AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Open-source multi-modal personal AI assistant
I have been working on a personal AI assistant that is hackable, open-source, modular, private and multi-modal. I named it Ubo. In this post, I talk about why I built this and include pointers to design files, supported services, and its architecture. Happy to answer any questions.
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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OpenHuman▲549An open source AI harness built with the human in mind
May 2026 · tinyhumans.ai · its alternatives →
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Amica▲100Open Source 3D Personal AI with Emotion, Voice and Vision
2024 · arbius.ai · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! The day has finally come to stop adding features and start sharing what I've been building the last 5-6 months. It's a bit of CrewAI, OpenDevon, LangFuse/Cloud all in one, providing devs who prefer TypeScript an integrated framework thats provides a lot out of the box to start experimenting and building agents with. It started after peeking at the LangChain docs a few times and never liking the example code. I began experimenting with automating a simple Jira request from the engineering team to add an index to one of our Google Spanner databases (for context I'm the…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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OpenModerator▲131Modern, open-source, AI content moderation
2024 · openmoderator.com · its alternatives →
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Livinity▲90Open-source homeserver OS with a built-in AI agent
Jul 2026 · livinity.io · its alternatives →
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I have been working on making WebRTC + Embedded Devices easier for a few years. This is a hackathon project that pulled some of that together. I hope others build on it/it inspires them to play with hardware. I worked on it with two other people and I had a lot of fun with some of the ideas that came out of it. * Extendable/hackable - I tried to keep the code as simple as possible so others can fork/modify easily. * Communicate with light. With function calling it changes the light bulb, so it can match your mood or feelings. * Populate info from clients you control. I wanted…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · docs.modojs.com · its alternatives →
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Axis One▲78I’ve been building a small hardware box that runs local LLMs like Mistral, Qwen and Llama, and exposes an OpenAI compatible API on your local network. There’s no cloud, no login system and no telemetry. I built it because a lot of small firms want ChatGPTbstyle tools but can’t use cloud AI for privacy or compliance reasons, and most don’t want to deal with GPU servers, drivers, Docker or model configs. The aim is to make local AI feel as simple as plugging in a router. Right now the box boots into a very simple web UI where you choose a model and start using it. The API follows the OpenAI…
Nov 2025 · axis-one-psi.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Your personal AI assistant - built for privacy & control.
Nov 2025 · shmmsra.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Today, we're launching Glowby Basic, our open-source, customizable AI assistant powered by OpenAI API. It allows you to easily recreate and adapt your own assistant for various needs, with multilingual voice capabilities. Key features include autonomous decision-making, customizable pre-set questions, support for 30+ languages, and effortless prompt switching for different tasks and scenarios. We've made interactions with LLMs and AI-related APIs open-source to encourage collaboration and enhance transparency. Try our live demo (no sign-up required) and explore the GitHub repo linked…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open source, type-safe primitives for multi-modal AI. All modelities, all providers, one interface 🌟 - withceleste/celeste-python
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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NOAXAI▲9Your Local AI Assistant VSCODE To Test Local Modals
2025 · mrniamster.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HF, I'm Terrell, and we built an open-source app that lets developers create their own Operator with a Next.js/React front-end and a flask back-end. The purpose is to simplify spinning up virtual desktops (Xfce, VNC) and automate desktop-based interactions using computer use models like OpenAI’s There are already various cool tools out there that allow you to build your own operator-like experience but they usually only automate web browser actions, or aren’t open sourced/cost a lot to get started. Spongecake allows you to automate desktop-based interactions, and is fully open…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Need a human in the loop developer assistant?
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Nexus UI▲6Beautiful, composable components for building AI apps
Apr 2026 · nexus-ui.dev · its alternatives →
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Composable AI. Instant AI apps, infinite possibilities.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built an open source desktop AI assistant after getting frustrated with how brittle most tools feel once questions go beyond basic Q and A. The goal was to explore whether an assistant could reliably handle interview style interactions such as system design discussions, multi step coding problems, and deeper follow up questioning without hiding behavior behind a closed SaaS. The assistant supports both cloud and local LLMs, uses a bring your own API key model, and is intentionally opinionated so behavior stays predictable under pressure. Most of the work went into managing context, follow…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Meet OpenBot. OS for Agents. Contribute to meetopenbot/openbot development by creating an account on GitHub.
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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