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Products that do what Local AI Chat: Pocket LLM does

Private & Offline AI Assistant

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   I made an app to use local AI as daily driver▲637

   Hi Hackers, Excited to share a macOS app I've been working on: https://recurse.chat/ for chatting with local AI. While it's amazing that you can run AI models locally quite easily these days (through llama.cpp / llamafile / ollama / llm CLI etc.), I missed feature complete chat interfaces. Tools like LMStudio are super powerful, but there's a learning curve to it. I'd like to hit a middleground of simplicity and customizability for advanced users. Here's what separates RecurseChat out from similar apps: - UX designed for you to use local AI as a daily driver.…

   2024 · recurse.chat

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   Llamao▲509

   Private & offline alternative to ChatGPT on your device

   2025

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   I built a free in-browser Llama 3 chatbot powered by WebGPU▲547

   I spent the last few days building out a nicer ChatGPT-like interface to use Mistral 7B and Llama 3 fully within a browser (no deps and installs). I’ve used the WebLLM project by MLC AI for a while to interact with LLMs in the browser when handling sensitive data but I found their UI quite lacking for serious use so I built a much better interface around WebLLM. I’ve been using it as a therapist and coach. And it’s wonderful knowing that my personal information never leaves my local computer. Should work on Desktop with Chrome or Edge. Other browsers are adding WebGPU support as well - see…

   2024 · github.com

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   AskYoda by Eden AI▲280

   Combine the best AI/LLMs to build your Custom ChatGPT

   2023

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   Lekh AI▲80

   Private, offline AI for iPhone, and iPad

   Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com

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   Lemonfox.ai▲157

   The fast, easy and cheap OpenAI alternative

   2023

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   Lapis▲79

   Secure, offline AI chat assistant on your device

   Nov 2025

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   Chatgot▲214

   Chat freely, got every AI assistants here for you

   2023

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   PocketMind: Offline LLM AI Assistant▲2

   Local & Private AI Assistant

   Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com

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    Helpedby AI▲122

    Revolutionize LLMs chat platform with pay-as-you-go pricing

    2025

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    LM Studio▲209

    Discover, download, and run local LLMs (incl. DeepSeek R1)

    2025

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    Pocket Brain▲4

    Run LLMs in the browser - offline and for free

    Jan 2026 · pocketbrain.chat

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    ThirdAI PocketLLM▲109

    Personalized search and Q&A with AI on your own documents

    2024

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    Haplo AI▲98

    Secure & local AI chatbot for iOS and macOS

    2025

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    PocketLLM▲2

    Your AI runs from a USB stick. Plug in. Chat. Unplug. Gone.

    Apr 2026 · pocketllm-site.vercel.app

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    Mammouth▲190

    Get access to the best LLMs in one place for 10€

    2024

17. 17LS
    LlamaGPT – Self-hosted, offline, private AI chatbot, powered by Llama 2▲225

    2023 · github.com

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    Apollo AI▲280

    Run local models like Llama on iOS

    2025

19. 19TL
    Tiny LLMs – Browser-based private AI models for a wide array of tasks▲142

    2023 · tinyllms.vercel.app

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    Qwen Chat App▲134

    Qwen's now in mobile chat

    2025

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    Chord - AI Group Chats▲164

    Chat with your team and LLMs in the same chat

    2025

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    RunAnywhere▲119

    Ollama but for mobile, with a cloud fallback

    2025

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    Mode AI▲112

    AI Assistant in your pocket

    Apr 2026 · modeai.io

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    Locally AI for Mac▲16

    Run AI models locally on your Mac

    Nov 2025

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