Best local LLM for…

Pick a job and see the strongest open models for it — and the best one that fits your hardware tier.

general chat & assistance

All-rounders for everyday questions, drafting and summarising — the models to reach for when you just want a capable local assistant.

coding

Models tuned for code generation, completion and refactoring — the ones worth pointing your editor or agent at.

reasoning & math

Reasoning ("thinking") models that work through problems step by step before answering — stronger on math, logic and multi-step tasks.

writing

Models with the most natural prose for long-form writing, rewriting and tone control.

vision (image input)

Multimodal models that can read images, screenshots and documents alongside text.

low-end & edge hardware

Small models that stay useful on laptops, mini-PCs and 8 GB cards — when memory is the hard constraint.

tool use & agents

Models that reliably follow instructions and call tools — the ones to build local agents and automations on.