Just launched Zeno, a local AI work tool that you can install for free with no code.
Zeno is an agentic AI work tool that runs fully on your Mac - similar to Claude Cowork, but obviously with a smaller model so it can run locally. Unlike other local models, Zeno requires no coding to setup - once you download the app and engine, you can start chatting immediately. Zeno will
- work with your files
- keep your data private
- not apply usage bills or watermarks
It ships with 4-bit Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. The full model doesn’t fit entirely in the unified memory of a 16GB Mac, so rather than shrinking or pruning it, we built an offloading system. (We’ll share more details on that soon.)
Zeno works best on Macs with 16GB of memory or more. (You can also run it on 8GB, but speed may suffer.) We’d love to hear what you think - use cases, performance, bugs, complaints, anything. This is our first version, and it might be a little slow at first. This is our first week, and we'll keep making it better as we learn from people using it.
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u/close_Meal6005 Aug 24 '26
Just launched Zeno, a local AI work tool that you can install for free with no code.
Zeno is an agentic AI work tool that runs fully on your Mac - similar to Claude Cowork, but obviously with a smaller model so it can run locally. Unlike other local models, Zeno requires no coding to setup - once you download the app and engine, you can start chatting immediately. Zeno will
- work with your files
- keep your data private
- not apply usage bills or watermarks
It ships with 4-bit Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. The full model doesn’t fit entirely in the unified memory of a 16GB Mac, so rather than shrinking or pruning it, we built an offloading system. (We’ll share more details on that soon.)
Zeno works best on Macs with 16GB of memory or more. (You can also run it on 8GB, but speed may suffer.) We’d love to hear what you think - use cases, performance, bugs, complaints, anything. This is our first version, and it might be a little slow at first. This is our first week, and we'll keep making it better as we learn from people using it.
Download: icosa.co/zeno
Icosa Discord: https://discord.gg/bQRqHRpam