Added direct model downloads right from the UI in Anubis OSS - if anyone would help test that would be great

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Summary

Anubis OSS, an Apple Silicon Mac app for benchmarking local LLMs, now supports direct model downloads from the UI via a 'Browse Models' button that pulls from ollama.com library. The developer is seeking testers to confirm installation and functionality.

I developed and maintain Anubis OSS, an Apple Silicon Mac app for benchmarking local LLMs. Mostly built around Ollama (also handles LM Studio, MLX, and Apple Intelligence if you've got those). Just published a Homebrew Cask tap and want to make sure it works cleanly before calling it stable. If you've got a Mac and a minute, either of these will install the signed + notarized v3.6 build: Homebrew (new): brew install --cask uncsoft/anubis/anubis-oss Direct download: Releases page. Grab Anubis-OSS-3.6.zip, unzip, drag to /Applications. What I'm hoping to hear back: \* Did it install without Gatekeeper drama? \* Does it auto-detect your running Ollama on first launch? \* \*\*Does the new "Browse Models" toolbar button actually pull up the ollama.com library? (you should be able to pull any model right from the dashboard without leaving the app)\*\* "Works on my M-whatever" is plenty of signal. If anything breaks, what chip + what step. Repo: https://github.com/uncSoft/anubis-oss Free, GPL-3.0, no telemetry, no account required. Leaderboards: https://devpadapp.com/leaderboard.html I am working with LLM developers do they can gauge and tweak performance of their models, the \[dataset is opensource\](https://devpadapp.com/explorer.html) over 400 runs submitted so far. Also have an \[analysis\](https://uncsoft.github.io/anubis-oss/analysis.html) site I'm working on.
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