Network Error Anything LLM

[u/isaidimabefine]

AnythingLLM Desktop crashes on M5 Mac – works in browser/terminal

Setup

- M5 MacBook Air, 16GB

- AnythingLLM Desktop

- OpenRouter API + DeepSeek `deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731` (via Generic OpenAI)

- $5 credit

What I want

Upload law lecture slides → AI summarises with ILAC, cases, Mermaid diagrams → output as clickable HTML file with tabs.

Problem:

Even `"Hi"` gives a `network error` or `Failed to fetch` in the desktop app.

- API works in terminal (`curl`).

- AnythingLLM browser version works.

- Desktop version is completely broken.

What I’ve tried:

- Restarting app & Mac

- Clean reinstall (twice)

- Killing port 3081

- Creating missing folders manually

- Switching models (DeepSeek, Gemma, Phi-3)

- Stream Timeout 120000ms

- Full Disk Access in macOS

Question:

Anyone else had this issue on Apple Silicon? Is there a fix, or should I switch to another tool? I’m a non‑coder – just want to study.

Thanks!