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AI · June 26, 2024

Code to run Gemini (Nano) locally on desktop/Chrome

Chrome Canary (nightly build for devs) now has Gemini LLM inbuilt. This is just some simple code/demo to enable and use that feature.

Code to run Gemini (Nano) locally on desktop/Chrome launched on June 26, 2024 with 22 votes, #866 of 4,672 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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In plain words

This project provides sample code and demonstrations for running Google's Gemini Nano language model locally within Chrome Canary, the nightly developer build of Chrome. It enables developers to access the built-in Gemini LLM functionality through simple code examples. The tool is designed for developers who want to experiment with running AI models directly in their browser without external API calls.

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From the sources

Run Gemini Nano locally on chrome. Contribute to notnotrishi/chromenano development by creating an account on GitHub.

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