Local AI on your PC, free forever!
The models you download and run locally: free, unlimited, offline and private. No account, no cloud and even the versions without the usual filters. We explain what they are and where to start.
Assistants
The all-rounders: writing, translating, reasoning and searching the web.
Images
Generate images from text: realistic photos, art, logos.
Code
Programming: assistants in your editor and online builders.
Video
Create video clips from text or from a photo.
Audio
Music and synthetic voices, starting from text.
Local AI
Models to install on your PC: free, offline, private.
What 'local' means
Instead of using AI on someone else's site, you download the model and run it on your own PC. Once downloaded it works offline, sends nothing to the internet and asks for no subscriptions. These are the same open source models (Llama, Mistral, Qwen, DeepSeek), except they run on your own machine.
Take it with you, offline.
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Why it is worth it
Your data never leaves your computer. Zero cloud, zero tracking: the right choice for confidential documents and sensitive work.
No message cap, no expiring credits. Once you download the model, you use it as much as you want without paying anything.
No connection required. The AI stays available even on a plane, on the road or wherever there is no signal.
Online, chatbots have many guardrails. Locally you can use the “unlocked” (uncensored) versions of the open models: less censorship, more freedom for research, creative writing and legitimate edge cases. In return, the responsibility shifts to you.
What you need to start
A reasonably recent computer: with a graphics card (GPU) it runs fast, but there are small models that run well even on an ordinary laptop. The bigger the model, the more memory it needs. You can be up and running in a few minutes.
Where to start
A few tools, the best ones: where to find the models and how to run them.
Hugging Face
The model warehouseThe go-to place worldwide: here you find practically every model, always up to date, including the open and unfiltered versions.
Ollama
The simple way to run themThe fastest way to download and start a model: one command and you are off. Lightweight, terminal-based, perfect to begin.
LM Studio
With a graphical interfaceAn app with an interface: browse, download and chat with the models (the unlocked ones too) in one click. No terminal.
Jan
Open sourceAn open source alternative to LM Studio: same convenience, but open, inspectable code. For those who want full control.
Note: 'unlocked' models remove the filters, not the rules. Use them with common sense and within the law; the responsibility for what you generate remains yours.
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In the members area, free and with no password, you'll find AI news and GitHub Best: trending open source AI repositories on GitHub, with skills, plugins, MCP connectors and models you can run on your own computer.
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