Stop paying for ChatGPT with these two tools | LMStudio x AnythingLLM
AI Summary
- Introduction
- Presenter: Timothy Carat
- Roles: Founder of Implex Labs, Creator of Anything LLM
- Objective: Demonstrate an easy method to run a local LLM application
- Tools Required
- LM Studio (single-click install)
- Anything LLM Desktop (single-click install)
- Setup Process for Windows
- LM Studio supports three OS; using Windows for GPU advantage
- Anything LLM: All-in-one chat application, fully private, open source
- Installation Steps
- Download LM Studio for Windows (version 0.216)
- Download Anything LLM Desktop from useanything.com
- Using LM Studio
- Explore popular models (e.g., Google’s Gemma)
- Download models (e.g., Mistal 7B instruct Q4)
- Model quality: Q4 (minimum), Q5 (recommended), Q8 (large size)
- LM Studio’s chat client is basic, for model experimentation
- Integrating with Anything LLM
- Anything LLM provides a comprehensive chat experience
- Configure LM Studio’s local server with the selected model
- Start server and copy the base URL for Anything LLM setup
- Anything LLM setup: Token context window, LM Studio base URL
- Using Anything LLM with LM Studio
- Create a workspace in Anything LLM
- Add context for the model by embedding documents or scraping websites
- Chat with the model, which now cites sources for its responses
- Conclusion
- The combination of LM Studio and Anything LLM Desktop offers a private, powerful local LLM experience
- No technical expertise required due to user-friendly interfaces
- The choice of model affects the quality of the chat experience
- Encouragement to use popular models like Llama 2 or Mistol
- Invitation for feedback and promise of links in the description