Athanor Lite -- free desktop app for running local models without the setup headache Most tools in the local AI space assume you already know your way around quantization formats, context windows, and VRAM budgets. Athanor Lite is built for the people who just want to try a model without reading a wiki first. It scans your hardware, shows you exactly which models fit your GPU, and handles download through inference. One app, no terminal, no config files. Uses llama.cpp under the hood, wrapped in a Tauri + Rust + React desktop app. What it does:
Hardware detection (GPU architecture, VRAM, RAM, disk) Model catalog with fit verdicts based on your actual specs Ollama library import (zero-copy via hardlinks) Real-time inference HUD (tok/s, GPU %, VRAM, temperature) Workspace system for different model/task contexts Zero telemetry, zero accounts, zero cloud
We all know this year 2026 is the year of Small Models, but Alibaba team took it bit serious it seems!
Qwen3-TTS β 3-sec voice cloning, 10 languages, beats ElevenLabs Qwen3-ASR β Just dropped TODAY! 52 languages, <8% WER, SOTA open-source ASR Qwen-Image β #1 open-source image model on AI Arena
All Apache 2.0. The most complete open-source AI stack, period.
So, what do you think now, what next release could be? an Language Model? Comment below
I've built and deployed Panorama FLUX, a Gradio app for creating ultra-wide panoramic images from three different text prompts using the FLUX.1-schnell model.
It uses a custom "Mixture of Diffusers" pipeline to generate and seamlessly blend each section of the image.
Key Features: - Multi-Prompt Input: Control the left, center, and right of the scene with unique prompts. - Seamless Blending: Choose between Cosine and Gaussian blending methods to eliminate seams between tiles. - Optimized for FLUX.1-schnell: Designed for fast, 4-step generation with embedded guidance. - Multi-Language Support: On-the-fly translation for prompts written in Korean and Chinese. - Memory Efficient: Supports both custom (mmgp) and standard diffusers offloading for use on consumer GPUs or in Spaces.
This was a fun project that involved deep-diving into the FLUX architecture to get the tiling, guidance, and positional embeddings right.
I'm thrilled to launch SUP Toolbox! An AI tool for image restoration & upscaling using SUPIR, FaithDiff & ControlUnion. Built with Diffusers and Gradio UI featuring 14 custom components I developed.
Smol course has a distinctive approach to teaching post-training, so I'm posting about how itβs different to other post-training courses, including the llm course thatβs already available.
In short, the smol course is just more direct that any of the other course, and intended for semi-pro post trainers.
- Itβs a minimal set of instructions on the core parts. - Itβs intended to bootstrap real projects you're working on. - The material handsover to existing documentation for details - Likewise, it handsover to the LLM course for basics. - Assessment is based on a leaderboard, without reading all the material.
The course builds on smol course v1 which was the fastest way to learn to train your custom AI models. It now has:
- A leaderboard for students to submit models to - Certification based on exams and leaderboards - Prizes based on Leaderboards - Up to date content on TRL and SmolLM3 - Deep integration with the Hubβs compute for model training and evaluation
We will release chapters every few weeks, so you can follow the org to stay updated.
The open source AI community is just made of people who are passionate and care about their work. So we thought it would be cool to share our favourite icons of the community with a fun award.
Winners get free Hugging Face Pro Subscriptions, Merchandise, or compute credits for the hub.
This is a new initiative to recognise and celebrate the incredible work being done by community members. It's all about inspiring more collaboration and innovation in the world of machine learning and AI.
They're highlighting contributors in four key areas: - model creators: building and sharing innovative and state-of-the-art models. - educators: sharing knowledge through posts, articles, demos, and events. - tool builders: creating the libraries, frameworks, and applications that we all use. - community champions: supporting and mentoring others in forums.
Know someone who deserves recognition? Nominate them by opening a post in the Hugging Face community forum.
Just applied for HF Community Grant for βHugging Researchβ β a lightweight CodeAgentβbased research assistant built on Hugging Faceβs Open Deep Research project for the Hugging Face Hub (models, datasets, Spaces, users, collections, papers). It gathers links via dedicated tools and organizes them for easy review.
Building settings panels in? I created "PropertySheet", a new gradio component that turns your Python dataclass into a full UI! β‘οΈ β Sliders, dropdowns, color pickers & more β Collapsible groups β Reset buttons & tooltips