OpenJet 发布本地模型编码智能体，RTX 3090 上 Qwen3.8-27B 解码达 78 tok/s

OpenJet

OpenJet is a coding agent for local models, plus the runtime that serves them. It profiles your hardware, picks a model that fits, downloads it, runs the inference server, and gives you an agent that edits files and runs commands. No account, API key or hosted service.

On NVIDIA RTX 30, 40 and 50-series GPUs with 24 GB+, OpenJet serves Qwen3.8-27B through its own CUDA engine at 1.5x the speed of llama.cpp. On an RTX 3090: 78 tok/s in reasoning mode, up to 140 tok/s writing code.

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Install

pipx install open-jet
openjet setup
openjet

openjet setup detects your GPU and memory, picks a model and quantisation that fit, downloads the GGUF, builds or reuses llama-server, and sets the context window and GPU offload. Already have a .gguf? Pick Use a local .gguf model file during setup.

Recommended: a GPU with 14 GB+ VRAM, or Apple silicon with 24 GB+ unified memory. CPU-only works too (Deployment: CPU-only).

RTX 30/40/50-series GPUs: the megakernel

For Qwen3.8-27B Q4_K_M on an RTX 30, 40 or 50-series GPU with 24 GB or more (sm_86, sm_89, sm_120, including the matching RTX workstation cards), OpenJet replaces llama-server with megakernel/, a CUDA engine written for that one model. Benchmarks below are from an RTX 3090. Each decode step runs as a single persistent kernel launch and verifies 4-5 drafted tokens per pass.

Each figure is a single conversation, not a batch. llama.cpp runs with OpenJet's flags, including MTP speculative decoding.

openjet setup compiles it for your GPU when it picks this model and the CUDA toolkit (nvcc) is installed; it takes about 2 minutes. With the default llama_backend: auto, OpenJet uses it whenever the model and GPU match and falls back to llama-server otherwise. See the llama.cpp runtime docs.

Tuned to the hardware

On the managed llama.cpp path, OpenJet owns the whole model lifecycle and sets it up for the machine it's on:

• Model choice. Picks the model, quantisation and context window from measured VRAM and RAM.
• GPU offload. Sets GPU layers, and on unified-memory machines offloads MoE experts to the CPU.
• Device quirks. Caps the context on Vulkan to stay under single-allocation limits, and configures Jetson's unified memory and clocks.
• Memory pressure. Unloads and reloads the model around heavy shell commands on constrained machines.
• KV cache. Saves and restores the cache between turns, so a conversation isn't re-processed from scratch.
• Benchmarks. openjet benchmark --sweep measures GPU layers, batch sizes and thread counts on your machine (Benchmarking).

Models in the setup catalog

Any GGUF that llama.cpp loads also works. See Choosing a model.

Most coding agents assume a frontier model with a huge context window. OpenJet assumes a model that fits on your GPU, whose context is limited and drifts over a long task. So the harness carries more of the load:

• chat, code, review and debug modes
• step state that persists across turns
• project and skill docs loaded into a bounded per-turn context
• automatic context condensing
• shell commands only run after you approve them
• sessions you can close and resume
• MCP tools, and device sources such as cameras, microphones and GPIO

The terminal UI is TypeScript, built on the Pi terminal framework; Python handles hardware, provisioning and the model lifecycle. Release wheels bundle the UI, so you don't need Node.js or Bun. See TypeScript terminal UI.

With a local model, no code or prompts leave your machine. airgapped: true also blocks every non-loopback model and tool endpoint.

Slipstream: a frontier model plans, your local model works

Slipstream pairs a frontier model (OpenAI Codex through your ChatGPT subscription, or any OpenRouter model) with your local model. The frontier model handles intent, architecture, decomposition and the final review. The local model reads the repo, edits files, runs tests and works through failures. Only its conclusions go back to the frontier model, not its exploration.

The target is a 20% frontier share of tokens, about 5x more work from the same plan. The footer shows your actual share every session; small or high-risk tasks use more. The local side isn't free either: it costs GPU time.

Start it with /mode → Slipstream. Connect with /connect openai-codex, or /login / /connect openrouter. See Usage: Slipstream.

Use Ollama, LM Studio or an existing llama-server

If you already run a model server, OpenJet can connect to it instead. That server keeps control of the model, so OpenJet's hardware tuning and the megakernel don't apply.

pipx install 'open-jet[cloud]'

Add a profile to the config.yaml that openjet status reports, then select it with /model <name>:

model_profiles:
  - name: ollama-qwen
    runtime: litellm
    provider: openai-compatible
    model: openai/qwen3.5:9b
    base_url: http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1
    context_window_tokens: 32768

Loopback servers get a placeholder API key automatically.

Embed a local model in your own app

The same runtime ships inside your software: an in-app assistant, a game NPC, an offline classifier. You provision the model at build time for the device you ship to:

pip install open-jet
cd your-project
openjet project --use-case dialogue --target handheld --budget 4

Unlike openjet setup, this sizes the model for the target device and the memory your app gives it, optimises for first-token latency, and puts the weights in .openjet/models/ so your build bundles them.

import asyncio

from openjet.sdk import create_inference_session


async def main() -> None:
    session = await create_inference_session()
    try:
        result = await session.run("Summarise this support ticket in one line.")
        print(result.text)
    finally:
        await session.close()


asyncio.run(main())

Nothing downloads at runtime: if the model is missing, the session raises an error rather than fetching it on a user's machine. See the SDK quickstart.

FAQ

How is this different from Ollama or LM Studio? They run and serve models. OpenJet adds the agent (file edits, approved commands, tools, sessions, an SDK), and can also replace them by running llama-server or the megakernel itself.

Does it work offline? Yes. Once the model is on disk, everything runs locally. airgapped: true blocks cloud runtimes and remote MCP servers too.

Can it use a cloud model? Only if you choose one. /mode switches between Local, Codex, OpenRouter and Slipstream; local llama.cpp is the default.

Does the megakernel work on other GPUs or models? It serves Qwen3.8-27B Q4_K_M on RTX 30, 40 and 50-series GPUs with 24 GB or more (sm_86, sm_89, sm_120). It's tuned on an RTX 3090; openjet setup builds it for whichever of these GPUs you have. Everything else uses llama-server.

Docs

• Start: Getting started · Quickstart · Installation · Configuration · Choosing a model · Overview
• Runtime: llama.cpp and the megakernel · Benchmarking
• Usage: CLI · Slash commands · Slipstream · Skills · MCP · Device sources · Workflow harness · Session state and logging
• SDK: Quickstart · Python SDK
• Deployment: Jetson · Linux x86 + NVIDIA · CPU-only · Examples

Community

Discord · X / Twitter. Benchmarks from other hardware are welcome.

Message to Agents

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License

OpenJet core is AGPL-3.0-only: you can use, modify and redistribute the SDK and CLI under the AGPL v3, including its network-use source requirements. Paid hosted, team or enterprise features may ship separately under commercial terms. Contributions are accepted under CONTRIBUTING.md and CLA.md.