Polaris OS

Self-hosted AI appliance for any Optiplex or mini-PC

First image baking now · expected later today

Flash one USB. Boot any old Optiplex. Get a private AI box on your network — cloud-key fallback (Anthropic / OpenAI / Gemini) plus the upcoming Polaris Core local model. Configure via your phone's browser at polaris.local:8080.

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What's in the box

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base, headless — no monitor required
FastAPI wizard backend, 12-module browser setup flow
Real API key testing (live Anthropic/OpenAI/Gemini model lists)
Tailscale + Ollama pre-installed
Network probe + UPnP for easy remote access
Auto-restart via systemd

How to use (once the image lands)

# Linux/macOS
sudo dd if=polaris-os-v0.0.1.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress
sync

# Then plug the USB into any Optiplex, boot, and visit:
http://polaris.local:8080

Polaris Core (local model, coming soon)

A custom QLoRA fine-tune of Qwen 2.5 7B trained on the maintainer's repos, memory, and Polaris docs — ships as a ~4.5 GB GGUF via Ollama. Training data is built (~15k examples, 42% custom voice). One GPU rental away from a usable model.

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