{
  "id": 3340227,
  "title": "JetBrains local model won't cost any tokens, but needs a $2,700 Mac mini to run it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/jetbrains-local-model-wont-cost-any-tokens-but-needs-a-2-700-mac-mini",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T20:16:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AppleInsider",
    "slug": "appleinsider",
    "url": "https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/25/jetbrains-local-model-wont-cost-any-tokens-but-needs-a-2700-mac-mini-to-run-it"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple just announced the Mac mini with M5 Pro and you'll need one with 64GB of RAM to run the Junie Local model, a free 27B parameter coding agent that compares to Sonnet 4.5 or GPT-5. Junie Local needs a powerful Mac to run, but doesn't cost any tokens JetBrains developed Junie as a coding agent that runs on your Mac and calls out to models the user chose. That always required some configuration…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}