Best AI tools to run AI privately on my computer
Run AI on your own computer so nothing gets uploaded. You'll usually need a fairly powerful machine and some setup.
33 tools, ranked by how well reviewers rate them, how much people are talking about them this week, and how easy they are to start with. Filter by price, skill or device →
n8n
Lots of automations for little money, if you or someone you know can handle the tech setup.
Sayso
Writing emails, messages and notes by voice, privately, on Mac, Windows or Linux.
Pulse Local
Privacy-minded Mac users who want a full budgeting app plus plain-English answers about their spending.
Hugging Face
Trying free AI demos in your browser, and finding AI models.
Ollama
Running AI privately on your own computer, with no per-use cost.
Llama for Windows
Trying AI chat privately and offline on your own PC, with no account and no monthly bill.
chat-on-steroids
Gives ChatGPT extra powers on your computer, like using Chrome and picking up long tasks where it left off. Fiddly to install.
Pi pod
Runs the Pi coding helper safely on your own server.
aurelio-finance
A free personal finance app with an AI advisor. Track your net worth, investments and debts on your own computer, so your money data stays private.
agent-memory
Gives AI coding helpers a long-term memory, stored as simple notes on your computer. One for programmers.
audio.cpp
A fast engine that runs voice, speech-to-text and music AI on your own computer. Programmers build apps on it.
Box
An AI app suite for Android that works fully offline, so nothing leaves your phone.
nanoMuse
A free personal AI assistant with its own name and look. It runs on your phone and computer, remembers you, and asks before doing anything it can't undo.
Rembrandt
A free photo editor like Adobe Lightroom, with AI features, that runs fully on your own computer.
yovoice
A free studio for Mac and Windows that makes voiceovers, copies voices and writes songs, all offline with no monthly fees.
explainroo
Turns a script into a narrated explainer or product demo video, free and on your own computer.
ai-video-editor
A free video editor that runs on your own computer, where you and an AI can edit the same timeline together.
YuE2-Studio
A Windows app that writes full songs with vocals and sheet music on your own computer. Needs a good graphics card.
Maestro
A free AI studio on your own computer for video, images and music. It can plan a whole music video from one sentence. Needs a strong PC.
Ekselio
Like Lovable, but for finance tasks. Describe the job and it builds the workflow, and your data stays on your computer.
Agate WebGPU
Makes images from text entirely inside your web browser. Nothing gets uploaded, but you'll need a recent computer.
ACE-Step-Studio
A one-click, fully offline song maker for Windows PCs with an NVIDIA graphics card. It makes full songs with vocals, covers and even music videos.
HOT-Step-CPP
Turn some dials and get AI-made tracks, generated on your own computer.
audio.cpp-webui
A point-and-click web page for the audio.cpp engine, covering voices, transcription and music, all running on your own computer.
remiqora
A free music studio on your computer: type to make songs, split tracks into parts, and let AI add new instruments to your song.
html-explainer
Turns a topic into a narrated, subtitled explainer video, all on your own computer. AI coding tools build each scene.
Otis
A simple AI helper that runs AI models on your own computer straight out of the box.
voice_clone_lab
Copy a voice from a few minutes of audio and make new speech with it on your own computer. Please only clone voices you have permission to use.
ENZO
A free, all-in-one AI app you run on your own computer.
minimax-music-ui
A Suno-like web page for running the MiniMax music AI on your own server.
Xiryn
A free AI assistant that runs on your own computer. Needs some setup.
Ruach_Studio
A music studio for the YuE2 song AI. Write a score or lyrics and get a full song on your own computer. Seven languages.
music-generator
Make your own songs on your computer (Mac, Windows or Linux) with a simple web page and an installer. The page is in German.