# llmfit

20 Hacker News commenters recommended llmfit and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Terminal tool that detects your hardware and shows which local AI models will run on it, and at what speeds. Some find its model suggestions outdated.

## Why people recommend it

- Detects hardware and shows compatible models (4 comments): "runs in your terminal and nicely filters out models compatible with your machine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199198)) "It accurately got my GPU and specs without asking for any permissions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366655)) "It shows you exactly what models you can run and at what speeds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48999097))
- Accurate fit and speed estimates (4 comments): "It shows you exactly what models you can run and at what speeds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48999097)) "it's a fit/size calculator, and a good one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147908)) "I've found it reasonably accurate." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47472233))
- Recommended as a useful tool (3 comments): "I love the llmfit project for seeing what will run on your hardware" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48182941)) "That's super handy, thanks for sharing the link." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367552)) "llmfit is your friend here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49899935))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [canirun.ai](https://hackerapproved.com/p/canirun-ai.md): 12 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

## Cite as

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