llmfit
Hacker ApprovedThe most recommended of 4 model fit calculators
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 Some find its model suggestions outdated.
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 Some find its model suggestions outdated.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 20
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 20 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Detects hardware and shows compatible models
“runs in your terminal and nicely filters out models compatible with your machine”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “What's My Local AI?” “It accurately got my GPU and specs without asking for any permissions.”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Can I Run AI locally?” “It shows you exactly what models you can run and at what speeds”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “I built a page that tells you what AI model your laptop can run” - Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Can I Run AI locally?”
Accurate fit and speed estimates
“It shows you exactly what models you can run and at what speeds”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “I built a page that tells you what AI model your laptop can run” “it's a fit/size calculator, and a good one”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Show HN: Find the best local LLM for your hardware, ranked by benchmarks” “I've found it reasonably accurate.”
Comment from 21 Mar 2026 in “Tinybox- offline AI device 120B parameters” - Comment from 22 Apr 2026 in “Qwen3.6-27B: Flagship-Level Coding in a 27B Dense Model”
Recommended as a useful tool
“I love the llmfit project for seeing what will run on your hardware”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Qwen 3.7 Preview” “That's super handy, thanks for sharing the link.”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Can I Run AI locally?” “llmfit is your friend here”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities”
Other model fit calculators people recommend
The three most recommended other model fit calculators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llmfitThis page | 20 | 2 | 91% | 6 | — | Approved |
| canirun.ai | 12 | 7 | 63% | 7 | — | — |
| Llmspeed | 8 | 9 | 47% | 1 | — | — |
| LLM model right-sizing tool | 5 | 2 | 71% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
20 of the 25 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“llmfit is your friend here”
“runs in your terminal and nicely filters out models compatible with your machine”
“It shows you exactly what models you can run and at what speeds”
“After being annoyed by llmfit”
“it's a terrible experience lacking any sort of intent or reason”
“I love the llmfit project for seeing what will run on your hardware”
“It would organize it per use and selection was solid.”
“llmfit also has quality scores (and defaults to sorting by them)”
“it's a fit/size calculator, and a good one”
“gives a good approximation of that”
“These might help if the provider doesn't offer the same details themselves.”
“I've found it reasonably accurate.”
“you can get LLMFit to recommend hardware requirements with llmfit plan --context”
“I feel like they both solve different issues well”
“it's buried behind relatively obsolete suggestions like the Qwen 2.5 series”
“That would be a great tool to integrate with ollama.”
“That's super handy, thanks for sharing the link.”
“It accurately got my GPU and specs without asking for any permissions.”
“llmfit is far more useful as it detects your system resources”
“Way less intrusive than installing this thing”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.