# Samosa Chat

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Samosa Chat and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Samosa Chat for running local models such as Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on a Mac at a usable speed without overheating it.

## Why people recommend it

- Keeps Mac temperature low (2 comments): "Samosa was optimized for keeping mac's temp in check." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920110)) "Actually quite cool. My mac is not getting heated." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48923284))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [llama.cpp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/llama-cpp.md): 471 recommend
- [Ollama](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ollama.md): 350 recommend
- [LM Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lm-studio.md): 217 recommend
- [DS4 by antirez](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ds4.md): 109 recommend
- [Unsloth Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unsloth.md): 94 recommend

## Cite as

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