Local and Self-Hosted AI for Writing and Email

Vellium is a desktop AI app for writers and people who want conversations with fictional characters. It combines multi-character roleplay with writing projects and lets you choose the model provider.

Kerlig is a paid AI writing assistant for Mac that helps with emails, Slack replies and Jira tickets in the apps you already use. It combines text editing with document chat and an agent that can read your screen and use your apps.

Vyact is a desktop workspace for people who want a local LLM to help with files, writing and code. It brings conversations and searchable documents together, with optional connections to email services and Chrome.

parrot.nvim is an AI coding and text editing assistant for Neovim users who want to request changes and chat without leaving their editor. It builds on an early fork of gp.nvim and lets you choose what context goes to the model.

FluidVoice turns speech into text in Mac apps, including email, documents, chat, terminals and code editors. It suits people who want local dictation with optional editing before text reaches the active app.

Enconvo is a native Mac AI assistant for people who want help with writing, research and tasks inside their everyday apps. It uses screen and selected-text context so you can ask about what you're working on without moving everything into a separate chat.

Obsidian Local GPT is an AI writing assistant for people who keep their notes in Obsidian. It helps you work with selected text and related notes, using local models or a remote AI service.

NoteGen is an AI note-taking app for collecting research, meeting material and ideas before organizing them into finished documents. Notes remain ordinary Markdown files, with attachments stored on your device by default.

ScribeDog is a Markdown editor for writers and note-takers who want AI help with documents they keep in their own folders. It shows formatted content while saving plain Markdown files that other editors can open.

ThunderAI is an AI email assistant for Thunderbird users who want help writing messages and managing their inbox. You can process email text with a local model or send it to a cloud provider.

Ellama is an AI assistant for Emacs users who want help with writing and code inside their editor. It handles requests about selected text as well as longer conversations and coding tasks that need several steps.

Amical is an AI dictation app for people who want to write emails, messages and coding prompts by speaking. It adjusts the resulting text to the app you're using, reducing the editing needed after transcription.

Inbox Zero helps people with busy inboxes sort incoming mail and prepare replies. It works alongside your existing email client and supports Gmail, Google Workspace and Microsoft Outlook.

LocalWriter adds AI writing assistance inside LibreOffice Writer for people who want to draft and revise text within their documents. It works with selected passages and requires a separate language model runner.

Fabric organizes reusable AI prompts by task for people who want repeatable ways to analyze content, write, or work with code. Its community-contributed prompts, called Patterns, provide a starting point without requiring you to write each prompt yourself.

Obsidian Copilot is an AI plugin for writers and researchers who want to work with the notes already in their vault. Its agents can find relevant material, draft notes and organize research inside Obsidian.

Writeopia is a text editor for writers, developers and researchers who want AI assistance with drafts and notes while keeping their work on their own computer.

gen.nvim brings LLM text generation into Neovim for developers and writers who want AI help within their editor. It can work with a selected passage or the current buffer, so you can ask about or revise the content you're editing.

gp.nvim brings AI chat and prompt-based editing into Neovim for developers and writers who want to work with their existing buffers. You can ask about selected text or code, then apply the response inside the editor.

Aphelion is a desktop app for people who want character conversations, creative writing and coding help from models running on their own computer. It works offline after the first model download and doesn't require an account.

FUTO Voice Input adds private dictation to compatible Android keyboards and apps. It's for people who want speech recognition on their phone while keeping the keyboard they already use. Gboard and Samsung Keyboard don't support it as an alternative voice input provider.