DJEANGO TECHDJEANGO TECHThe Self-Hosted LLM Kit: stop renting intelligence. Pick the parts, deploy it anywhere, and build an AI that actually remembers you.
Every prompt goes to someone else's server. Every limit is theirs to set. Every price change lands on your card. There's another way, and it's more within reach than the long vague videos make it look. You run a capable open model on hardware you choose, keep your data on your own machine, and stop paying rent on intelligence. This kit is the whole path, from picking parts to an assistant that knows you, with every single command explained in plain English.
Straight talk: swapping one $20 subscription is close to break-even on dollars. The win there is privacy and no limits. The money case gets loud when more than one person, or more than one tool, shares the box. Assumes The Starter build ($600) plus about $5 a month in power; the guide teaches you to run these numbers for your own setup.
Answer six quick questions. Get a fit score, the exact models your hardware can run today, and the single cheapest upgrade that unlocks the next level. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Slide through what each tier actually hands you. Every tier includes everything before it.
Each tier includes everything before it and adds one real new capability. Start where you are, upgrade when you're ready.
What it does, what you should see when it works, and what to do if you don't. If a step says open your terminal, we show you how on Mac and Windows.
The deploy playbook follows an actual build on a live server, not a theory. Where a step depends on your provider or hardware, the guide says so instead of pretending.
Copy-paste docker-compose, systemd services, config packs, and prompt packs. You run them, you don't retype them.
The top tier moves you from a chatbot to an assistant that remembers your documents and your days, with the vector database set up for you.
A private assistant that drafts listings and answers from your own paperwork, without sending client data to anyone.
Turn one long video into a week of shorts, batch your hooks, and never hit a monthly usage cap again.
An operator that reads your docs, drafts your replies, and runs on a server that costs less than one subscription seat.
No. If you can follow a recipe, you can do this. Every command has plain-English lines around it, and there are no assumed steps. Plenty of buyers hand it to a friend who tinkers.
It depends on how you use it, and the guide is honest about that. Swapping one subscription is close to break-even on dollars, and the win is privacy and no limits. The real savings show up when more than one person shares the box.
Start where you are. If you've never run a model, Builder. If you want it online and working, Operator. If you want it on every machine, Architect. If you want the whole thing with memory, The Full Stack. Each tier upgrades cleanly into the next.
They will, fast. That's why the guides carry verify-before-you-buy notes, and why paid tiers get refreshed. The Full Stack gets free updates for life.
Run the free Fit Check and find out in two minutes before you spend a dollar. It even tells you the single cheapest upgrade that unlocks a bigger model.
Pick the step you're on and start today. You can upgrade to the next tier whenever you're ready, and your files are always in your Gumroad library.