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290MB Local LLM

·2026.04.16 01:29

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The 290MB 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B runs locally in the browser via WebGPU.

Details

A demo has been released that shrinks 1-bit Bonsai 1.7B down to 290MB and runs it locally inside the browser using WebGPU.

  • Model size: 290MB
  • Execution method: Local execution in browser
  • Acceleration: WebGPU
  • Demo link: bonsai-webgpu on Hugging Face Spaces

In the comments, there were responses wanting to see more of the actual tokens/s performance of such ultra-lightweight 1-bit models based on llama.cpp, and CPU, Metal, and Vulkan support were mentioned as currently available. CUDA support is said to be in progress.

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