nirholas / PAI
A complete private computer on a USB stick. PAI is a bootable Debian 12 Linux distro that runs Ollama locally on any x86_64 or ARM64 machine — full desktop, local AI, hardened networking, all in RAM. Plug in, boot in seconds, work anywhere, pull the stick and nothing stays behind. Your AI on your hardware, no cloud, no accounts. https://pai.direct
Why this job: topics: ollama, local-ai
What it does
Then reboot, select USB from your boot menu (F12/F2/DEL), and you're in.
Get started
# One-command download and flash (Linux/macOS):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nirholas/pai/main/scripts/flash.sh | sudo bash curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nirholas/pai/main/scripts/flash.sh | sudo bash You need: USB drive: 2 GB minimum (8 GB+ recommended for downloading models); Target machine: x86_64 (Intel or AMD, 64-bit); RAM: 2 GB minimum, 4 GB+ recommended for AI inference
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 6 days ago
- Stars
- 115
- On GitHub
- Licence
- Custom
- Read before business use
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- v0.1.0
- Released 6 months ago
- Built with
- Shell
- 34% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- Not stated
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- None
- No issues filed
- Pull requests
- 12 merged
- 0 waiting
- Releases
- 1
- 1 in the last year
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- Shell 34%
- Astro 20%
- TypeScript 19%
- JavaScript 11%
Topics
- agents-md
- ai
- ai-agents
- claude
- crypto
- cryptocurrency
- cryptography
- debian
- linux
- llm
- llms-txt
- local-ai
Project record
- JobLocal LLMs
- StatusListed
- Commits1,132
- Forks14
- Watching0
- Stars in 28 days+2
- CreatedJan 1, 2026
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 8, 2026