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LocalMode

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An open-source toolkit for building AI features — chat, RAG, speech, vision — that runs entirely in the browser with no servers and no data leaving the device. Built for developers.

Domain registered 7 months ago

Works offlineData stays with youOpen source
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How it works
An open-source toolkit for running AI entirely in the browser: LLM chat across 76 models, RAG and vector search, Whisper and Kokoro speech, and vision, with no server or API key required. Runs on WebGPU with a WebAssembly fallback.
What's different
Data never leaves the device, and it ships a zero-dependency core plus a shadcn UI registry of 107 components and 36 installable blocks for building on top of it.
Pricing
Open source (MIT license).
Best for
Developers building browser-based AI features without standing up servers or managing API keys.

Watched for 12 days · last checked 1d ago

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Voice Studio

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A self-hosted studio bundling several open-source TTS/voice engines and Whisper transcription as a local, offline alternative to ElevenLabs.

Works offlineOpen sourceSelf-hosted
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How it works
A fully-offline local studio bundling multiple open-source TTS engines (VibeVoice, Kokoro, Chatterbox, OmniVoice, VoxCPM, Qwen3-TTS) plus Whisper voice-to-text.
What's different
Self-hosted, open-source alternative to ElevenLabs.

Watched for 8 days · last checked 2d ago

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Humla

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A Mac app that records and transcribes meetings entirely on-device, no bot joins the call. Free and open source, with optional cloud or self-hosted sync for teams.

FreeWorks offlineOpen sourceNo tracking
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How it works
Records mic and call audio directly through macOS with no bot joining the meeting, then transcribes, labels speakers, and writes a summary that fuses your notes with the transcript. Runs fully on-device using Whisper on Apple Silicon, or with your own AI key.
What's different
No bot joins the call, and it can run entirely on-device with local SQLite storage and no telemetry.
Pricing
Free and MIT-licensed, with optional paid team sync via Humla Cloud or self-hosting.
Best for
Mac users who want private, on-device meeting transcription without a bot joining their calls.

Watched for 13 days · last checked 7d ago

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FREE AI Auto Subtitle Caption Generator

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A free, open-source Windows app that auto-generates styled subtitles for your videos using offline Whisper or the cloud Groq API — aimed at YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Reels creators, not developers.

FreeWorks offlineOpen sourceCan export my data
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How it works
A Windows desktop app that automatically transcribes videos into word-level subtitles using either offline OpenAI Whisper or the cloud-based Groq API, then burns captions into the video or exports as SRT/VTT.
What's different
Free and open-source, with styling presets built for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels formats.
Pricing
Free.
Best for
YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels creators who need styled captions on their videos.
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Windows-only desktop app; cloud transcription option (Groq) requires sending video data off-device, unlike the offline Whisper option.

Watched for 17 days · last checked 2d ago

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ScreenMind

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A local, privacy-first app that uses one on-device Gemma model to capture, transcribe, search, and automate your screen and audio history.

Works offlineOpen sourceNo tracking
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How it works
Uses one local Gemma model on-device for screen vision, audio transcription, chat, and reasoning; captures only when content changes and lets you search or chat with your screen history in plain English.
What's different
Compared against Microsoft Recall (needs $1000+ hardware) and Screenpipe (needs separate OCR + Whisper + external LLM) — this runs one local model for everything.
Pricing
MIT licensed, pip install.
Watch out
Requires a 4GB GPU to run.

Watched for 8 days · last checked today

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WisprFree

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A voice-to-text app that transcribes on-device and optionally cleans up grammar with a user-chosen AI, positioned as a free alternative to Wispr Flow.

FreeWorks offlineOpen source
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How it works
Transcribes speech on-device (Parakeet/Whisper/Cohere), then optionally uses a chosen AI (Gemini, OpenAI, OpenRouter or local Ollama) to remove filler words and fix grammar; API keys stay in the Keychain.
What's different
Positioned as a free alternative to Wispr Flow, fully offline if you skip the AI cleanup step.
Pricing
Free, open-source.
Best for
People wanting private voice-to-text across any app.

Watched for 3 days · last checked 1d ago

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