Ollama
The simplest app for a local chatbot. Pick a model, then talk.
Installer only · One-click app · Free
Plan my garden
Planting calendars, layouts and companion plants.
The tools below run on your computer. Most of them are free, and the local work stays on your machine.
Works offline · Free options
Your computer
Describe your computer
Pick the closest line. Office PC and Mini PC are estimates. Linux and a home server stay in the list. We guess the specs, then hide models that would not fit. The guess stays cautious.
2 results
Most tools here are free.
Work & Office A step behind Gemma 3 12B, and a clear step ahead of a 3B toy model.
The default small chatbot for 2026. Quick, capable, and easy to find.
Runs in:Fits on:· needs ~5.2 GB · Free to download · License: Apache 2.0
HONEST COMPARISON
Local or cloud: Plan my garden?
Reviewed Oct 2026
- Privacy: Local winsGarden notes stay local
- Cost: Cloud winsA planner subscription replaces a lot of guesswork
- Quality: Cloud winsSpacing and dates are the planner's job
- Ease: Cloud winsYou see the bed, not a paragraph
Local AI
A local chat can draft a planting idea. A garden planner draws the bed.
- Your garden notes stay on your computer
- Good for a plant list and a rough calendar
Where it falls short
- It does not draw a bed to scale
- Frost dates and spacing are easy to get wrong
Cloud & apps
Garden planners know spacing, sun and the calendar for your climate.
- GGardenizeAppFreemium
A journal of what you planted and how it did.
Best for: Journal
The journal is stored in the app
- GGrowVegGarden plannerPaid
Beds, spacing and planting dates for a vegetable garden.
Best for: BedsPlanting dates
- RRHS grow guidesAppFree
Plain advice on how a plant actually grows.
Best for: Plant care
Our take
Use a garden planner for the bed. A local chat is only a first list of plants.
Choose local if…
- You want a private first list
- You already know your frost dates
Choose cloud if…
- You need spacing and dates
- You are laying out beds
How to do it in 3 steps
- Open the model page and pick any app under Runs in, for example AnythingLLM, GPT4All or Jan. Each app page links to that maker's own guide.
- Open the Qwen3 8B page and check the traffic light for a few kinds of computer.
- Follow that official guide. This site does not add its own install steps.
Questions
- Does this upload my files?
- The local tools on this page don't upload your files. The cloud options in the comparison do.
- What does it cost?
- Most options are free. A few apps are a one-time purchase, and a few models need a computer with more memory.
- What if it will not fit?
- Use Check my computer, or turn on the lighter memory filters. A red light on the model page means the file is too big.
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