Privacy Policy
MiniLLM is local-first: models and chats stay on your machine. This policy explains the limited cases where the network or this website is involved — including advertising cookies on the site.
Local-first design
MiniLLM mainly runs models and the OpenAI-compatible server on your own computer. Prompts, chat history, images you send, and model outputs are processed by llama-server locally and are not uploaded to Bashige.
Data we do not collect
- No account, no registration, no telemetry/analytics SDK in the app.
- No upload of your conversations, prompts, or images to any Bashige server.
- No sale of personal data. The desktop app ships no ad SDKs; this website may display ads — see Advertising & cookies.
- The official website does not require login and does not intentionally collect personal information beyond ordinary web-server request logs hosted by your provider.
When the network is used
Network access occurs only when you ask the app to:
| Trigger | Purpose | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| Install / Update | Download llama.cpp builds (CPU/CUDA/Vulkan/SYCL/ROCm/OpenVINO/ARM64) | Normal HTTP(S) GET request |
| Certificate refresh | Refresh root certificates on new PCs | Certificate download only |
| Model download | If you fetch GGUF/mmproj from external sources | Per the model host's logs |
llama.cpp or models requires Internet access; everything else stays local.Local configuration
Settings are stored on your device at:
%APPDATA%/MiniLLM/config.json
It remembers installed version, model directory, model file, server parameters (host, port, n_ctx, n_gpu_layers, threads, slots, API key if you set one), and sampling parameters. You can delete this file to clear all app state.
Website & downloads
- Official domain: https://minillm.bashige.com/
- Downloads are static files served over HTTPS; your hosting provider may keep standard access logs (IP, time, path, user-agent) per their own policy.
- If you email bashigestudio@mail.ru, that address and message content are used only to reply to you.
- Prefer official builds only; see Terms §4 Official downloads.
LAN & API security
- Default host
127.0.0.1→ reachable only from this PC (safest). - If you set
0.0.0.0, anyone who can reach your port may call the API — always set API key and allow only the chosen TCP port in Windows Firewall. - Never port-forward the llama-server to the public Internet without authentication and TLS termination.
Third-party licenses
MiniLLM may download or invoke third-party open-source components such as llama.cpp and does not bundle model weights. Those projects and any models you choose are governed by their own privacy and license terms — see Third-party licenses.
Your choices
- Stay offline after install: llama.cpp and models already on disk work without further downloads.
- Delete
%APPDATA%/MiniLLM/config.jsonto erase saved settings. - Uninstall llama.cpp from the Install tab; remove MiniLLM.exe (it is portable, no registry residue by design).
- Use
127.0.0.1only, to keep the API private. - Opt out of personalized ads — see Advertising & cookies.
Contact & changes
Questions about this policy: bashigestudio@mail.ru. We may update this page when the product changes; the effective date above will be revised. Continued use after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Advertising & cookies
This policy covers both the MiniLLM app and this website. The desktop app does not load ads. The website may display ads as follows:
- This website may use Google AdSense to display ads. Google and its partners may use cookies (including cookies in DoubleClick DART) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or learn more at aboutads.info and Google's Ads Technology Policies.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website. Google's advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visit.
- We do not sell personal data. Ad measurement and personalization are handled by Google under Google's Privacy Policy.
- The MiniLLM desktop app itself does not load ads and does not use advertising cookies.