AIConsole, an Open-Source Desktop AI Editor to Customize Your Workflow
Hey HN! I was frustrated with feeling like an assistant to most AI systems and chats that I used. All I wanted was to have a fully controllable AI System that will potentially do everything for me, and that I can easily teach to do new things and get my context without constant copy and pasting. This is why, together with my team, I built AIConsole, an open-source desktop AI editor that allows you to create your own AI toolset. Giving you the power of AI personalization right on your local machine. Imagine a desktop app that can schedule your meetings, automate responses, craft unique…
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AIConsole is an open-source desktop AI editor that lets users build custom AI tools tailored to their workflow. It runs locally on the user's machine, enabling the AI system to access local context and execute tasks without constant copy-pasting between applications. The software can handle scheduling, automation, content creation, code generation, and editing while maintaining privacy. It's designed for users who want direct control over their AI system and the ability to teach it new capabilities specific to their needs.
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Hey HN! I was frustrated with feeling like an assistant to most AI systems and chats that I used. All I wanted was to have a fully controllable AI System that will potentially do everything for me, and that I can easily teach to do new things and get my context without constant copy and pasting. This is why, together with my team, I built AIConsole, an open-source desktop AI editor that allows you to create your own AI toolset. Giving you the power of AI personalization right on your local machine. Imagine a desktop app that can schedule your meetings, automate responses, craft unique content, code snippets, or even edit code – all while respecting your privacy and preferences. What does it do? * Runs code locally - it can fully operate within your local environment with the tasks your machine can execute – it can do everything that is accessible from your machine. * Gets better the more you put into it - teach it once to perform a task and AIConsole retains the skill indefinitely. * Use your notes to show AI how to complete and automate tasks. * Expert level prompt engineering - AIConsole leverages a multi-agent Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system not based on a vector database, akin to expert prompt engineering. * Fully open-sourced – This software maintains privacy and only uses dedicated LLM apis with well known privacy policies - and you can verify that yourself * Share and collaborate on your tools with the community - you can create and share your domain-specific AI tool using Github, Google Drive etc. While we are at an early stage, we have a stable desktop application, and are working on sharing actual use-cases and further improving the tooling around it. We’ve got a lot planned on our roadmap, including a full IDE-like experience, generative interfaces, and open source LLMs support. Get it here: https://aiconsole.ai Discord: https://discord.com/invite/gYPJqFC7hF Repository: https://github.com/10clouds/aiconsole Newsletter: https://cielecki.substack.com/ My Twitter: twitter.com/mcielecki Manifesto: https://cielecki.substack.com/p/say-goodbye-to-tech-giants I would love to hear your feedback.
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