Foundry Local Monitor — See every local AI model your machine is running with Foundry Local

This article introduces Foundry Local Monitor, a Windows system tray tool built as a .NET global tool that discovers and displays all running Foundry Local AI model instances on your machine, regardless of how they were started (CLI, SDK, or other apps). It shows loaded models grouped by process, indicates the device backend (CPU, GPU, CUDA, DirectML, etc.) with colored badges, and sends toast notifications when models load or unload. The article includes installation instructions via dotnet tool, usage details, and a code example demonstrating how the monitor detects models loaded by a C# SDK app. It is a technical guide for developers using Foundry Local for local AI model management.