{"repo":"RightNow-AI/picolm","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/RightNow-AI/picolm","clone":"git clone https://github.com/RightNow-AI/picolm.git","description":"Run a 1-billion parameter LLM on a $10 board with 256MB RAM","language":"C","stars":1908,"topics":["arm","embedded","inference","llm","openclaw","picoclaw","quantization","raspberry-pi","risc-v"],"license":"MIT","category":"ai-agents","readme_excerpt":"PicoLM Run a 1-billion parameter LLM on a $10 board with 256MB RAM. Pure C. Zero dependencies. One binary. No Python. No cloud. echo \"Explain gravity\" ./picolm model.gguf -n 100 -j 4 --- The Perfect Match: PicoLM + PicoClaw PicoLM was built as the local brain for PicoClaw — an ultra-lightweight AI assistant in Go that runs on $10 hardware. Together, they form a fully offline AI agent — no cloud, no API keys, no internet, no monthly bills. Every other LLM provider needs the internet. PicoLM doesn't. The Hardware The Architecture $9.90 — that's the entire server PicoLM powers the LLM box in PicoClaw's agent loop Why they're a perfect fit Cloud Provider (OpenAI, etc.) PicoLM (Local) --- --- --- Cost Pay per token, forever Free forever Privacy Your data sent to servers Everything stays on-device Internet Required for every request Not needed at all Latency Network round-trip + inference Inference only Hardware Needs a $599 Mac Mini Runs on a $10 board Binary N/A 80KB single file RAM N/A 45 MB total How it works PicoClaw's agent loop spawns PicoLM as a subprocess. Messages come in from Telegram, Discord, or CLI — PicoClaw formats them into a chat template, pipes the prompt to picolm via stdin, and reads the response from stdout. When tools are needed, --json grammar mode guarantees valid JSON even from a 1B model. Quick setup Or install everything in one line Performance on real hardware Device Price Generation Speed RAM Used -------- ------- ----------------- ---------- Pi 5 (4-c","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/RightNow-AI","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/RightNow-AI/picolm/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}