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Bonsai
★2,138
1-bit models small enough for phones, with vision and tools in the demo.
Why it matters
Local models usually lose quality when they get small enough for real devices. Bonsai pushes 1-bit and ternary weights far enough that an 8B fits around a gigabyte and the newer 27B line adds vision, tool calling, and long context. The useful change is edge deployment that still looks like a modern assistant stack, not a toy chat demo.
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