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Parsaa’s Local provider connects to any OpenAI-compatible server running on your Mac, so inference happens on-device with no network calls. Your code never leaves your machine.
The Local provider is configured under Settings → Models → Custom Providers. No API key is required — you only point Parsaa at the local endpoint. The default base URL is http://localhost:1234/v1.

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LM Studio

1

Install LM Studio

Download LM Studio from lmstudio.ai.
2

Download a model

Browse the catalog and download a coding-focused model.
3

Start the local server

Open the Local Server tab and start it. LM Studio serves an OpenAI-compatible API (default http://localhost:1234/v1).
4

Configure Parsaa

In Settings → Models → Custom Providers, select the Local provider and confirm the base URL matches LM Studio.
5

Select the model

Choose the local model from the picker. All inference runs on-device.

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Ollama

1

Install Ollama

Download Ollama from ollama.com.
2

Pull a model

ollama pull qwen2.5-coder
3

Confirm the endpoint

Ollama exposes an OpenAI-compatible API at http://localhost:11434/v1.
4

Configure Parsaa

In Settings → Models → Custom Providers, select the Local provider and set the base URL to Ollama’s endpoint.
5

Select the model

Choose your local model from the picker.

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Hardware Recommendations

Apple Silicon with 16GB+ RAM is recommended. Larger models (13B+) benefit from 32GB+. Apple’s unified memory makes M-series chips well-suited to local inference.
Model SizeMinimum RAMRecommended RAM
7B parameters8 GB16 GB
13B parameters16 GB32 GB
34B+ parameters32 GB64 GB

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Privacy

With a local model, requests never touch the network — everything runs on your Mac. This suits:
  • Proprietary codebases that can’t leave the organization
  • Regulated industries with data-residency requirements
  • Air-gapped environments with no internet access
Local models trade some capability for privacy. Frontier cloud models generally produce higher-quality results on complex tasks. Choose based on your privacy needs and the difficulty of the work.