NeverWrite is a local-first knowledge workspace for notes and documents with AI assistance. Notes stay in a folder on the computer, and every AI edit arrives as a reviewable change that can be accepted, rejected or refined before it is written to the vault. It is free, open source under Apache 2.0, requires no account, and connects to models the user already pays for.
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Ollama is a tool for running and building with open AI models locally or in the cloud on macOS, Windows and Linux. Its pricing page lists Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise subscription plans, with paid plans including usage credits and cloud model access. The Free plan includes running models locally and starter usage credits.
Onyx is an enterprise platform that connects to organizational knowledge sources to provide humans and AI agents with accurate, fast, and token-efficient context. It supports more than 50 connectors, works with any AI model, offers white-glove support, and is used by over 1,000 teams handling 1 million or more weekly queries.
Paper2Galgame is proprietary software that turns academic papers into interactive visual novels using AI. Users upload PDFs to generate story-driven explanations and can study with anime partners or custom characters. It also offers document parsing, chapter-by-chapter reading, voice, and blackboard notes. Its source code is not publicly available.
AI-powered answer engine that searches the web and cites sources for research questions.
Petals is a project for running large language models at home, BitTorrent-style. Users load part of a model and join a network of people serving its other parts. It supports generating text with Llama 3.1, Mixtral, Falcon and BLOOM and fine-tuning them on a consumer-grade GPU or Google Colab.
PrivateGPT is an open-source API layer that turns local models into production AI applications, following the Claude API model. It provides a messages API, file and artifact ingestion, retrieval with citations, embeddings and orchestration, and a built-in workbench UI for testing and demos.
PygmalionAI provides conversational AI for questions, tasks, and general assistance.
Rytr uses AI to draft, edit, summarize, or adapt written content.
Sci-Bot is an AI-powered research assistant powered by Sci-Hub. It is currently in temporary read-only maintenance mode, allowing users to browse previously answered questions but not submit new questions or sign in. It supports multiple languages, several citation formats, and adjustable generation speed.
SciSpace supports AI-assisted research, knowledge retrieval, summarization, or source analysis.
TavernAI 2 is a desktop AI roleplay chat app distributed as a portable app for Windows and Linux, also installable on a VPS. It runs models locally or connects to built-in and custom AI provider integrations, with branching chats, dynamic participants, a Prompt Manager, and custom AI games.
TextFX uses AI to draft, edit, summarize, or adapt written content.
Toolbaz offers free AI tools for writing, image and audio generation, powered by models including GPT-5, Claude, Gemini and Meta-AI. The site lists writer tools such as article and content writer, story and book writer, and rewriting and editing tools.
Verba uses AI to draft, edit, summarize, or adapt written content.
4thWall AI provides conversational AI for questions, tasks, and general assistance.
AI Dungeon is a free AI text adventure game in which players create open-ended stories, explore interactive worlds and guide every choice online or in the app. Players can start a fantasy quest, survive a post-apocalyptic world, build a custom scenario or jump into community-made adventures powered by AI.
Arena provides conversational AI for questions, tasks, and general assistance.
Can I Run AI Locally detects a user's GPU or Mac and ranks open models that fit, covering LLMs, coding, image and video models. It reports VRAM requirements, speed estimates and grades for the device.
Complexity is a browser extension for Perplexity.ai that adds quality-of-life features. It lets users change models and focus modes on the fly and interact with Spaces without leaving the homepage. It also provides a thread table of contents, a sticky toolbar, a custom Markdown block, thread and message export in markdown format, and a custom theme.
KoboldAI Web provides conversational AI for questions, tasks, and general assistance.
Leon is an open-source personal assistant that can run on a user's server. It is built on Node.js, Python and artificial intelligence concepts, and responds to requests. It uses a modular architecture for creating or using skills, and supports several cloud and offline text-to-speech and speech-to-text solutions.
Live Demo provides conversational AI for questions, tasks, and general assistance.
Spellbound uses AI to draft, edit, summarize, or adapt written content.