Practical guides, tested at home

The computer on your desk can run its own AI.

No subscription, nothing sent to the cloud. Step-by-step projects for everyday jobs like private chat, searching your files, and turning voice memos into text, each one tried on ordinary home computers first.

New to this? Start hereA ten-minute, jargon-free intro to what this is and what you'll need. Know your stuff? Jump to projectsFilter by hardware and use case. Models, tools, and commands up front.

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Things people actually use this for

Turn voice memos into text

A one-line command that turns any audio file into a text file next to it.

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Your own private chat assistant

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A chat window on your computer you can ask questions, draft emails with, or brainstorm with, privately.

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Search your own documents privately

A simple search over a folder of your files that understands meaning, not just exact words.

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Why we test everything ourselves

Plenty of sites will tell you a model "should" run on your machine. We set each project up on our own computers, from an 8 GB Surface laptop to a gaming PC and two Macs, and publish what actually happened. Until a project has been through that, it carries a clear draft label and no speed numbers.

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