# Install llmfit with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop Find what models run on your hardware. Version 0.9.38 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:llmfit ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install llmfit ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install llmfit ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: llm/llmfit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#llmfit ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ll/llmfit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/llmfit ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/llmfit.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:llmfit - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.38 - **Source summary:** Find what models run on your hardware - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T09:24:56Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - llmfit (cli) - llmfit (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.9.38 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/AlexsJones/llmfit - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage llmfit is a terminal tool for matching large language models to a user's hardware. It detects RAM, CPU, GPU, VRAM, runtime backends, and model metadata, then scores which models are likely to run well. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in February 2026, and the release history includes v0.2.2 on February 17, 2026. The README describes the tool as a TUI and CLI for right-sizing models across quality, speed, fit, and context dimensions. By June 2026, the README described features such as an interactive TUI, classic CLI mode, multi-GPU support, mixture-of-experts handling, dynamic quantization selection, speed estimation, local runtime providers, a download manager, and hardware simulation. ### Adoption history llmfit is a young project in the local-LLM tooling wave. Its adoption is centered on users choosing between many downloadable models and runtimes, especially where the failure mode is wasting time or disk space on a model that does not fit available memory. ### How it is used Users run llmfit as an interactive TUI or use command-line recommendation modes. The tool is packaged through Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, Cargo/Python-style installers, containers, and project-provided release binaries. ### Why package nerds care llmfit matters to package nerds because it treats model selection as a local systems problem: hardware detection, packaging, binary distribution, model metadata, and runtime compatibility all intersect. It is less a model runner than a decision tool for which model package or runtime setup is practical on a given machine. ### Timeline - 2026-02-15: Public GitHub repository creation date reported by GitHub API. - 2026-02-17: v0.2.2 appeared in GitHub releases. - 2026-06-28: v0.9.34 appeared in GitHub releases. ### Related projects - The README names llmserve, llama-panel, and sympozium as sister projects. - Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX, Docker Model Runner, and LM Studio are related runtime providers listed by the project documentation. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for llmfit. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** llmfit - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - llmfit: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ll/llmfit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - llmfit: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: llm/llmfit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/llmfit: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/llmfit.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [toktop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/toktop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-tools, cli, developer-tools, llm, tui. - [crit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [llm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/llm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [rails-mcp-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rails-mcp-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [supabase-mcp-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/supabase-mcp-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [terraform-mcp-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/terraform-mcp-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai-tools, cli, developer-tools. - [cai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, llm. - [cargo-features-manager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-features-manager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, tui. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/llmfit.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/llmfit.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph