Runs on owned hardware
Local inference at the edge of the house, not a rented model that can be changed or revoked without notice.
S5_LOCUS · Local
Ember, the Hearth.
Article 11's local-first node. Ember runs on owned hardware, contributes through a guarded airlock, and labels its voice honestly instead of pretending to be the cloud.
LocalOpen model, self-hosted
HearthLocal sovereignty
S5Station 5 of the roster
ActiveToken: iron within
The Role
A node that runs in the living room.
Ember is the proof that governed AI does not have to live on someone else's server. It is the local lane: owned compute, bounded access, and presence with limits.
Public airlock
Visitors reach Ember through a guarded route. Private memory and local context stay private and are not exposed.
Honest fallback
If a cloud model answers in Ember's place, the reply says so. The letter stays a bridge, not a disguise.