Athanor Lite 0.1.0
First public release of Athanor Lite — a free, local, private AI desktop app for Windows.
What it does
- Hardware dashboard — live GPU/CPU/memory meters, VRAM power ring, built-in speed benchmark
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- Model browser — curated catalog with honest fit verdicts computed from your GPU. Resumable, checksum-verified downloads
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- Library — manage installed models, one-click chat launch, disk cleanup
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- Ollama adoption — finds your existing Ollama models and adopts them in place (hard links, zero re-download)
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- Private by construction — models run locally via managed llama.cpp. No account, no cloud, no telemetry
Downloads
| File | Type |
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Athanor.Lite_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe |
NSIS installer (recommended) |
Athanor.Lite_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi |
MSI installer |
Both installers are code-signed by Black Box Analytics LLC via Microsoft Trusted Signing.
Requirements
- Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
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- WebView2 Runtime (ships with Windows 11)
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- NVIDIA GPU recommended; CPU-only works but slower
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- Ollama (optional, for adopting existing models)