How-to

How-to guides

Step-by-step guides for installing Outlier and running local models on your Mac.

How to download an Outlier model tierTrigger the Hugging Face pull for any tier from inside the app.
How to draft shell scripts with the Nano tierLightweight zsh and bash one-liners generated locally on machines with as little as 6 GB of unified memory.
How to free up disk space for large local modelsThe Plus tier is 209 GB. Strategies for finding the room without losing your real data.
How to install Outlier on a MacStep-by-step install for the signed Outlier DMG on macOS 12+ Apple Silicon.
How to keep prompts private on a MacWhy local-only inference is the default for Outlier, and how to verify nothing is leaving the device.
How to review a pull request without sending code to the cloudUse the Code mode in Outlier to scan a PR diff and surface issues without round-tripping to a hosted API.
How to run a local coding assistant on a MacUse the Code-tuned variant of the Core model for code review and refactor without a network round-trip.
How to set up the Outlier companion windowAlways-on-top mini chat that reads the active app context.
How to upgrade to Outlier ProPro adds everything: all six tiers including Plus 397B. Free is Nano + Lite. Founders Lifetime is $249.
How to write unit tests with a local AI modelUse the Lite or Core tier for focused unit-test scaffolding without sending the function under test to a cloud API.

Outlier runs entirely on your Mac. No prompts leave the device. macOS 12+ on Apple Silicon (arm64). Back to home.

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