TL;DR I tested GitHub Copilot CLI running offline with local models on a CPU-only Microsoft Dev Box. The short version: Ollama worked for basic offline prompts, but struggled with long-context agentic workflows and tool execution on CPU-only hardware. LM Studio worked better as the local OpenAI-compatible provider. google/gemma-4-e2b successfully executed Copilot CLI PowerShell tools. 32K … Continue reading Running GitHub Copilot CLI Offline with Local Models: A CPU-Only Reality Check