# Why and How to Run Local Models in Zed

DevFeed: [Why and How to Run Local Models in Zed](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-and-how-to-run-local-models-in-zed-13513.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/local-ai-in-zed>)

Author: Cameron Mcloughlin

Published: 2026-05-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Local AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/local-ai.md>), [LLMs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llms.md>), [llama.cpp](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llama-cpp.md>), [Ollama](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ollama.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [llama](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llama.md>), [llama-cpp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llama-cpp.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [local-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local-ai.md>), [ollama](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ollama.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains why developers may choose local models in Zed, focusing on privacy, cost, control, and availability. It also discusses their limitations compared with cloud-hosted frontier models and introduces setup guidance.

## Source excerpt

You can run local AI models in Zed to get better performance and control over your data. Here's how.