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NightRun, Run a Local LLM on Raspberry Pi bare metal

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NightRun is a new project that lets you run a local AI language model on a Raspberry Pi 5 without any operating system. Built in Rust and running as a UEFI application at boot, it loads the LLM directly into RAM from an SD card or USB drive, freeing up resources normally consumed by the OS. It supports several lightweight models, including Llama 3.2 and Qwen3, depending on how much RAM your device has.

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