://hackerapproved.com/p/canirun-ai/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).