Local AI Chat Apps and Assistants

MS Agent is an open source Python agent framework with a self-hosted web server for working on local projects. It's for developers building research assistants and coding workflows that continue across sessions. Code execution and project file work run locally; the default model integration uses ModelScope's API and requires an API key and internet access.

Qube is a desktop AI assistant for people who want to chat with models and work with private documents on their own hardware. It combines a document library with persistent memory and research tools that provide citations you can inspect.

Askimo is an AI desktop app for people who want to ask questions about their files and delegate work from the same place they chat. It supports local LLM backends and cloud providers, including Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI, Claude and Gemini.

MindMac is a native macOS AI chat client for people who want local models and cloud providers in one app. Its inline mode lets you get writing help inside Notes, Mail and browsers without switching to a separate chat window.

ollama-ui is a simple browser interface for people who use Ollama and want a graphical front end for it. It provides an HTML UI for an existing Ollama setup.

Conduit is a native mobile AI client for people who want access to their self-hosted models and agents from an iPhone or Android phone. It can connect through Open WebUI or directly to a model endpoint.

HuggingChat UI is a browser-based ChatGPT alternative for people and teams who want to host their own chat service. It's the application behind Hugging Face's hosted HuggingChat, and it connects to a separate model backend.

CoWork OS is an AI agent desktop for developers and people working with documents, research and email. It brings tasks and their outputs into one workspace, where you can review agent actions and control approvals.

NobodyWho Chat is an on-device AI assistant for people who want help with writing, brainstorming, coding and questions without sending their conversations to a hosted model. Language-model inference runs on the phone, and chat works offline without an account.

WeChat Bot is a self-hosted AI agent for people who want automated replies across messaging apps and tools to examine their WeChat conversations. It builds on Wechaty and can use local models through Ollama or external AI services.

LobsterAI is a desktop AI agent built on OpenClaw for office work and local projects. It operates tools on your computer and keeps sessions, configuration and memory there. You select each agent’s model separately from its workspace and tools.

Page Assist is a browser extension for people who run AI models locally and want to use them while browsing. It lets you ask questions about a page without leaving it or open a separate tab for longer conversations.

Hermes Browser Extension puts an existing Hermes Agent in a browser side panel for people who want to ask about the pages they're reading. Page context works through local or remote API connections; Hermes Cloud and dashboard-ticket connections are chat-only.

Maid is an Android AI chat app for people who want to chat with models on their phone and access remote models from the same interface. Local conversations work without an internet connection.

FastChat is a self-hosted LLM platform for developers and researchers who want to serve chat models on their own hardware and compare their responses. It powers Chatbot Arena and includes a locally hosted side-by-side comparison interface. The Python code is open source under Apache 2.0; model licenses apply separately, including Llama's license for Vicuna.

Ollama GUI is a browser interface for people who want to chat with models running through Ollama on their own hardware. It brings conversation editing, attachments and model management into one chat app.

Enchanted is a ChatGPT alternative for people who want an Apple app for chatting with models they host themselves. It requires your own Ollama server, which runs the models on your computer or a server you control.

NativeMind is a local ChatGPT alternative for people who want AI help with reading and writing inside their browser. It processes prompts and page content on your device using local models.

Atomic Agent is a local AI agent for people who want an assistant to work with their browser, files and code on their own hardware. Its model and task loop can run offline, while sessions and memory stay on disk. It's free and open source under the MIT license.

ShellGPT is an AI terminal assistant for developers and others who want help writing commands and code without leaving the shell.

Layla is an AI assistant for people who want private chat, a personal companion or character roleplay on their phone. It runs local models on Android and iOS, so you can keep using it offline after downloading a model.

Raycast's AI assistant lets you chat with models running through Ollama on your computer. It's for people who want local AI conversations within Raycast's existing chat and command tools.

NVIDIA NemoClaw is a self-hosted stack for people who want to run AI agents with controls over network access and credentials. It supports OpenClaw, Hermes and LangChain Deep Agents Code inside NVIDIA OpenShell sandboxes.

LibreChat is a self-hosted ChatGPT alternative for people and teams who want to use different AI providers in one chat workspace. It lets you switch models while keeping conversations in the same interface.

chatz is a self-hosted AI chat app that can display live charts, tables and status panels inside conversations. It's for individuals and teams who want to host their own chat interface, choose their model providers and connect tools. The app is open source under the MIT license.

OpenClaw.NET is a self-hosted AI agent runtime for a personal assistant or a shared team gateway. It's an independent .NET implementation inspired by OpenClaw, with compatibility for supported parts of that ecosystem.

Kady is an AI research assistant for scientists who want to turn plain-language requests into analyses, literature reviews and research outputs. It works in a desktop workspace where you can inspect its code and files, redirect ongoing work or stop a run.

PersonalClaw is a self-hosted AI agent for one person who wants chat, ongoing tasks and personal knowledge in one web dashboard. It runs on Linux and macOS, with Docker support that also covers Windows. It's open source under MIT and is currently pre-1.0, with breaking changes expected. A one-time download supplies a tiny CPU model for offline chat without tools. Autonomous tool work needs your own Ollama model or a provider app.

Distributed Llama runs language models across your own networked computers. It's for people who want to share inference work and model memory across several devices instead of fitting the whole workload on one machine.

Memmy Agent is a local memory hub for people who switch between AI assistants and want earlier decisions and project context available in the next conversation. It stores personal memory on your device by default. Direct agent tasks support your own credentials for a chosen model API. Model processing depends on the configured service or provider.

Leon is a personal AI assistant for people who want to automate tasks on their own computer or server. Its skills let you add actions suited to your needs.

LLM X is a browser chat interface for people running models on their own hardware. It brings multiple model servers into one place and lets you compare their responses within a conversation.

biniou brings AI chat and media creation into one browser interface on your own computer or server. It's for people who want to work with several kinds of generative AI without switching between separate apps.

Letta is an AI agent platform whose App Server can run locally or on a self-hosted server. It's for people building assistants that retain context between conversations and use that memory in later interactions. Local agents can use Ollama or LM Studio with agent state and the model endpoint on your machine. Cloud model connections use remote providers.