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 "id": "oobabooga-textgen--run-a-private-local-chatgpt-with-textgen",
 "repo": "oobabooga/textgen",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen",
 "repo_slug": "oobabooga-textgen",
 "title": "Run a private ChatGPT-style app on your machine",
 "page_title": "How to run a private ChatGPT-style app on your machine with Textgen",
 "summary": "Install the portable web UI and chat with a GGUF model fully offline.",
 "who": "Anyone who wants AI chat without sending data to a cloud service.",
 "problem": "Cloud chat apps see everything you type.",
 "outcome": "A local chat UI in your browser with your own model.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `git clone https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen` and cd into Textgen",
  "Create a venv with `python -m venv venv` and activate it",
  "Run `pip install -r requirements/portable/requirements.txt --upgrade`",
  "Put a GGUF file in user_data/models and launch with `python server.py --portable --api --auto-launch`"
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  "codex",
  "cursor",
  "gemini-cli"
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 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "20 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The easiest path is the portable desktop build from the releases page: download, unzip, double-click Textgen.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Windows, Linux or macOS",
  "Python 3.9+ for the manual install, or a portable build",
  "A GGUF model file from Hugging Face and enough RAM or VRAM for it"
 ],
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