# DwarfStar releases ds4 for running large language models locally

> The creator of Redis offers ds4, a C‑based engine that lets high‑memory Macs and GPU machines run DeepSeek, GLM and Qwen models on‑device.

Oossa · 2026-10-02 · https://oossa.com/en/dwarfstar-releases-ds4-for-running-large-language-models-locally

Antirez, the creator of Redis, announced ds4 on Oct 2 2026. The tool is a narrow C inference engine that runs frontier‑weight models like DeepSeek V4, GLM 5.x and Qwen 3.8 on high‑memory Macs, CUDA or ROCm machines. It uses asymmetric 2‑bit quantization and can stream KV cache to SSD, letting long prompts survive restarts. ds4 provides a CLI, a local HTTP API and a native coding agent that all share the same model state.

## The facts

- Announced Oct 2 2026 – "Fri Oct 02 2026 20:01:16 GMT+0200"
- Supports DeepSeek V4/V4.1, GLM 5.x and Qwen 3.8 models under an MIT license

## Why it matters

Developers can run powerful LLMs on their own hardware without relying on remote APIs, reducing latency and data‑privacy concerns.

## Sources & references

1. [From the creator of Redis; run LLM locally with ds4](https://dwarfstar.sh/) – Hacker News, 2026-10-02

Last updated: 2026-10-02