INindigodaddy·Mar 25, 2026Submission
Llumen – A lightweight but powerful LLM chat application
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llumen
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llumen
🕯️ A lightweight but powerful LLM chat application
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What it is
🕯️ A lightweight but powerful LLM chat application
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This week on Hacker News
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Observed mentions: 2025-09-27 16:44:57 UTC to 2026-03-25 15:42:44 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Sep 22 | 2025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | 2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | 2025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | 2025-10-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | 2025-10-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | 2025-10-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | 2025-11-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 2025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | 2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | 2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 1 | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 8 | 2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 15 | 2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 22 | 2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 | 2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 5 | 2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 12 | 2026-01-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19 | 2026-01-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 26 | 2026-01-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2 | 2026-02-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 9 | 2026-02-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16 | 2026-02-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 23 | 2026-02-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2 | 2026-03-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 9 | 2026-03-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 16 | 2026-03-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 23 | 2026-03-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-30 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesShow HN: Llumen – Lightweight LLM chat app that runs in <1s with OpenRouter
Hey HN, I've been tinkering with self-hosting LLMs and got frustrated with bloated setups needing a dozen API keys for chat, search, OCR, and more. So I built llumen: a dead-simple, full-stack chat web app that gets you chatting with models out-of-the-box.
Why it might interest you:
- <b>Effortless Start</b>: Drop in a single OpenRouter API key—no juggling endpoints. Docker image or binaries ready for Linux/Windows (prebuilts on release).
- <b>Blazing Fast & Tiny</b>: Boots in under 1s, <100MB disk.
- <b>Smart Features</b>: Markdown with code/math rendering, normal chat mode, web-search integration and WIP agentic/deep-research modes.
- <b>Opensource</b>: MPL 2.0 licensed. Screenshots and a quick demo GIF in the README to see it in action.
Quick Docker spin-up:
<pre><code>docker run -it --rm -e API_KEY="your-key" -p 80:80 -v $(pwd)/data:/
Read the rest
data ghcr.io/pinkfuwa/llumen:latest</code></pre>
Default login: admin / P@88w0rd.