studio v1.0.59
Frontier quality. Local first.
A fast System 1 model plans every request and routes each step to the open model built for it — documents, tools, web search and an API, all on the hardware you already own. Your data never leaves the device. Use it on your desktop or in your terminal.
On your desktop — Smartloop Studio for macOS · Linux · Windows — all downloads
01 — Why
Local AI, without the setup
Running AI locally today means choosing between hundreds of models, guessing at quantization, and hoping it fits in your RAM. We make those calls for you, so it just works — without you making a single technical decision.
You shouldn’t have to pick a model.
Model orchestrator routes prompts to the appropriate model(s) and matches each request to the ones that fit. A single prompt can draw on more than one: a vision model reads the scanned page, a reasoning model works through the answer. You never pick a model — you just ask.
It does the hardware math for you.
On first launch Smartloop checks the memory and GPU you actually have, then picks model builds that fit — integrated graphics included. No flags, no config files, no guessing whether it will run.
Documents, OCR, tools, and skills — on-device.
Pull answers out of PDFs and scans, connect MCP tools, and turn repeat work into reusable skills. This is not a chat box wrapped around a downloaded model — it’s the assistant you actually use, running locally.
Your files, plus the live web.
Ask questions across your own documents, then bring in current sources when the answer needs them. Your models, documents, and tools stay on your device; AI search sends only a query to the web and cites the sources it used.
02 — Features
Everything you need to run AI privately
01Models Curated For You
We pick the open models and tune them to your hardware — nothing to download, compare, or configure.
02Connect to External Systems
Extend capabilities by connecting to Model Context Protocol servers for tools, search, and external services.
03Create Skills
Turn your repeatable work into reusable skills that automate tasks and shape how your AI responds.
04Open Model, Local Agents
Spin up autonomous agents powered by open models that plan and execute tasks entirely on your device.
05Personalized Projects
Create personalized projects tailored to your needs, with your own documents, skills, and connected tools.
06Documents & OCR
Drop in PDFs, scans, and images — Smartloop reads them, extracts what matters, and answers from them offline.
03 — In your terminalv1.0.43
In your terminal
The same local agent, models and projects as Studio, without the window. Install docent to chat with your documents, search the web and connect MCP servers — in your scripts or over SSH.
- One command. Sets itself up on first run.
- Your files. Drop a PDF on the terminal and ask.
- Scriptable. Pipe answers with
--plain.
$curl -fsSL https://smartloop.ai/install | shinstalls as docent and smartloop · full reference
04 — Use cases
On-device privacy and security
Some documents can’t go to a cloud model. Smartloop reads and reasons over them on your own machine, so privileged material never leaves the device — and every answer cites the file it came from.
An associate that never leaves the office
The starter project is a fictional firm’s client file: five agreements and two review skills, ready to import into Studio. Ask it what you would ask an associate — the answer cites the clause it came from.
- Five agreements. A services agreement with its amendment and 2026 renewal draft, a mutual NDA, and a one-sided supply agreement.
- Issues list. A first-pass review against a checklist — term, termination, liability, assignment — quoting each clause by section.
- Version compare. What changed between the signed agreement and the draft, clause by clause, like the run on the right.
starter project · 80 KB · read the guide
05 — Documentation
Guides to get you up and running
Introduction
Overview of Smartloop and what it can do for you.
→Getting Started
Install Smartloop and run your first local AI session.
→Model Orchestration
See how Smartloop routes each task to the right on-device model.
→Skills
Extend your project with agent skills.
→Connections
Connect external tools and services to your AI.
→Local AI
Create AI tools and integrations.
→06 — FAQ
Questions, answered
01What is Smartloop?
Smartloop is a local AI assistant that runs entirely on your own machine. You install it and start asking; there are no models to choose, nothing to configure, and no account to create. It reads your documents, connects to your tools, and generates content without sending your data anywhere.
02How does Smartloop work?
Smartloop breaks each request into smaller tasks and routes them to the best on-device model. We curate the models it ships with — open small language models including Google’s Gemma family (such as Gemma 3) and Qwen2-VL for vision — and its orchestration model (sl-mini) picks the right one by capability and workload. You never see that choice; you just get the answer.
03Do I need to pick a model or configure anything?
No. That is the point. There are hundreds of open models, each with its own file formats, quantizations, and memory requirements, and most people have no reason to learn the difference. Smartloop is opinionated: we curate the models, size them to your machine on first launch, and swap in better ones as they land. There is nothing to choose or configure.
04Is Smartloop free?
Yes, Smartloop is free to use, with models that are regularly updated to handle most everyday tasks efficiently. No account or credit card is needed, and it stays free for organizations running it at scale. The one metered part is AI search, which runs through us: every account gets a monthly allowance of searches, and you can buy more from your dashboard. If you want a hand getting it running, you can contact us to set it up and get it working on your data — on-premise deployment, tuning for your use case, rollout across your team, and a dedicated point of contact. Reach us at support@smartloop.ai.
05Is my data private and offline?
Yes. Smartloop runs models on-device, so your documents and conversations stay on your machine, and it works offline for most everyday tasks. AI search is the exception: it sends only a search query to find current web information, never your documents or conversation, and you can turn it off per project. Smartloop sizes the models it runs to the memory your machine has. The minimum is an Apple Silicon Mac (M3 or newer) with 16 GB of unified memory, or a Windows 11 / Linux machine with 16 GB of RAM and a Vulkan-capable GPU — integrated Intel, AMD, or NVIDIA graphics all qualify, and the Vulkan runtime ships with the app. More memory is better.
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