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AI · January 28, 2026

Bodhi App – Bring your own AI model to any web app

Bodhi Chat is a demo chat app that connects to Bodhi App running locally on your machine. The connection to Bodhi App is completely secure and backed by OAuth 2.1 PKCE standards. We also have a built-in Exa web — so the LLM can search the web during conversations if required. The complete setup is completely secured by OAuth authentication/authorization, and no access is allowed unless user consents to it. Links: - Demo: https://bodhiapps.github.io/chat/ - Bodhi App repo: https://github.com/BodhiSearch/BodhiApp - Developer waitlist:…

Bodhi App – Bring your own AI model to any web app launched on January 28, 2026 with 6 votes, #2,272 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Bodhi Chat is a PoC showing the future of AI Apps with Local LLMs. Connects to your locally running Bodhi App securely via OAuth 2.1. Webapps hosted anywhere can access your local AI - enabling agentic chat + deep research entirely on your machine. Zero backend infrastructure needed, zero API costs, 100% privacy. Developers: build similar AI apps powered by Local LLMs? Sign up for waitlist at developer.getbodhi.app

In the maker’s words, at launch

Bodhi Chat is a demo chat app that connects to Bodhi App running locally on your machine. The connection to Bodhi App is completely secure and backed by OAuth 2.1 PKCE standards. We also have a built-in Exa web — so the LLM can search the web during conversations if required. The complete setup is completely secured…

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