RecurseChat
Use Local AI as daily driver
RecurseChat launched on April 18, 2024 with 119 votes, #462 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
What it does
RecurseChat is a personal AI app for chatting with local AI offline and privately. It's designed for you to use local AI as your daily driver. Chat with local document, chat with images, import ChatGPT history, full text search, and much more.
RecurseChat, an personal AI app that lets you talk with local AI
Private. Offline. Fast. Chat with local LLMs, Claude, and ChatGPT from a single Mac app. No subscription required. Run AI models directly on your Mac. No internet connection needed. No servers. Your conversations never leave your device. Press ⌘+⇧+Enter to summon AI from any app. Always on top of every window, always ready. PDFs, markdown, and text files. Powered by local RAG with on-device embedding and vector search. Your files never leave your machine. Use GGUF models, Hugging Face, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, or cloud providers like Claude and ChatGPT. Import your ChatGPT history and continue conversations with local AI. All in one place. "Quite simply the best macOS LLM…from recurse.chat
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I made an app to use local AI as daily driver2024 · recurse.chat · ▲637Hi Hackers, Excited to share a macOS app I've been working on: https://recurse.chat/ for chatting with local AI. While it's amazing that you can run AI models locally quite easily these days (through llama.cpp / llamafile / ollama / llm CLI etc.), I missed feature complete chat interfaces. Tools like LMStudio are super powerful, but there's a learning curve to it. I'd like to hit a middleground of simplicity and customizability for advanced users. Here's what separates RecurseChat out from similar apps: - UX designed for you to use local AI as a daily driver.…

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