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24 alternatives to Kai
World's first universal gesture controller
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kai launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Kairo▲222Time, habit and goal tracker on one flexible dashboard
2021 · getkairo.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · getkairo.com · its alternatives →
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Your hands are the only interface you'll need
2016 · google.com · its alternatives →
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Brainstorm, teach, share with air-drawn visuals on your live video feed.
2021 · handtracking.io · its alternatives →
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gesture.ai▲116Easy to use gesture recognition technology and SDK
2016 · gesture.ai · its alternatives →
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Kiki for Mac▲303The accountability monster that keeps you focused on a task
Jan 2026 · kiki.computer · its alternatives →
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2015 · getkaiwa.com · its alternatives →
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Upon getting a Leap Motion and wanting to hack the ever-loving crap out of it, we decided to make some gesture recognizers that allow listening and handling motions such as: Did swipe right with x fingers, y hands Did pan on screen with x fingers, y hands Did tap with x fingers, y hands Did rotate with x fingers, y hands Did pinch with x fingers, y hands These libraries make it easy to create a WPF or a Cocoa Mac OS X application for manipulating and using the Leap Motion. These are built on top of the Leap SDK, and a level of abstraction up. We hope that this can be the foundation for a…
2013 · its alternatives →
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Tapti▲188Instantly trigger your automations from buttons in Notion
2023 · tapti.app · its alternatives →
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Kai by Gleap▲102Meet Kai, Gleap’s AI-driven customer support hero
2023 · gleap.io · its alternatives →
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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.
2025 · oneeko.ai · its alternatives →
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