Self-Hosted Personal AI Assistants

Goose is a general-purpose AI agent for people who want help with coding, research, writing, automation or data analysis. It runs on your computer and lets you choose the model provider behind the agent.

Kai 9000 is a personal AI assistant for people who want remembered context and tools that can act on their requests. Its responses can include interactive screens such as quizzes, recipe cards and dashboards.

OpenWork is a desktop workspace for knowledge workers who want AI agents to work on their files and connected services. Built on OpenCode, it's a point-and-click alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex.

AI Job Search is a job application framework for people who want to assess roles and prepare tailored documents from their own career profile. It runs through Claude Code on your machine, but AI work uses Anthropic's service and requires paid Claude access or API credits, so it isn't fully offline.

Hermes Agent is a self-hosted AI agent from Nous Research for people who want an assistant that remembers past work and handles recurring tasks. It runs on macOS, Linux and native Windows, or on a server you control. Model connections include Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI and your own endpoint; choosing a hosted provider sends model requests to that service.

Open Cowork is a desktop AI agent for Windows and Apple Silicon macOS that uses cloud model APIs to carry out tasks on your computer. It's a Claude Cowork alternative for people who want a graphical interface for document work and app automation. The app is free and open source under MIT, but the agent needs an API key and internet access; model requests go to your chosen provider.

WorkAny Desktop is an AI agent for people who want to delegate file work, document creation and coding tasks in plain language. The app executes tasks on your machine and connects to Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter or custom model providers. Requests to external providers leave your machine, so local task execution doesn't make it an offline AI app.

Frona is a self-hosted AI assistant for people who want agents to carry out tasks through chat with controlled access to files, networks and accounts. Agents can work independently or delegate parts of a task to other agents.

PyGPT is a desktop AI assistant for people who want to chat with models, work with their documents and delegate tasks from one application. It supports local AI through Ollama alongside cloud providers.

Waku Agent is a personal AI assistant that runs on your laptop, stores its memory locally and calls remote model providers. It's for developers who want to inspect and change the assistant's behavior in Python. The agent uses provider API credentials for reasoning; requests to cloud providers are processed by those services.

Voxta is an AI companion for people who want a character they can talk to, assign tasks to or use in interactive stories. You choose its personality, voice and optional avatar.

WritHer is a voice dictation app for people who want to write in Windows desktop apps and manage everyday tasks by speaking. It works offline after the initial model downloads, without an account.

Sidekick is a native macOS app for people who want AI answers grounded in their documents and research materials. Its built-in llama.cpp engine runs GGUF models such as Qwen3.5 without a separate model runner.

OwnPilot is a self-hosted AI assistant for people who want personal records and agents that can carry out tasks in one web interface. It supports local model backends as well as cloud providers.

QM is a self-hosted AI agent platform for startups that want employees to work with agents individually and in shared channels or projects. Each person and room has its own memory, files, permissions and persistent workspace.

ZeroClaw is a personal AI agent for people who want an assistant running on their own computer or server. It can use a shell and browser, respond through messaging apps and perform scheduled tasks.

LM Studio runs downloaded language models for conversations and tasks on your computer. Its Bionic agent helps people create documents, write software and carry out work using local or frontier open models.

AgentArk is a self-hosted AI agent runtime for people who want a personal assistant that remembers preferences and carries out ongoing work under their control. It runs through Docker on macOS, Windows and Linux, with a browser interface for chat, tasks and action review. It's free and open source under Apache 2.0.

Priv AI is an on-device assistant for people who want to chat with AI and use it to examine personal health and financial information. It works offline after a model download and doesn't require an app account.

Zeraix is a local AI desktop for people who want models to work with their files and carry out multi-step tasks. It combines chat, project tools, and agents in one workspace.

OpenHarness is a Python framework for developers and researchers building AI agents that can act on files, use tools and retain work across sessions. It includes ohmo, a personal agent that handles coding tasks through Feishu, Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Row-Bot is a local AI assistant for people who want to research, create documents and automate work on their own computer. It combines conversations with memory and agents that can continue working on longer tasks.

Codex iOS Assistant connects Codex on your Mac to your iPhone so the assistant can perform phone actions and retrieve phone context. It's for people who want to bring information from their phone into their work with Codex.

BoBe is an open-source desktop assistant that offers help based on what you're working on. It runs on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 15 or later. Optional periodic screen captures give a vision model context about your work, while a floating overlay lets you chat with the assistant and review its suggestions.

Jenny is a personal AI agent for Android that remembers context across conversations and handles tasks while the screen is off. It's for people who want a persistent assistant on their main phone or a spare Android device.

Cherry Studio is a desktop AI chat app for people who use several model providers and want one place to manage their conversations. It supports local model connections as well as cloud services.

Second Me is an open-source prototype for people who want to train and host an AI representation of themselves. It uses personal memories to shape a model around their identity and context.

Inno Agent is a personal AI learning agent for ongoing tutoring and study. It keeps learning goals, misconceptions and study materials available across conversations, with records you can inspect and correct.

Lemon AI is a local AI agent for people who want to research topics, write code and analyze data on their own hardware. It also lets you revise generated HTML reports and pages without asking the agent to recreate the whole result.

10xProductivity extends a coding agent into a personal assistant for work that spans messages, tickets and documents. It's aimed at people working within company restrictions on new automation platforms, using the accounts and permissions they already have.

Mercury Agent is a personal AI agent for people who want ongoing help with coding, research and routine tasks. It keeps context between conversations and can continue working in the background after you close the terminal.

Perfect Memory AI keeps a searchable record of screen activity and meetings on Mac and Windows. It's for people who want to recover a page, presentation or conversation without remembering which app contained it.

Khoj is a personal AI assistant for people who want answers from their files and the web. It also supports custom agents and recurring research tasks.

MirrorMate puts a voice assistant in a physical mirror for people who want to ask questions, check daily information or chat without reaching for a phone. It remembers details from conversations to personalize later responses.