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AI · May 14, 2026

Quietly

Offline AI IDE & local Chat

Quietly launched on May 14, 2026 with 59 votes, #719 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

What it does

Code with AI. Chat with AI. 100% offline. Description: Quietly is a local-first AI IDE and chat companion for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Built for developers who refuse to compromise on privacy, it keeps your source code and prompts entirely on your machine. No cloud, no telemetry, and zero latency. Just you and your models.

Quietly is an offline AI IDE and local pair programmer. On-device coding and chat—no cloud prompts by default, no telemetry.

Quietly is an Offline AI IDE , AI Chat , Image Generation , and Model Training for Windows, macOS, and Linux . Own the stack once. Inference stays on your hardware—not a rented API. One purchase. Your machine. No recurring seat fees for cloud inference you do not need. Explore our offline AI IDE , offline AI chat , local image generation , local AI training , or download Quietly for your platform. Run capable models entirely on your machine. After setup, code and chat work without a cloud API—disconnect whenever you want. No analytics, crash reporters, or usage tracking. Inference stays on loopback; known telemetry hosts are blocked. Your code and prompts remain on disk. Dedicated Quietly…from quietlycode.org

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