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Gives you a private ChatGPT-style assistant that runs AI models on your own computer
by Menlo Research
Jarvis
by Baris SencanAppGet organised
Gives you a desktop voice assistant that runs on local models and remembers past chats
About Jarvis
Jarvis is a desktop voice and text assistant that runs on models on your own computer. You talk to it by name or type, and it remembers past chats and can search the web, check the weather and dictate into other apps.
For People who prefer voicePrivacy-minded usersLocal AI hobbyists
Made by Baris Sencan
An open-source project by developer Baris Sencan, published on GitHub with a project page at barissencan.com.
- Stars
- ★ 2.2k
- License
- Jarvis AI Assistant License
- Cost
- Free
- Platforms
- Mac · Win · Linux
- Runs
- Local
Overview
Jarvis is a desktop voice and text assistant by Baris Sencan that runs speech recognition, the language model and speech on hardware you control. You speak to it by name, even in the middle of a conversation with friends, or type in its chat window, and it keeps a local diary and knowledge graph so it can recall past conversations and plans. Built-in tools cover web search, weather, reading text from screenshots and dictation into other apps. It suits people who want a private assistant without a subscription.
It is built to join a conversation in the room, using what was just said, rather than waiting for a single command.
Try these first
Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.
- Jarvis, help me think through my day.First try
- Jarvis, what did we decide about [plan] last week?
- Jarvis, what's the weather tomorrow, and should we move the picnic indoors?uses the web
- Hold the dictation hotkey and say: [your message]. It pastes the text into the app you're using.
Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.
Features
From the creator's documentation.
| Feature | What it does | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Voice chat | Answers out loud when you say its name, using the recent conversation in the room | Your computer |
| Memory | A local diary and knowledge graph you can browse in the Memory Viewer | Your computer |
| Text chat | A companion chat window that shares the same conversation and memory | Your computer |
| Built-in tools | Web search, weather, time, screenshot text reading, file access and nutrition tracking | Network for web tools |
| Dictation | Hold a hotkey, speak and release to paste the text into another app | Your computer |
| MCP tools | Connect MCP servers for browser automation, smart-home controls and more | Depends on the tool |
Good to know
Talk through your day or a plan out loud and ask Jarvis to weigh in, using what was just said and what it remembers. You can also hold a hotkey to dictate text into another app.
Limits
- While listening, it keeps a short rolling transcript of nearby speech. Use Pause Voice Listening during meetings or private conversations.
- It is developed mainly on macOS. Dictation is unavailable on macOS 26 and later, and Windows and Linux behaviour may differ.
Notes by Agent Flows Hub (original project name: Jarvis), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. Jarvis README · Jarvis configuration guide
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