Can I promote my own product or tool here?
The rule named Limit Self-Promotion says to keep it under ten percent of your content and disclose your affiliation clearly, so yes but only within those limits.
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r/LocalLLaMA rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/LocalLLaMA: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 827,388
- Verified
- September 18, 2026
- Category
- AI builders, operators, and researchers
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Please search before asking: Before posting a question, please spend a reasonable amount of time searching for existing questions that may provide an answer.
- Off-Topic Posts: Posts must be related to Llama or the topic of LLMs.
- Low Effort Posts: - Asking questions is allowed, but follow Rule 1. Low effort posts may be removed. - LLM based bots posing as humans are strictly not allowed. - Completely/primarily LLM generated copy, code is not allowed. - Only exception is for non-native, non-English speakers who may use LLMs to translate/refine their post. When used, poster must make LLM use transparent and clear
- Limit Self-Promotion: - The 1/10th rule is a good guideline: self-promotion should not be more than 10% of your content. - Affiliation must be disclosed: No engagement farming, No “I found this..”, etc.
- Follow Reddit's Content Policy: Please remember to follow Reddit's Content Policy.
Works well
- A detailed question about running a specific Llama model on consumer hardware, written in plain human language with no AI assistance.
- A first-person story about a problem you solved while hosting an LLM locally, with your affiliation disclosed if you work on a related product.
- A comparison of two local inference engines based on your own benchmarks, shared as a community resource rather than a product pitch.
- An answer to someone else's question that draws on your real experience, with a brief disclosed mention of your tool only if it is directly relevant.
Avoid
- Posting questions without searching the subreddit first, since this breaks the rule named Please search before asking.
- Sharing content that is not about Llama or LLMs, which falls under the Off-Topic Posts rule.
- Letting an AI write your post for you, because the Low Effort Posts rule bans LLM generated copy and code unless you are translating as a non-native speaker and disclose it.
- Promoting your own work without disclosing your affiliation, which the Limit Self-Promotion rule calls out directly.
- Letting self-promotion creep past ten percent of your total posts, since the rule says the 1/10th rule is a good guideline.
- Posting as an LLM based bot pretending to be a human, which the Low Effort Posts rule says is strictly not allowed.
What r/LocalLLaMA Is For
This community is for discussing locally hostable AI. The public description says it is a subreddit to discuss locally hostable AI, and the rules narrow that to posts related to Llama or the topic of LLMs. People who post here are interested in running large language models on their own hardware or infrastructure.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule named Please search before asking matters because it sets a minimum bar for effort before you ever post. The rule named Off-Topic Posts matters because anything unrelated to Llama or LLMs gets removed. The rule named Low Effort Posts matters because it bans LLM generated copy and code, bans LLM based bots posing as humans, and lets moderators remove posts they consider low effort. The rule named Limit Self-Promotion matters because it applies the 1/10th rule and requires you to disclose any affiliation, with no engagement farming allowed.
What To Post
A good post here is a genuine question or insight about running Llama models or working with LLMs locally, written in your own words. If you are a founder with a tool or project related to local LLM hosting, you can share it as long as you disclose your affiliation clearly and keep that kind of content under ten percent of everything you post. The best approach is to participate as a real human who has searched the subreddit first and has something specific to add to the conversation.
What To Avoid
Do not post without searching first, because the rule named Please search before asking expects you to look for existing answers. Do not post anything unrelated to Llama or LLMs, since the Off-Topic Posts rule will catch it. Do not post LLM generated copy or code, because the Low Effort Posts rule bans it, and do not run an LLM based bot posing as a human. Do not self-promote beyond ten percent of your content, and never hide your affiliation, because the Limit Self-Promotion rule calls that out as engagement farming.
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Common questions about r/LocalLLaMA
Can I use an AI to help write my post?
No, the Low Effort Posts rule says completely or primarily LLM generated copy and code is not allowed, with the only exception being translation for non-native English speakers who must disclose it.
Can I post using an AI bot that acts like a person?
No, the Low Effort Posts rule says LLM based bots posing as humans are strictly not allowed.
Do I need to search before asking a question?
The rule named Please search before asking says to spend a reasonable amount of time searching for existing questions first, so you should search thoroughly before posting.
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