PRIVACY

A Show HN PDF form demo points at a bigger architecture shift: keep sensitive documents local, expose narrow browser tools to the model, and make AI assistance inspectable.

OpenAI shipped an open-weight PII redactor. Here is how to wire it into a real ingestion pipeline locally, fast, with zero leaks, and how it benchmarks against Presidio and a regex baseline.

Set up Codex Chronicle on macOS, manage permissions, and understand privacy, security, and troubleshooting.

The easiest way to run LLMs locally. One command to pull and run any model. OpenAI-compatible API. 52M+ monthly downloads. Supports GGUF, Safetensors, and custom Modelfiles.

Open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs 100% offline. Desktop app with local models, cloud API connections, custom assistants, and MCP integration. AGPLv3 licensed.

Private local AI chatbot by Nomic. 250K+ monthly users, 65K GitHub stars. LocalDocs feature lets you chat with your own files. Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.