Perplexity's Portable Computer package runs locally on an Nvidia DGX Spark or a Linux computer with an RTX card carrying at least 24 GB of video memory. The company says local work consumes no billing credits. The package includes Qwen 3.8 27B and PPLX 27B; Linux access is limited to specified subscribers. A hybrid mode hands difficult steps to Claude Opus 5.
Perplexity released Portable Computer, an agent package that runs entirely locally on an Nvidia DGX Spark or a Linux computer with an RTX graphics card carrying at least 24 GB of video memory. The company says local work therefore consumes no billing credits.[1]
The package includes Qwen 3.8 27B and PPLX 27B, Perplexity's post-trained variant. Subscribers on Pro, Max and the two Enterprise plans can use the Linux release now. The company's timetable places Windows support in September 2026.[1]
The company also offers a separate hybrid mode that hands the hardest steps to Claude Opus 5. This is a different work path from the package that keeps operations local. The announcement does not detail which steps are routed to that mode or its cost. The local-operation claim in the Portable Computer report covers work running on the specified Linux and Nvidia hardware. The hybrid mode is a separate option showing that not every path keeps work local; the report does not present the two paths as interchangeable. Perplexity's Portable Computer package runs locally on qualifying Linux and Nvidia hardware. The company says this work consumes no billing credits, while access remains limited to specified subscription plans and hardware requirements. This briefing keeps together the actor, reported scope and stated uncertainties of the event described by the source. It adds no separate development, definite outcome or comparison absent from that source; the headline isolates only this event.[1]
