r/LocalLLaMA rules, stats, and what to post

This is a community for people who discuss locally hostable AI. The description says it plainly, it is a subreddit to discuss locally hostable AI, and it opens with a friendly hi william, which tells you the tone is casual even though the rules are strict. The people here care about running large language models on their own hardware, so you will find hobbyists, developers, and builders who test models, share setups, and ask technical questions. Rule 2 makes the scope clear, posts must be related to Llama or the topic of LLMs, so anything outside that world does not belong here.

Four rules decide your fate here. “Off-Topic Posts” means your post must relate to Llama or the topic of LLMs, so a general marketing post with no AI angle gets removed. “Please search before asking” means you look for existing answers before you post a question. “Low Effort Posts” is the one that catches most founders, because it bans LLM-generated copy and code, and it only allows LLM use for non-native English speakers who are translating or refining a post, and even then the poster must make that LLM use transparent and clear. “Limit Self-Promotion” points to the 1/10th rule, which means self-promotion should not be more than 10 percent of your content, and it requires that affiliation be disclosed, with no engagement farming and no fake “I found this” framing. “Follow Reddit's Content Policy” is the baseline that applies everywhere.

A good post here is genuinely about locally hostable AI or LLMs, and it shows real effort. If you built something, like a tool that helps people run models locally, you can share it, but say clearly that it is yours and make sure most of your activity in the community is normal participation, not promotion. If you have a question, search first, then ask something specific that shows you did your homework. Write the post yourself in your own words, because this community explicitly does not want LLM-written content. Technical detail, honest benchmarks, and real experience from running models on your own setup fit the room well.

The fastest way to get removed is posting off-topic content, so keep everything tied to LLMs or locally hosted AI. Do not ask a question without searching first, because the rules allow questions but expect you to have looked for existing answers. Never post copy or code that an LLM wrote, and never use an LLM to pose as a human, because bots pretending to be people are strictly not allowed. The single exception is if you are a non-native English speaker using an LLM to translate or refine your post, and even then you must say so clearly. On the marketing side, keep self-promotion under 10 percent of your activity, always disclose that you are affiliated with the product, and never frame your own launch as something you just found. Finally, follow Reddit's Content Policy like anywhere else.

The greeting in the description, hi william, tells me this is a community with personality, but the rules show it takes quality control seriously. The ban on LLM-generated content is the strictest I have seen, and it makes sense for a crowd that builds and runs models themselves, because they can spot machine-written text a mile away. If you are a founder here, your honest voice is not just nice to have, it is basically required.