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Local and self-hosted tools for personal AI assistants

Agents and assistants that can run on your own machine or server, keeping data local. Of the 87 tools on our personal assistance page, 28 fit this narrower job. By pricing: 20 open source, 7 source-available, 1 free or freemium. The most-starred open repos here are Open WebUI (156,022 stars), AnythingLLM (67,210 stars), Nanobot (49,096 stars). Most come from the personal agents (28) category.

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Open WebUI

Newpersonal agentsSource-available

Self-hosted, offline-capable AI platform with a chat interface for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible models, plus tools, pipelines and agent features.

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AnythingLLM

personal agentsOpen source + cloud

Local-first desktop and server app for chatting with your documents, running agents and connecting any LLM.

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Nanobot

personal agentsOpen source

Ultra-lightweight, self-hosted personal agent framework in Python with a web UI, tools, memory and MCP support.

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LibreChat

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Self-hosted, multi-user AI chat platform with agents, MCP, skills, code interpreter and support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, AWS, Azure and many more providers.

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QwenPaw

personal agentsOpen source

Personal AI assistant you can install locally or in the cloud, connected to multiple chat channels.

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agenticSeek

personal agentsOpen source

Fully local autonomous agent that browses, codes and plans without paid APIs.

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Screenpipe

personal agentsSource-available + cloud

Records your screen and audio locally so AI agents can search and act on your computer history.

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Leon

personal agentsOpen source

Open-source personal assistant that runs on your own server.

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Eigent

personal agentsOpen source

Open-source cowork desktop app that runs multi-agent workflows locally.

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Octop

personal agentsOpen source

Self-hosted, multi-user AI assistant with multiple agents.

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DeepChat

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Open-source, local-first AI agent desktop client with MCP, skills, ACP support and remote control from messaging apps.

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Kun

personal agentsSource-available

Local-first agent workspace for coding, writing, design, research and automation.

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5ire

Newpersonal agentsSource-available

Cross-platform desktop AI assistant and MCP client with a local knowledge base and support for major model providers.

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Thunderbolt

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Thunderbird's open-source AI client that lets you choose your models and keep your data, aimed at self-hosted and on-prem deployments.

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Rakazo

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Self-hosted personal AI agent and persistent teammate for web, desktop, iPhone and Android, with your own choice of model and computer sandbox.

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ChatOllama

personal agentsSource-available

Open-source agentic chat app for running agents on local and hosted models.

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Mercury Agent

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Self-hosted personal AI agent with a written personality, local memory, permission-gated tools and token budgets, reachable via CLI or Telegram.

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Atomic Agent

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Local-first AI agent that drives your browser, edits files and runs approved commands using local open-weight or cloud models.

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Cindy

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Open-source, ready-to-run AI agent that combines Claude Code, Codex and tools into one agent working on your local files and apps.

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JustHireMe

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Local-first desktop workbench that finds job listings, ranks your fit and generates tailored application materials.

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Orkas

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Local-first multi-agent desktop app where a commander model coordinates specialist agents and your installed coding CLIs.

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Skales

Newpersonal agentsFreemium

Personal AI agent for desktop and mobile that codes, automates the desktop and browser and runs scheduled tasks with local or cloud models.

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Memmy

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

A local-first personal AI agent with a self-evolving long-term memory that its desktop app, CLI and your other AI agents can all share.

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Jarvis

Newpersonal agentsSource-available

Private, local-first desktop AI assistant with voice and text chat, personal memory, dictation and MCP tools.

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Hermex

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Hermex is a native iPhone and iPad app for controlling a self-hosted Hermes agent. The agent keeps running on your own server; the app connects to it over your private Tailscale network or an HTTPS tunnel, streams replies, lets you answer approval requests, manage tasks and Kanban boards, browse the agent's workspace and get push notifications when it needs you. It is free on the App Store with no in-app purchases, and its source is open.

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Andee

Newpersonal agentsSource-available

Andee is an Android agent you install as one APK (Android 11+, no root) that reads the screen and taps, types and replies in any app for you, keeps private on-device notes, and uses the OpenAI-compatible model and speech provider you choose.

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Dodaios

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Open-source desktop agent OS for Windows, macOS and Linux (formerly Personal Jarvis): talk to it and it runs your coding CLIs side by side, your browser and your apps, with offline Whisper speech, a local wiki memory and support for Ollama, Claude or ChatGPT subscriptions.

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TecAdRise Bot

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

TecAdRise Bot is a free, MIT-licensed Windows desktop app (Electron and Cursor SDK) for running a local team of AI agents, each with its own model, memory, skills, MCP servers, workspace and schedule.

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GitHub repos (28)

RepoGitHub starsLicenceLast push
Open WebUI ↗156,022—2026-10-16
AnythingLLM ↗67,210MIT2026-10-20
Nanobot ↗49,096MIT2026-10-21
LibreChat ↗45,910MIT2026-10-17
QwenPaw ↗35,761Apache License 2.02026-10-21
agenticSeek ↗27,499GNU GPL v3.02026-10-15
Screenpipe ↗21,958Screenpipe Commercial License (All rights reserved)2026-10-21
Leon ↗17,580MIT2026-10-19
Eigent ↗15,571Apache License 2.02026-10-19
Octop ↗9,685MIT2026-10-18
DeepChat ↗6,371Apache License 2.02026-10-21
Kun ↗6,313PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.02026-10-17
5ire ↗5,372—2026-07-15
Thunderbolt ↗4,796—2026-10-21
Rakazo ↗4,713—2026-10-21

Top 15 of 28 by stars. Stars and licence come from each repo, checked when the listing was last verified.

FAQ

What are the best AI tools for personal assistance focused on local and self-hosted?

We list 28. The first three by GitHub stars and featured status are Open WebUI: Self-hosted, offline-capable AI platform with a chat interface for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible models, plus tools, pipelines and agent features.; AnythingLLM: Local-first desktop and server app for chatting with your documents, running agents and connecting any LLM.; Nanobot: Ultra-lightweight, self-hosted personal agent framework in Python with a web UI, tools, memory and MCP support.

Are there free or open-source options?

Yes: 20 open source, 7 source-available, 1 free or freemium. Pricing is as each maker states it.

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