RunLocalAI

Editorial policy

This page describes how content on RunLocalAI is created, reviewed, and maintained. We publish it for transparency and as a quality contract with our readers.

Sources of truth

Every factual claim on the site comes from one of these sources:

  • The model or tool's official documentation, repository, or model card
  • Published research papers (cited)
  • Benchmarks we ran ourselves on the hardware listed in About
  • Named community benchmarks, with the source URL on every published row
  • Manufacturer specifications for hardware

Pages tag every benchmark row with its source: owner (we measured it), community (with citation), or official (vendor-published).

AI-assisted content

We use AI to help draft and structure pages — writing introductions, generating FAQs from structured data, and summarizing model cards. A human editor reviews every page before publication for technical accuracy, citation correctness, and licensing claims.

We do not auto-publish brand-new top-level pages without human approval. Routine maintenance updates (refreshing GitHub stars, adding a new benchmark to an existing page, fixing a broken link) can be applied without human review and are logged in our audit trail.

Verification cadence

Each page shows a "Last verified" date. Pages with active traffic are reviewed at least every 90 days. Stale pages (no traffic for 6+ months) are flagged for editorial decision — either refreshed or deindexed, never silently abandoned.

Corrections

If you spot an error — a wrong VRAM number, an outdated GitHub stat, a misattributed benchmark — please email us via the contact page. We correct verified errors within 7 days and add a brief correction note to the page.

Independence

Affiliate relationships and ad networks do not influence our reviews. We have never accepted payment in exchange for coverage. When we recommend a tool, model, or piece of hardware, it is because we use or have tested it. See How we make money for full disclosure.

Content removal and deindexing

We may deindex pages that:

  • Become substantially duplicative of another page (similarity threshold 75%)
  • Cover models or tools that have been deprecated or abandoned
  • Have not generated traffic for 12 months

Deindex actions are logged in our audit trail with the reason and date.