Pluely
Your Always-On, Always-Invisible Open Source AI Assistant
What it does
Pluely is your go-to AI companion that lives silently on your desktop as a translucent overlay—always on display, one click away. At just ~10 MB, it uses 80% less compute power, launches in 200 ms, and has already earned 600+ ⭐️ GitHub stars.
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