Offline AI Chat Apps for Mac, Windows, Linux

Front Porch AI is a desktop app for character chat and roleplay with local LLMs. It's for people who want to keep their conversations on their own machine while building stories with characters that retain memories and changing emotional states.

Osaurus runs AI agents on your Mac for tasks such as reviewing documents, organizing files, and writing code. It keeps agent memory on your computer, so you can change models without losing the context of your work.

Halo is a desktop AI workstation for people who want agents to write code, manage files and handle recurring work through a visual interface. You can switch between Claude Code and Codex within the same app.

Backyard AI is a desktop AI app powered by llama.cpp. The desktop app is deprecated and no longer supported, which limits its suitability for people choosing software for ongoing use.

Kelivo is an LLM chat client for people who want local and cloud models in one app while keeping conversation history on their device. It connects to Ollama, self-hosted OpenAI-compatible services and providers including OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek and OpenRouter.

AI Notebook is a desktop research notebook for asking questions about your own documents and checking the passages behind the answers. It suits people who want a local NotebookLM alternative with their research and notes in one workspace.

GPT4All is a local AI chatbot for people who want language models and document conversations on their own computer. Model inference and LocalDocs processing run on the device without a cloud connection.

NextChat is an AI chat interface for people who want to use self-deployed LLMs and cloud models in one application. It connects to LocalAI and RWKV-Runner, and supports OpenAI, Claude, Google Gemini and DeepSeek.

Dive is a desktop AI agent for people who want a language model to work with files, shell commands and connected tools. It supports models with function calling and acts as a host for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

RecurseChat is a Mac app for people who want private AI conversations and answers drawn from their own documents. Local models run without an internet connection or a separate server.

OpenBitFun is a desktop AI agent workspace for coding and other tasks that use files and shell commands on your machine or a selected SSH host. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. Model requests go to the configured provider; built-in cloud connections send them to external services, and custom providers are also supported.

RisuAI is an AI roleplay client for people who want to create characters and fictional worlds, then develop stories through conversation. It supports chats with individual characters or groups.

Selene is a desktop AI agent app for coding, browser tasks and personal assistants. You can choose local or cloud processing separately for chat, embeddings, voice and image generation.

Volyx Lens is an open-source desktop AI assistant for macOS, Windows and Linux that lets you choose which screen, microphone and system-audio inputs reach your AI provider. Linux support is experimental, with meeting audio captured on a best-effort basis. It's for people who want help with visible code, documents or meetings without continually copying context into a chat. A movable floating rail expands into chat and collapses when you don't need it.

Thuki is a floating AI assistant for Mac users who want help with the text or screen they're already viewing. It appears above other apps, including fullscreen windows, and automatically brings selected text into the conversation.

Noema is a local AI assistant for people who want to chat with models and get answers from their files on Apple devices. It brings models, documents and tools into a native workspace on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro.

HiKid is a desktop app for children in non-English-speaking countries to practice speaking and listening. Kids talk with an AI in English through a microphone, without needing to type.

Yoji is an AI desktop companion for people who want a conversational assistant that can also act on their computer. It combines a customizable personality with file handling and task automation.

Private LLM runs AI chat on iPhone, iPad and Mac for people who want to use language models without sending conversations to a cloud service. It works offline after the first model download and doesn't require an account.

Open-LLM-VTuber is an AI companion for people who want to talk with a customizable animated character. Local language and speech models let it work fully offline, with conversations staying on your device.

5ire is a desktop AI assistant for people who want to chat with models, ask questions about their documents and use external tools in the same app. It connects to local LLMs through Ollama and to cloud providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and DeepSeek.

My Neuro is a local AI desktop companion for people who want to create a character with their own choice of appearance, voice and personality. It supports spoken and typed conversations, with character expressions and movements that respond to the dialogue.

Everywhere is a desktop AI assistant for people who want help with the app they're working in without copying its contents into a separate chat. It reads on-screen context to answer questions and carry out tasks across apps.

docuchat is a local AI document assistant for attorneys, especially solo and small firms working with confidential case files. It answers questions across contracts, pleadings, exhibits and transcripts, then checks cited quotes against the source text. Answers point to the file, page and exact passage; deposition citations include verified line numbers.

Octop is a self-hosted AI assistant for households and small teams that want personal agents in a shared deployment. Each user can switch between specialists with separate workspaces, model connections and scheduled tasks.

Hollama is an LLM chat interface for people who want to use Ollama or OpenAI servers through a browser. It supports multiple server connections, so you can keep access to different model servers in one app.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.