20 Aside alternatives
Aside: AI browser that runs real tasks inside your logged-in accounts, with credentials sealed in an on-device vault the agent never reads. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Local-First, Desktop App and Privacy, ranked by how much they have in common with Aside.
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Felafax, Inc.
Free, open-source desktop browser that coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor drive using your real logged-in accounts.
Also: Browser, Browser Automation, Desktop App, Local-First
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The Plow Collective PBC
Mac app that exposes your browser, CLI, files and saved logins to Claude, Codex or any MCP agent — with an approval gate on every request.
Also: Agents, Browser Automation, Local-First, Privacy
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Local, 24/7 screen and audio recorder that turns your work into searchable memory for AI agents.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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Different AI
Open-source desktop app and MCP for running AI agents on your own files, an open alternative to Claude Cowork.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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Always-on desktop AI that watches your workflow locally, builds a searchable timeline of your work, and acts before you ask.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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coconutStudio
A native macOS notes app that parks notes along your screen edge and keeps an AI agent inside them, encrypted on-device.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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Meridiona
An open-source work journal that records your day on-device and drafts the status update for you — nothing leaves the machine until you approve a worklog.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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Menlo Research
An open-source, offline-first ChatGPT alternative that runs models on your own computer.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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A free, local, open-source AI app builder that runs on your own machine — a privacy-first alternative to v0, Lovable, and Bolt with no vendor lock-in and bring-your-own API keys.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First, Privacy
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Perplexity
Perplexity's agentic browser, where an assistant sits beside every tab and can act on the pages you are looking at.
Also: Browser, Browser Automation
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Brave
Brave's built-in browser assistant that summarizes pages and PDFs, with Brave Search grounding and bring-your-own-model support.
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pungme
An open-source Mac app that gives Claude Code a real browser, a live iOS Simulator and its own git worktree per chat.
Also: Browser Automation, Desktop App
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A Y Combinator-backed AI coworker you text from Slack or iMessage: it runs on its own cloud computer, signed into your tools, and keeps a self-updating company wiki as its memory.
Also: Agents, Browser Automation
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TinyHumans AI
Open-source desktop AI agent that builds a local, readable memory of your work, then orchestrates agent fleets and durable workflows on top of it.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First
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Pieces (formerly Pieces for Developers) is a desktop app that records your work on-device and makes it searchable for you and your AI tools.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First
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EGOIST
A fast, local-first desktop AI chat client that works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models, with markdown and LaTeX rendering, web search, image generation, and MCP tool support.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First
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A polished desktop app for discovering, running, and chatting with local language models — no terminal required.
Also: Desktop App, Privacy
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Local-first meeting and interview recorder that transcribes, labels speakers and writes up your notes entirely on your own computer, for a one-time price.
Also: Local-First, Privacy
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Clipto, Inc.
Local-first AI memory for your media: index terabytes of video, audio and documents on your own machine and search them in plain language.
Also: Local-First, Privacy
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Jun Kim
Menu-bar LLM inference server for Apple Silicon, with continuous batching and tiered KV caching that keeps local models fast enough for real coding work.
Also: Local-First, Privacy