CLUSTER ASSISTANT-CHAT-PERSONAL · 50 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-17

Local AI personal assistants

This cluster comprises AI personal assistant applications that run language models locally, managing tasks, schedules, notes, and memory through chat and voice. Dated entries before the index start were sparse in 2023, picked up in mid-2025, and increased modestly through early 2026. Traction is led by mimiclaw with 5,697 stars, far ahead of OpenInstinct and mojito.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JAN 2023: 1AUG 2023: 1MAR 2025: 1MAY 2025: 2JUN 2025: 1NOV 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1JAN 2026: 3FEB 2026: 2MAR 2026: 2JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 9SEP 2026: 17OCT 2026: 8
JAN 2023OCT 2026

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 3 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 15 unlabelled

Operator · 11 hobby · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 1 open source · 6 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01mimiclaw5.7k★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceA hardware personal assistant running on a low-cost microcontroller that responds to messages through a chat app and retains memory across restarts.
  2. 02OpenInstinct356★25 daysliveChat assistant for iMessages that manages personal tasks and stores passwords for the user.
  3. 03mojito27★9 daysliveai-builthobbySelf-hosted personal AI assistant that manages daily plans, notes, and chat, and adapts its features through user conversations.
  4. 04Nexus-VII-Autonomous-Intelligence10★29 daysliveAI assistant with voice control, Telegram integration, proactive reminders, web form automation, and screen analysis.
  5. 05dexter7★9 days—hobbyPersonal assistant that runs on the user's own machine and is controlled through chat messages to manage tasks, files, and an AI agent.
  6. 06second-brain5★2 daysliveai-builthobbyPWA that captures text, voice, photo, and Telegram notes, uses AI to structure them into tasks, and plans work across list, kanban, calendar, and timeline views.
  7. 07polaris22★1 mo—hobbyAI personal assistant that manages schedules, to-dos, notes, web search, image recognition, voice synthesis, and sends reminders to messaging apps.
  8. 08openinst1★13 dayslivePersonal AI agent that lives in chat apps and the web, with its own browser, email address, and long-term memory for managing messages and tasks.
  9. 09hooshiyar1★3 dayslivehobbyPersonal AI assistant web app that works with a user-provided API key, offering chat, web search, document retrieval, and multi-agent tools in Persian.
  10. 10muse-imessage-agent1★3 days—hobbyPersonal AI assistant that lives in iMessage, sets reminders, searches the web, and manages tasks through natural-language texts.
  11. 11Grandma0★18 days—AI-powered personal assistant app with a grandmotherly chat personality that helps manage tasks, reminders, recipes, daily plans, and grocery lists.
  12. 12Farruhk-ai-mobile0★6 days—hobbyMobile personal assistant app combining AI chat, voice input, tasks, projects, and a food cost calculator.
  13. 13Town Assistant0★8 dayslivecommercialAI personal assistant app that captures meetings, summarizes action items, manages schedules, and drafts messages for approval.
  14. 142nd-Mind0★15 days—hobbyChat-based personal memory app that stores notes, links and tasks and retrieves them by meaning, time, person, or category with transparent AI decisions.
  15. 15TestInstinct0★4 dayslivePersonal AI assistant for iMessage that performs web tasks like booking tickets and handling chores.
  16. 16auroraaip0★24 daysliveai-builtPersonal assistant app that organizes daily routines, weekly schedules, shopping lists, and notes with an AI chat companion.
  17. 17ORBIT0★10 days—hobbyPersonal AI assistant app that remembers past conversations and proactively helps with tasks through a chat interface.
  18. 183m_agent0★1 day—hobbyPersonal assistant app that combines chat, tasks, scheduling, voice, and interchangeable AI models with memory in a local web interface.
  19. 19ashtra-ai0★6 dayslivehand-codedhobbyAI companion app that chats with users, remembers their profile and preferences, and uses agents for tasks like scheduling and file management.
  20. 20jenna-lite0★4 daysliveindieAI assistant app that runs locally on Windows and Mac, talks and listens, remembers personal details, sets reminders and goals, and searches the web.