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Show HN: Shlexball, describe a file and a local 1.5B model finds it on your Mac
Shlexball is a local 1.5B parameter LLM that writes bash commands to find files on macOS, running on Apple Silicon with low RAM usage. It ensures full privacy by keeping everything local, and outperforms larger models like Gemini 3.8 Flash and 31B Gemma on a custom file search benchmark.
- for who
- Mac users who want private, local file search without cloud API costs
- what changes
- File search becomes private and free from cloud dependency, using only local Apple hardware
- to do
- Install Shlexball and use natural language to locate files locally, keeping data on your machine
key points
- Local 1.5B LLM writes bash for file search
- Runs on Apple Silicon with low RAM usage
- Outperforms Gemini 3.8 Flash and 31B Gemma on benchmark
#local llm#file search#apple silicon#benchmark comparison
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