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Local-first does not mean local-only

How this very site's AI stack runs in production — three models, a clear hierarchy, and the cloud as an explicit fallback, not as the default.

Both are chat gateways to AI agents, self-hosted. The real difference is where your conversation ends up living.

Qwen3.6, Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 — same "open weights" label, completely different hardware requirements.

Claude, GPT-5.6/Codex, Gemini or a local model — the right question isn't which is "better", it's where you need the data to live.