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What is Strata? Strata runs large open models such as Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and DeepSeekV4.1-Flash on your own computer, as a desktop app or a terminal app, with no account. It picks quantized model packs that fit your hardware, reads what does not fit in memory from your SSD, and exposes OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs so Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode and other tools can use the local model.

How do I use it? On Linux or Mac run curl -fsSL https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata/releases/latest/download/install.sh -o install.sh && sh install.sh; then on Windows run the PowerShell installer from the README, then open a new terminal; run strata launch and follow the prompts to download and start a model. Full steps below.

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Quick start with Strata

  1. Check you have what it needs: Windows, Linux or macOS on supported hardware (NVIDIA RTX 20 to 50, recent AMD Radeon, Intel Arc on Linux, Apple Silicon M1 or newer); Plenty of free disk space; DeepSeekV4.1 sets need about 245 to 280 GB; The model packs download on first run.
  2. Open Niko1221/Strata on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. On Linux or Mac run curl -fsSL https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata/releases/latest/download/install.sh -o install.sh && sh install.sh
  4. On Windows run the PowerShell installer from the README, then open a new terminal
  5. Run strata launch and follow the prompts to download and start a model
  6. Check the Models section and docs to choose a pack that fits your memory

These steps come from our top use case, Run a frontier-size open model locally from the terminal, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forDevelopers and privacy minded users with a recent NVIDIA, AMD, Intel Arc or Apple Silicon machine who want strong local models without cloud costs.
  • Why it is hot34k stars, launched 32 days ago, picked up by one AI source we track
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  • Windows, Linux or macOS on supported hardware (NVIDIA RTX 20 to 50, recent AMD Radeon, Intel Arc on Linux, Apple Silicon M1 or newer)
  • Plenty of free disk space; DeepSeekV4.1 sets need about 245 to 280 GB
  • The model packs download on first run

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Questions about Strata

What is Strata?

Strata runs large open models such as Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and DeepSeekV4.1-Flash on your own computer, as a desktop app or a terminal app, with no account. It picks quantized model packs that fit your hardware, reads what does not fit in memory from your SSD, and exposes OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs so Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode and other tools can use the local model. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata.

How do I use Strata?

On Linux or Mac run curl -fsSL https://github.com/Niko1221/Strata/releases/latest/download/install.sh -o install.sh && sh install.sh; then on Windows run the PowerShell installer from the README, then open a new terminal; run strata launch and follow the prompts to download and start a model. The use cases on this page give the full steps and a copy-paste agent prompt for each job.

Who is Strata for?

Developers and privacy minded users with a recent NVIDIA, AMD, Intel Arc or Apple Silicon machine who want strong local models without cloud costs.

What can I do with Strata?

3 use cases so far, for example: Run a frontier-size open model locally from the terminal; Point Claude Code or Codex at a local model with strata connect; Run DeepSeekV4.1-Flash on a 12 GB GPU by streaming from SSD. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Strata?

Windows, Linux or macOS on supported hardware (NVIDIA RTX 20 to 50, recent AMD Radeon, Intel Arc on Linux, Apple Silicon M1 or newer); Plenty of free disk space; DeepSeekV4.1 sets need about 245 to 280 GB; The model packs download on first run.

What are alternatives to Strata?

Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: Deep Infer, Harness2, Orca, Opencode, Graphify.

Is Strata safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.