nowfound

Alternatives

Products that do what Kai – a private, offline AI "second brain" that remembers you(no cloud) does

I built Kai because I was tired of assistants that forget and cloud tools that mine my data. Persistent memory: what you teach Kai sticks. Local-first: data never leaves your device; no telemetry. Transparent: memory graph shows what it knows and why. I’m looking for early users who care about local, privacy, and explainability. The landing page has a simple waitlist; I’ll onboard in small waves and share progress.

  1. 1
    Kai143

    World's first universal gesture controller

    2018

  2. 2

    Your open-source, local second brain for every AI

    May 2026 · kuku.mom

  3. 3

    Your AI memory, everywhere you work

    Jul 2026 · thesecondbrain.dev

  4. 4

    Persistent memory for Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor. Free.

    May 2026 · github.com

  5. 5CO

    I keep running in the same problem of each AI app “remembers” me in its own silo. ChatGPT knows my project details, Cursor forgets them, Claude starts from zero… so I end up re-explaining myself dozens of times a day across these apps. The deeper problem 1. Not portable – context is vendor-locked; nothing travels across tools. 2. Not relational – most memory systems store only the latest fact (“sticky notes”) with no history or provenance. 3. Not yours – your AI memory is sensitive first-party data, yet you have no control over where it lives or how it’s queried. Demo video:…

    2025 · github.com

  6. 6

    Curate an AI that knows what you know.

    Apr 2026 · recall.it

  7. 7
    Kept104

    Your AI chats, saved as Markdown locally with no cloud

    May 2026 · kept.work

  8. 8

    Persistent, structured memory for AI Agents

    Jan 2026

  9. 9MO

    Hey HN! We're Taranjeet and Deshraj, the founders of Mem0 (https://mem0.ai). Mem0 adds a stateful memory layer to AI applications, allowing them to remember user interactions, preferences, and context over time. This enables AI apps to deliver increasingly personalized and intelligent experiences that evolve with every interaction. There’s a demo video at https://youtu.be/VtRuBCTZL1o and a playground to try out at https://app.mem0.ai/playground. You'll need to sign up to use the playground – this helps ensure responses are more tailored to you by…

    2024 · github.com

  10. 10

    The memory layer that decides what's worth remembering

    13d ago · skynetlab-cortex.com

  11. 11
    Kai5

    Your second self on macOS. 118 skills. Local-first AI agent.

    Apr 2026

  12. 12

    Repo-native memory for coding agents

    Jul 2026 · github.com

  13. 13RG

    Hey HN! I'm José, and I built Recall to solve a problem that was driving me crazy. The Problem: I use Claude for coding daily, but every conversation starts from scratch. I'd explain my architecture, coding standards, past decisions... then hit the context limit and lose everything. Next session? Start over. The Solution: Recall is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives Claude persistent memory using Redis + semantic search. Think of it as long-term memory that survives context limits and session restarts. How it works: - Claude stores important context as "memories" during…

    Oct 2025 · npmjs.com

  14. 14

    Local meeting transcription with no account needed

    Jun 2026 · hirekai.ai

  15. 15

    Meet Kai, Gleap’s AI-driven customer support hero

    2023

  16. 16
    Tenure59

    Your AI finally learns how to talk to you

    May 2026 · github.com

  17. 17

    One layer for memories, skills, and rules across any agent

    Feb 2026

  18. 18CO

    Hi HN, I keep running in the same problem of each AI app “remembers” me in its own silo. ChatGPT knows my project details, Cursor forgets them, Claude starts from zero… so I end up re-explaining myself dozens of times a day across these apps. The deeper problem 1. Not portable – context is vendor-locked; nothing travels across tools. 2. Not relational – most memory systems store only the latest fact (“sticky notes”) with no history or provenance. 3. Not yours – your AI memory is sensitive first-party data, yet you have no control over where it lives or how it’s queried. Demo video:…

    2025 · github.com

  19. 19

    Your AI has the memory of a goldfish. Not anymore

    Jul 2026 · yourmemoryai.xyz

  20. 20

    Community Management AI that actually runs your community

    Jul 2026 · amazix.ai

  21. 21

    Your local AI knowledge base

    Apr 2026 · brain.hexact.io

  22. 22

    A Persistent evolutionary memory layer for AI agents

    May 2026 · titanmemz.in

  23. 23

    Turn learning into memory with daily recall

    Mar 2026

  24. 24PM

    This is my attempt in building a memory that evolves and persist for claude code. My approach is inspired from Zettelkasten method, memories are atomic, connected and dynamic. Existing memories can evolve based on newer memories. In the background it uses LLM to handle linking and evolution. I have only used it with claude code so far, it works well with me but still early stage, so rough edges likely. I'm planning to extend it to other coding agents as I use several different agents during development. Looking for feedbacks!

    Jan 2026 · github.com

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Refine with a description →