20 Pieces alternatives
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. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Local-First, Desktop App and Knowledge Base, ranked by how much they have in common with Pieces.
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AI notes workspace whose agent tracks tasks from your notes and meetings, with voice capture and an MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT.
Also: Knowledge Base, MCP, Semantic Search
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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, MCP, Semantic Search
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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, MCP
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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, MCP
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Glean Technologies, Inc.
Enterprise Work AI platform — permission-aware search across every company app, plus an assistant and agents that act on the results.
Also: Knowledge Base, Semantic Search
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The embedding database that starts as a Python import and grows into a distributed cloud service.
Also: Local-First, Semantic Search
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MemTensor
Local-first memory hub that reads your existing AI chat history and gives every agent you use the same long-term context.
Also: Knowledge Base, Local-First
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Mintplex Labs
An all-in-one private AI workspace: chat with your documents, run agents, and keep everything on your device.
Also: Knowledge Base, Local-First
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Inkeep
Open-source, local-first markdown editor and knowledge base that Claude, Codex, and Cursor can read and write directly.
Also: Knowledge Base, Local-First
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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
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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
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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: Desktop App, Local-First
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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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Local, 24/7 screen and audio recorder that turns your work into searchable memory for AI agents.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First
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Aside Computer Inc.
AI browser that runs real tasks inside your logged-in accounts, with credentials sealed in an on-device vault the agent never reads.
Also: Desktop App, Local-First
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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
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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
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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
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Atlaso Labs Inc.
A shared memory layer for AI coding tools — tell Claude Code something once and Cursor, Codex and Claude Desktop already know it.
Also: Knowledge Base, MCP
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Tana Inc.
Agentic meeting platform that files issues, drafts follow-ups and logs decisions during Zoom, Teams and Meet calls, without a bot.
Also: Knowledge Base, MCP