Local AI Chat Apps and Assistants

Sillage is a self-hosted web interface for developers who want to control Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode from a computer or phone. It runs the native agent CLIs on your machine with their own tools and permission flows. Agents use your existing subscriptions and API credentials; hosting the interface doesn't replace their model providers.

Brave Leo is an AI assistant inside the Brave browser for people who want help with what they're reading. Bring Your Own Model support lets you use a local LLM or a remote model for browser conversations.

BoltAI is an AI workspace for Mac users who want local models and cloud services in one app for writing, coding and research. It keeps related conversations together and brings chat into other apps through an overlay.

Purple is a desktop AI assistant for Linux and macOS that lets Ollama models carry out tasks on your computer. It's for people who want chat alongside shell commands, file operations and longer tasks they can review before execution.

GooeyPi gives developers a desktop interface for working with Pi, OMP and Prime Agent on local coding projects. Each agent keeps its own models, credentials and sessions, and switching agents doesn't stop work running in another.

CodePilot is a desktop AI workspace for coding, project work and everyday tasks. It brings Claude Code, Codex and a built-in agent into one app for people who want to work with files and conversations across local models and cloud services.

Klee is a native macOS AI chat app and agent for people who want an assistant to work with files on their Mac. It runs models locally through MLX, and downloaded models can chat offline without an account or API key.

MLX LM is a Python package for developers and researchers who want to generate text and adapt language models on Apple Silicon Macs. It uses MLX for local inference and training, with access through Python or a terminal.

Wingman-AI is a self-hosted AI agent platform for developers and teams handling coding, research, operations or support tasks that need ongoing context. It coordinates agents with distinct roles and retains their sessions across clients.

taOS is a self-hosted AI agent platform for people who want to run assistants on their own computers and keep their conversations, files, and memory there. It brings agent management and local model access into a browser-based desktop.

QwenPaw is a personal AI assistant for people who want an agent on their own computer or server. It retains conversation history and a personal knowledge base across sessions.

Talkio puts several AI models in one conversation so you can compare answers or have different roles discuss the same problem. It also supports ordinary one-to-one chats.

aichat is a terminal AI assistant for people who want to discuss files, generate shell commands and use model-powered tools from the command line. It connects to Ollama, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and OpenAI-compatible API providers.

Bloks is a desktop workspace for people who want personal AI agents working on their own computer. Its messaging-style interface gives agents individual chats and shared rooms for collaborative work.

Wispuh is an MIT-licensed speech-to-text app for macOS 14 and later that puts dictated text into the app you're working in. It's for Mac users who want voice input across their everyday software without sending recordings to a cloud service. It doesn't require an account.

Pieces builds a searchable history of your work across apps for people who need to recover earlier decisions, find research or pick up an interrupted task. It runs in the background on your computer.

LLMStack is a self-hosted no-code builder for teams creating AI agents, chatbots and workflows around their own data and business processes. You can run it on your own infrastructure or use Promptly, its hosted cloud offering. Self-hosting runs the platform on your server; connected cloud model providers process requests outside it.

Onyx is an AI search and chat platform for teams with information scattered across workplace apps. It gives employees and AI agents answers grounded in company documents.

Ragpi is a self-hosted AI assistant API for teams that want to answer technical questions using their own project material. It lets developers add documentation-based support to a product, website or community.

AI Runner is a desktop app for people who want an AI companion and an art workspace on their own hardware. Its local chat, voice and image tools work offline without an API key or subscription.

Open WebUI is a self-hosted chat workspace for individuals and teams using local LLMs and cloud models. It can work entirely offline with local models.

RealChar lets you create AI companions with their own personalities and hold live voice or text conversations. It's for people who want to shape a character and host the app themselves while using external AI services for replies.

ACP Bridge lets teams and bots access coding agents running on a development machine or server through a shared HTTP API. It connects agents through the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), so callers don't need each agent installed on their own computer.

LiveAgent is a desktop AI agent for people who want an assistant to work with files and commands on their computer. Local tool execution is separate from model access, which uses Claude, Codex or Gemini protocols, or services compatible with those protocols through a custom API address.

SolidGPT is an AI search assistant for developers, available as a VS Code extension or a self-hosted server with a browser interface. The application can run on your machine or server, but its AI processing uses OpenAI's cloud API. It needs an API key and an internet connection, so hosting it yourself doesn't make model inference local.

Eidon AI is a self-hosted AI assistant for people who want everyday chat and agents that can carry out longer tasks on their own computer or server. A Chief of Staff agent answers directly, delegates work to specialists, or creates an agent for a task. Agents can message each other and keep working on a schedule.

Minima lets you ask questions about your own documents, with a choice of local inference or an external model. It's a self-hosted RAG tool for people and teams who want document-based answers while controlling where indexing and AI processing happen. It runs in Docker containers and is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

OneRAG is a self-hosted RAG framework for developers building chatbots that answer questions using their own documents. It combines document retrieval and AI answers, with replaceable components for different models and search needs.

Laya brings work notifications into one feed for people managing email, tickets, pull requests, and team messages. It gathers related context and prepares action cards with drafts you can review before sending.

Tutor-GPT is a self-hosted browser application for learners who want an AI tutor that adjusts to their learning needs. You can host its Next.js server yourself, including through Docker. Model responses come from a separate inference provider, with OpenRouter integration sending requests to an external service.

Haplo AI runs language models on iOS and macOS for people who want to ask questions, write code or examine photos without sending that material to a hosted assistant. After downloading a model, chat works offline without an account.

Discourse AI adds community assistants, search and moderation to a Discourse forum you can host on your own server. It's for forum operators who want AI features inside their community site. Forum hosting and AI processing are separate choices: the plugin supports a choice of providers, and its AI API services have a self-hosting option.

MyAgents is a desktop AI agent workspace for people who want help with coding, research and recurring work on their own computers. Agents can use project files, a terminal and an embedded browser while you review their results.

Capka is a self-hosted AI agent for people and teams whose work ends in a document, spreadsheet or code patch. It works with uploaded files, runs code and returns editable outputs you can revise through conversation. The app and its Linux sandboxes run on your own server.