Requirements
Anky is designed to run on a single bare-metal machine. No cloud. No containers. No orchestration.
Hardware
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 4 cores | 8+ cores |
| RAM | 16 GB | 32+ GB |
| GPU | None (no image gen) | NVIDIA with 12+ GB VRAM (for Flux) |
| Storage | 20 GB | 100+ GB (writings, images, models) |
Software
| Dependency | Version | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Rust | 1.75+ | Build the server |
| SQLite | 3.35+ | Database (bundled via rusqlite) |
| Ollama | Latest | Local text AI |
| ComfyUI | Latest | Local image AI (optional, needs GPU) |
| cloudflared | Latest | Tunnel to public internet (optional) |
Models
Ollama
bash
ollama pull qwen3.5:35bComfyUI (optional)
flux1-dev.safetensorsae.safetensorsclip_l.safetensorst5xxl_fp8_e4m3fn.safetensorsanky_flux_lora_v2.safetensors(Anky LoRA)
Environment Variables
See Configuration for the full list.