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AI apps: choose where the model runs

An app gives you a finished interface for one kind of work, such as chat, transcription, documents, images or video. Before you choose, find out where the AI model runs. That decides the hardware you need, how you pay and where your data goes.

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Check where it runs

Some apps run models on your own computer, such as Ollama, LM Studio and Jan. Some are an interface you install on a computer or server and open in a browser, such as Open WebUI. Hosted apps such as Claude Desktop send your work to the company's service. Many apps combine two of these. Local models need memory and disk space, and a self-hosted install often needs Docker, so read the requirements on each Library page.

Find out how the model is paid for

A free app can still call a paid service. Many apps ask for your own API key from a model provider such as OpenAI or Anthropic, and the provider charges per use. Others work through a coding agent or plan you already have, such as Claude Code or Codex. Local models have no per-use charge, but they need a capable computer. The Library's cost filter shows whether an app is free, usage-based or paid.

Know what leaves your computer

With a local model, your prompts can stay on your machine. LM Studio's documentation, for example, says chats and added documents stay on the device, while searching for and downloading models goes online. When you add a cloud provider key, the text you send goes to that provider. Apps that record your screen, microphone or meetings ask for system permissions, so check what they capture and where they keep it before you start one.

Examples from the Library

These pages explain the projects and link to their creators. The selection illustrates different uses; it is not a ranking.

All 113 apps in the Library

  • AgentFlux Runs document workflows and AI agents on your own computer, with results saved locally. By davemessew.
  • Amical Turns what you say into typed text in any app, with speech recognition on your computer. By Amical.
  • Anarlog Takes notes in your meetings without a bot joining the call, then writes the summary. By fastrepl.
  • AnythingLLM Lets you chat with your own documents and run AI agents in a private desktop app. By Mintplex Labs.
  • ArcReel Turns a novel, script or product photos into storyboards and short videos on your server. By ArcReel.
  • ArtCraft Lets you stage a scene in 2D or 3D, then render it as an AI image or video. By ArtCraft.
  • AstrBot Puts an AI assistant into QQ, WeCom, Feishu, Telegram, Slack and other chat apps. By AstrBot AI.
  • AutoClip Turns a long interview, podcast or course video into captioned short clips with post copy. By Kris K.
  • Buzz Turns recordings, videos and YouTube links into text and subtitles on your own computer. By Chidi Williams.
  • Chat UI Gives you your own HuggingChat-style chat page for the AI models you choose. By Hugging Face.
  • ChatGPT Desktop Brings ChatGPT chat, Work tasks and the Codex coding agent to your desktop. By OpenAI.
  • ChatGPT Exporter Saves your ChatGPT conversations as Markdown, HTML, JSON, text or a screenshot. By Pionxzh.
  • ChatGPT Telegram Workers Puts your own AI chat bot in Telegram, deployed to Cloudflare with one button. By TBXark.
  • ChatGPTBox Adds an AI chat box to any web page to summarise, translate or rewrite what you read. By ChatGPTBox-dev.
  • ChatLab Turns your exported chat histories into charts and lets you ask an AI questions about them. By ChatLab.
  • Cherry Studio Puts many AI model providers, agents and a knowledge base in one desktop app. By CherryHQ.
  • Claude Desktop Puts Claude on your desktop, with access to your local files and apps. By Anthropic.
  • claude-devtools Shows every step Claude Code took in a session, with the files, edits and tokens behind it. By matt.
  • Claudian Puts Claude Code, Codex and other agents in an Obsidian sidebar to work on your notes. By Yishen Tu.
  • ClawX Runs OpenClaw AI agents from a desktop window, with chat, skills and scheduled tasks. By ValueCell.ai.
  • CloudCLI Lets you use Claude Code, Cursor CLI or Codex from a browser on your computer or phone. By Siteboon.
  • CodexBar Shows how much of your AI coding limits you have left, right in the Mac menu bar. By Peter Steinberger.
  • ComfyUI Generates images, video and audio with AI models through a visual node canvas. By Comfy Org.
  • Concat Lets you edit video on your computer, with auto-captions, voices and background removal. By Jareer A..
  • Consensus Answers your research questions from academic papers, with a source linked to every claim. By Consensus.
  • Coucou Shows your AI coding agents' progress in the Mac notch and lets you approve their steps. By Louis Raillé.
  • Daily Stock Analysis Analyses your stock watchlist every day and sends you an AI-written report. By ZhuLinsen.
  • Dayflow Builds a timeline of what you did on your Mac each day, from your screen activity. By Jerry Liu.
  • Deep Research Turns a research question into a written report with sources in a few minutes. By U14 App.
  • DeepChat Brings many AI models, skills, connectors and agents into one desktop chat app. By ThinkInAI.
  • DeepTutor Turns your notes and documents into a personal tutor that explains, quizzes and plans. By Data Intelligence Lab@HKU.
  • Deta Surf Keeps web pages, PDFs and videos in local notebooks and writes cited notes from them. By Deta.
  • Dia Answers questions from your open tabs and work apps, and drafts briefs, reports and decks. By The Browser Company.
  • DocsGPT Turns your files and sites into an AI assistant that answers with its sources. By Arc53.
  • Dograh Builds AI voice agents that answer or make phone calls, using a visual flow editor. By Dograh.
  • Easydict Looks up words and translates selected text or screenshots on your Mac. By tisfeng.
  • ebook2audiobook Turns an e-book into an audiobook file with chapters, read aloud by AI voices. By Drew Thomasson.
  • Elicit Finds research papers, pulls out the key data and drafts a cited research report. By Elicit.
  • Everywhere Lets you press a shortcut to ask AI about whatever is on your screen. By Sylinko.
  • FunClip Transcribes a video, then cuts out the parts you pick from the text, with subtitles. By ModelScope.
  • Gamma Turns a topic, notes or a document into a designed presentation, document or web page. By Gamma.
  • Gemini Notebook Answers questions about your own documents and turns them into audio and study aids. By Google.
  • GenOffice Opens Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and lets an AI edit them, with changes you can undo. By Genspark.
  • go-stock Tracks Chinese, Hong Kong and US stocks and lets an AI model summarise news and charts. By SparkMemory.
  • Google AI Edge Gallery Runs AI chat, photo questions and transcription on your phone, with no internet needed. By Google.
  • Granola Turns your rough meeting notes and the call audio into clear notes and action items. By Granola.
  • Handy Types what you say into any text field when you press a shortcut, fully offline. By CJ Pais.
  • Happy Lets you run and check Claude Code and Codex sessions from your desktop and phone. By Happy Engineering.
  • Herdr Keeps your terminals and coding agents in one window and shows which ones need you. By Herdr.
  • Hermes One Installs the Hermes AI agent for you and lets you use it from a desktop app. By fathah.
  • Hermes WebUI Lets you use the Hermes agent from a browser or your phone instead of a terminal. By Nathan Esquenazi.
  • HeyGen Turns a script, slides or a prompt into a video with a talking AI presenter. By HeyGen.
  • Hob Runs an AI assistant on your own computer that works on your files, even offline. By Frigade.
  • Jan Gives you a private ChatGPT-style assistant that runs AI models on your own computer. By Menlo Research.
  • Jarvis Gives you a desktop voice assistant that runs on local models and remembers past chats. By Baris Sencan.
  • Kensaku Finds files on your computer by name, the text inside them, screenshot text or meaning. By Yash Jangid.
  • Kept Keeps a searchable record of everything you own and the room, shelf or box it is in. By Ibrahim Roshdy.
  • LangBot Puts an AI chatbot into WeChat, QQ, Lark, Telegram, Slack, Discord and other chat apps. By LangBot.
  • LibreChat Gives you a self-hosted ChatGPT-style app where you switch between many AI models. By LibreChat.
  • LM Studio Finds, downloads and runs open AI models on your computer in one desktop app. By Element Labs.
  • LobeHub Lets you build a team of AI agents that chat, write and run scheduled tasks for you. By LobeHub LLC.
  • LocalMiniDrama Turns a story idea into a script, storyboard and finished short drama video on your PC. By xuanyu studio.
  • Macro Puts your team's email, chat, tasks, docs and AI agents in one linked workspace. By Macro.
  • MaxKB Builds a chat assistant that answers questions from your own documents, on your server. By FIT2CLOUD.
  • Maxun Turns a website into a table of data by recording a few clicks, and watches it for changes. By Maxun.
  • Meetily Records your meetings, transcribes them live on your computer and writes a summary of each. By Zackriya Solutions.
  • MindsHub Hands research, reports and recurring tasks to AI agents in a web or desktop workspace. By MindsDB.
  • Ming Voice Runs a spoken voice assistant on your own graphics card, with timers, lists and smart home. By JMS1717.
  • MoneyPrinterTurbo Makes a short video with script, voiceover, subtitles and music from just a topic. By Harry.
  • Msty Studio Lets you chat with local and online AI models side by side in one private workspace. By CloudStack, LLC.
  • n8n Lets you build automations and AI agents on a visual canvas that links your apps. By n8n.
  • Next AI Draw.io Draws flowcharts and architecture diagrams from a sentence, ready to edit in draw.io. By Dayuan Jiang.
  • NextAI Translator Translates, polishes or summarises text you select, in your browser or on your desktop. By nextai-translator.
  • NextChat Gives you your own chat app for Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek and other models. By NextChat.
  • NoteGen Turns scattered thoughts, screenshots and voice notes into organized Markdown notes. By codexu.
  • Ollama Runs open AI models on your own computer for private chat and for other apps to use. By Ollama.
  • Open CoDesign Turns a written request into a clickable prototype, slide deck or PDF on your computer. By OpenCoworkAI.
  • Open Notebook Lets you chat with your PDFs, videos and web pages, take notes and turn them into podcasts. By Luis Novo.
  • Open WebUI Gives you and your team a private ChatGPT-style workspace on your own computer or server. By Open WebUI Inc..
  • OpenChatCut Lets you edit videos by chatting with an AI, then fine-tune the cuts on a real timeline. By sline.
  • OpenCode Telegram Bot Lets you send coding tasks to OpenCode on your computer from Telegram on your phone. By Ruslan Grinev.
  • OpenCreator Translates and dubs videos, writes scripts and posts, and makes images and videos. By Joshua Yin Junxi.
  • OpenDesign Turns a short brief into web prototypes, slide decks, images and motion graphics. By OpenDesign.
  • OpenFilm Lets your coding agent make animated videos that you can then change by hand in an editor. By OpenFilm.
  • OpenKnowledge Lets you edit local notes and wikis like Notion pages, with Claude or Codex alongside. By Inkeep.
  • OpenMausBot Lets you run a team of AI bots in a chat app, each with its own model, computer and apps. By Milind Soni.
  • OpenPencil Lets you describe a web page or app screen and watch an AI draw the design on a canvas. By ZSeven-W.
  • OpenSEO Shows the keywords, rankings and backlinks for your site, and lets your AI agent use them. By EveryApp.
  • OpenUsage Shows how much of your Claude, ChatGPT and other AI plans is left, in the Mac menu bar. By Robin Ebers.
  • Palmier Pro Lets Claude, Codex or Cursor edit your videos on a real timeline in a Mac video editor. By Palmier.
  • Paperclip Runs a team of AI agents from one task board, with goals, budgets and approval steps. By Paperclip.
  • PasteMD Pastes AI chat answers into Word, WPS or Excel with formulas and tables intact. By RICHQAQ.
  • PDFMathTranslate Translates a whole PDF paper into another language, keeping formulas, charts and layout. By PDF Math Translate.
  • Perplexity Answers your questions with sources you can check, and writes longer research reports. By Perplexity.
  • Presenton Turns a topic or a document into an editable slide deck to download as PowerPoint or PDF. By Presenton.
  • pyVideoTrans Translates a video into another language with new subtitles and an AI voice-over. By jianchang512.
  • Reactive Resume Builds a resume and cover letters in your browser, checks them and tracks job applications. By Reactive Resume.
  • Read Frog Translates web pages and video subtitles side by side and saves new words as flashcards. By MengXi.
  • Screenpipe Records your screen and audio on your computer so you and your AI can search what you did. By Screenpipe.
  • Skill Recorder Records you doing a task once and turns it into a skill your AI agent can repeat. By Microsoft.
  • SolidCraft Lets you or your AI agent design 3D parts you can print, on desktop or in the browser. By Tangency Labs.
  • SurfSense Researches, summarises and edits your documents on your own computer, with no account. By SurfSense.
  • T3 Code Lets you run and steer the coding agents on your computer from one app or your phone. By T3 Tools.
  • TokenBar Shows how much of each AI plan or credit balance you have left and when it resets. By Wenhai-Liu.
  • Toonflow Turns a story idea into scripts, storyboards and video clips on one canvas. By HBAI-Ltd.
  • TrendRadar Filters trending news by your keywords or interests and sends the matches to your phone. By sansan.
  • UVR Vocal Remover Splits a song into a vocal track and an instrumental track on your own computer. By Anjok07.
  • Vane Runs your own AI search engine that answers questions with links to its sources. By Kushagra Srivastava.
  • Vibe Research Gives you one local workbench to follow and research China, Hong Kong and US stocks. By Simon Lin.
  • VoiceStudio Clones voices, dubs videos and reads text aloud on your own computer. By Palash Debnath.
  • Voyager Adds folders, a timeline and export to Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI chat sites. By Jesse Zhang.
  • World Monitor Shows world news, conflicts, markets and infrastructure on one live map with AI briefs. By Elie Habib.
  • yovoice Turns text into speech, cloned voices and songs on your own computer, with no API fees. By leemysw.

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Before you install

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Source

LM Studio: Offline operation. Project-specific sources and installation steps are on each Library page.