Local LLM Challenges: A Glimpse into Running ClawdBot on a Mac Mini

This article chronicles an attempt to run the ClawdBot, an intriguing AI Agent, on a Mac Mini with a local Large Language Model (LLM). It offers valuable insights for anyone exploring local LLM deployments, highlighting practical considerations when working with limited resources. The experience provides a real-world perspective on the feasibility of such setups.

• •The author attempted to run ClawdBot, an AI Agent, on a Mac mini with 16GB RAM.
• •The project used the Qwen3:8B LLM and Ollama for the LLM runtime.
• •The article highlights the challenges of running local LLMs on resource-constrained hardware and suggests using cloud-based APIs.