Show HN: Local Motion – Use Cursor Agents and Chat with a Local LLM

Category: devtools

Tags: local-llm, cursor-integration, vscode-extension

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

Local Motion is a VS Code/Cursor extension that allows developers to run local LLMs for coding assistance, automatically selecting and managing compatible models for Mac. It innovatively combines model selection, memory management, and tunnel-based Cursor integration into a single switch, offering a practical bridge between local privacy and cloud-connected IDEs. Its sophisticated handling of memory budgets, GGUF quantization ranking, and Cursor's private-network block makes it a compelling tool for privacy-conscious AI-assisted development.

Target audience: backend devs, frontend devs, ai-engineers

Repository: https://github.com/mattmireles/local-motion · TypeScript · MIT

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