Muse Glimmer
3 storiesMuse Glimmer is a locally run chat model. Recent discussion on r/LocalLLaMA praised it for natural, non-generic conversation and called it a strong local chat model, while users in the same community said the open-source k2 horizon models, in 7B and 3.7B sizes, outperform Muse Glimmer at smaller sizes and asked whether others had tested them.
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Users on LocalLLaMA praise Muse Glimmer for natural, non-generic conversation, calling it a strong local chat model, while also experimenting with Qwen 3.8 27B for coding tasks.
A Reddit thread highlights the open-source k2 horizon models, with users claiming the 7B (and 3.7B) variants outperform muse glimmer at smaller sizes and noting the project's fully open release. The community asks whether others have tested them and suggests they could be a milestone if validated.
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