Anvil
A private AI assistant application that runs entirely locally on the iPhone, integrating chat and image generation models. It can complete tasks such as conversation, voice, and notes without the cloud.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Anvil is a private AI assistant that runs entirely on an iPhone, built by developer Nathan, who shared his experience in the DEV community.
Anvil's chat feature uses the Gemma 4 E2B model, executed through the LiteRT LM runtime.
Anvil adopts a runtime switching strategy: it dynamically loads the corresponding model according to the user's current operation and unloads it when done, because the two models cannot reside in memory at the same time.
Anvil requires an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, because the memory of older devices cannot support running the two models.
Anvil is currently in public testing on TestFlight, and Beta testers can use Anvil Pro for free.
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Anvil is a private AI assistant that runs entirely on an iPhone, built by developer Nathan, who shared his experience in the DEV community.
50%UnverifiedAnvil's chat feature uses the Gemma 4 E2B model, executed through the LiteRT LM runtime.
50%UnverifiedAnvil adopts a runtime switching strategy: it dynamically loads the corresponding model according to the user's current operation and unloads it when done, because the two models cannot reside in memory at the same time.
50%UnverifiedAnvil requires an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, because the memory of older devices cannot support running the two models.
50%UnverifiedAnvil is currently in public testing on TestFlight, and Beta testers can use Anvil Pro for free.
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