AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to BastionChat
Your AI, your data, your device - no cloud required
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Lapis▲79Secure, offline AI chat assistant on your device
Nov 2025 · lapis.lvrpiz.com · its alternatives →
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Mantle Chat▲298Collaboration platform where teams work with AI together
May 2026 · mantle.chat · its alternatives →
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Kept▲104Your AI chats, saved as Markdown locally with no cloud
May 2026 · kept.work · its alternatives →
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A powerful AI chat client for iOS
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Lekh AI▲80Run powerful AI models on your Mac:fully offline and private
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Private, Offline AI Chatbot powered by Apple Intelligence.
Apr 2026 · remi.geeketfier.fr · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, nice to meet you and I am a newcomer of HN. I have made a binary tool Aih that could communicate with Bard, ChatGPT, Claude, and Llama(HuggingChat) from the terminal. https://github.com/Databingo/aih Since CAPTCHA challenges and bots detecting have become increasingly difficult, I've changed my strategy from hacking the APIs to simulating a real browser's action. The tool first takes the logged-in cookies of Google, ChatGPT, Claude, and HuggingChat accounts from the real Chrome browser, then it opens an invisible instance of Chromium for communication, then…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Your private AI assistant that works completely offline
Nov 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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None of the on-device LLMs I tried on iPhone felt close to Gemini, ChatGPT, or Claude, so I built one that runs locally and aims for that kind of UX. The local LLM runs Qwen, Gemma, and other small models on your iPhone without an account. Chats stay on device. Download a model f
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Private AI roleplay that runs fully on your iPhone
Jul 2026 · get-castmates.com · its alternatives →
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LocoStudio▲11Hi HN, I’m excited to share LocoStudio (http://locostudio.ai), a local-first AI chat app for Mac that lets you chat with AI models both locally and in the cloud—all in one place. Why I built it: I wanted a private, fast, and flexible way to use the latest AI models without sending my data to the cloud. Most AI chat apps are either cloud-only (raising privacy concerns) or have clunky interfaces for local models. LocoStudio aims to make local AI chat as easy and powerful as using ChatGPT, but with your data staying on your device. What it does: - Private, local-first: Run open models…
2025 · locostudio.ai · its alternatives →
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SeekerClaw▲14Turn your Android phone into a 24/7 personal AI agent
Mar 2026 · seekerclaw.xyz · its alternatives →
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Offline Private LLM Assistant
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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