How to use Local Models to monitor your screen. Open Source, No Install and Completely Free!!
Summary
Observer, an open-source app that lets local LLMs monitor your screen and send notifications, now supports no-install in-browser model downloads (Qwen3.5-0.8b via transformers.js) plus a desktop llama.cpp build. The update makes local AI screen monitoring accessible in about 10 seconds without any setup.
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