Local and Self-Hosted Personal AI Assistants

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.

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.

AutoAgent lets people create AI agents by describing the work they want done. It's for users who want custom agents without writing the agent code themselves, or a ready-made research assistant for gathering information and producing reports.

PraisonAI is a Python framework for developers building AI agents that research, write code, or carry out tasks across apps. It supports single agents and coordinated teams for work that needs several steps or specialist roles.

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.

Tellama is a local LLM chat app for Android users who want conversations to stay on their phone. Chat with an installed compatible model works offline, and you don't need an account.

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.

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.

AI-Researcher automates research tasks for researchers who want to develop an idea into code, experiments and an academic manuscript. It can start with a detailed proposal or use reference papers to suggest a research direction.

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.

LobeHub is an AI agent workspace for individuals and teams assigning ongoing work to multiple assistants. It keeps agents, their tasks and shared material together, with hosted and self-hosted options.

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.

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.

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.

PicoClaw is a self-hosted personal AI assistant that can use local models through Ollama or vLLM. It's aimed at people who want an agent on their own hardware, including small Linux boards and Android phones. Hosted providers are optional, but choosing OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini or DeepSeek sends model requests to those services and requires internet access and API keys.

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.

nanobot is a self-hosted personal AI agent for people who want an assistant that can act on files and continue work across conversations. Its Python framework also suits developers building their own assistant integrations.

Home Assistant Assist lets you control your smart home through natural language. It's built into Home Assistant and can process voice entirely on your own hardware, keeping those voice commands local.

Open Interpreter is a locally installed terminal coding agent for developers on macOS, Linux and Windows. It's a fork of OpenAI's Codex that focuses on adapting agent behavior to lower-cost models. Commands run on your computer inside native sandboxing; model requests go to your selected provider, so local installation alone doesn't mean local inference.

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.

PocketPaw is a self-hosted AI agent for people who want an assistant to write code, manage files and act on websites from their own computer or server.

RemiAI is a self-hosted AI assistant for people who want chat to work with their files and remember context between conversations. It can act on permitted folders and delegate longer tasks to specialized agents.

OWL is a Python framework built on CAMEL-AI for developers who want multiple AI agents to work together on tasks. It combines research, file analysis, and actions in a browser or terminal within one task workflow.

OpenClaw is an AI assistant you run on your own computer for personal tasks or shared team use. It connects to existing messaging services, so you can reach the assistant through the apps you already use.

OpenFang runs recurring AI tasks on your own machine and reports their results to a desktop dashboard. It's for people who want research, monitoring or business automation to continue on a schedule without starting each job in chat.

AgenticSeek is a local alternative to Manus AI for people who want an assistant to carry out research, coding and file tasks on their own hardware. It can break a request into steps and assign the work to specialized agents.

Aiden is a local AI agent for people who want help carrying out coding, research, and file management tasks. It plans multi-step work and keeps records you can inspect to check what happened and whether the result meets the goal.

Enclave AI is a local AI assistant for people who want to chat, work with documents or use voice conversations on their Apple devices. Downloaded models handle these tasks offline.

Nextcloud Assistant brings AI tasks into Nextcloud Hub for teams working with shared files, email and conversations. It lets an organization choose local processing on its own server or a hosted model provider.

Eclaire is a self-hosted AI assistant for people who want to ask questions about their saved information and act on it in one place. It brings documents, notes, photos, bookmarks and tasks into a shared library.

AnythingLLM is an AI assistant for people who want document chat and agents on their own hardware. Its desktop app can work with local models without an account or cloud API key.

RealChar lets you create AI companions with their own personalities and hold live voice or text conversations. It's for people who want to shape a character and host the app themselves while using external AI services for replies.

OpenManus is a Python framework for developers who want to run and extend a general AI agent on their own machine. You give it tasks through a terminal, and it connects a language model to tools that can act on those tasks.