Anubis OSS adds in-app model downloads
Anubis OSS is a free, GPL-3.0 Apple Silicon Mac app for benchmarking and managing local LLMs, with support for Ollama and other local backends. This update highlights a new “Browse Models” toolbar flow that can open the Ollama model library and pull models directly from the dashboard, plus a newly published signed and notarized v3.6 build available through a Homebrew Cask tap or direct download. The maker is asking for real-world testing on install behavior, first-launch Ollama detection, and the new model browsing/download flow.
Hot take: this is a practical open-source polish release, not a flashy launch, but the direct-model-download workflow is exactly the kind of UX improvement that makes a local LLM app feel finished.
- –Strong fit for Apple Silicon users who benchmark local models and want to stay in one app instead of bouncing between browser and terminal.
- –The Homebrew Cask + signed/notarized build lowers friction and should make adoption easier if the install path is clean.
- –The key risk is integration reliability: Gatekeeper behavior, auto-detection of a running Ollama instance, and whether the “Browse Models” button reliably opens/pulls from the Ollama library.
- –Because this is a community test request, the post is more of a release validation/update than a broad market launch.
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4h ago
2026-05-26
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10h ago
2026-05-26
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