Tools worth your time.
A curated collection for chat, coding, writing, and more. Clearly labeled so you know what runs locally and what still uses the cloud.
A little less hype. A lot more agency.
AI can live
on your
computer.
Tired of the noise? Us too. There’s a quieter side to AI: useful tools you can run yourself, on hardware you own.
We’re building a practical starting point. No grand predictions. Just help getting started.
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Good AI comes from many places.
We welcome what AI labs are building. Local or cloud, every approach has strengths and tradeoffs—in privacy, cost, capability, and control. Understand them. Choose what works for you.
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Google DeepMind
- Meta
- Microsoft
- xAI
- Mistral AI
- DeepSeek
- Qwen · Alibaba
Your hardware. Your data. Your AI.
ON THE WORKBENCH
Less discourse.
More doing.
You don’t need to be an expert.
You just need a good place to start.
Meet your machine.
Plain-language guides to what your hardware can run, what you need, and how to get your first useful result.
The tradeoffs, honestly.
Privacy, cost, speed, and quality. Local isn’t magic, and it isn’t always the answer. We’ll help you make the call.
EARLY DAYS. OPEN INVITATION.
A more personal
kind of AI starts here.
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