Local AI for Low-End PCs and Laptops

KoboldCpp runs language models on your own hardware for chat, creative writing and roleplay. It's a fork of llama.cpp with a bundled KoboldAI Lite browser interface.

Murmure turns speech into text on your computer for people dictating notes, documents or code who want to keep recordings off cloud transcription services. It uses NVIDIA Parakeet and works offline without an account.

Linguist is a browser translation extension for people reading, communicating or studying across languages. You can choose on-device translation or connect a translation service that suits your needs.

RapidOCR is an OCR toolkit for developers who need to extract text from images within their own applications. It uses models derived from PaddleOCR and can run recognition offline on local hardware.

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.

Umi-OCR extracts text from screenshots and local images for people who need to copy on-screen text or process image collections without an online OCR service.

Real-CUGAN NCNN Vulkan is a command-line AI image upscaler for people enlarging anime artwork on their own computer. It uses Real-CUGAN models through the ncnn runtime to increase image resolution and reduce noise.

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.

Argos Translate translates text on your own machine for people who need offline translation and developers adding translation to their software. Once you have the language models, it can translate without an internet connection or sending text to an online service.

PixlStash is an image manager for photographers culling shoots, creators reviewing AI images and people preparing datasets. It helps you find relevant pictures and review which ones to keep in large collections.

llamafile packages a language model and its runtime in a single executable for people who want to run models locally or share a ready-to-run model with others. Recipients don't need to install a separate runtime.

Easy Diffusion generates and edits images on your computer through a browser interface. It's for people who want to use Stable Diffusion without assembling its software components themselves.

NeuTTS is a collection of on-device text-to-speech models for developers building voice assistants and speech-enabled apps. It generates audio on your own hardware rather than sending speech generation to a cloud API.

Waifu2x-Extension-GUI is a Windows desktop app for enlarging artwork, photos and video with AI. It combines multiple processing engines in one interface for people working with both drawn and photographic media.

Jan is a desktop AI chat app for people who want to run models on their own computer while retaining the option to use cloud providers. Local model use works offline; choosing a hosted model sends requests to that provider.

Ollama runs open models for people who want local AI applications, model chat or a backend for coding assistants. It provides a command-line interface and an API, with a choice between inference on your hardware and its cloud service.

Handy is a desktop speech-to-text app for people who want to dictate into the apps they already use. It transcribes speech on your computer and inserts the text into the active text field.

KittenTTS is a Python text-to-speech library for developers adding local speech generation to apps or producing spoken audio from text. It supports voice cloning without model training and doesn't require a GPU.

TranslateLocally translates text on your own computer for people who want local machine translation and teams working with their own translation models. It uses Marian and Bergamot, with a desktop interface for everyday text and command-line access for batch work.

PhotoGlimmer is an AI photo editor for photographers who want to brighten underlit people without changing the whole image. It separates people from the background so you can correct portrait lighting while keeping the surrounding scene as it is.