Best Local & Offline AI Agents (2026)
AI agents, desktop coding assistants and local LLM runtimes that can run on your own machine or offline without sending data to a third-party cloud. Below are the top 25 of 43 matching tools in the AgentScout directory, ranked.
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How we ranked: Ranked by GitHub stars as recorded on each AgentScout listing (link checks 2026-10-25). Tools without a tracked public repo come after, in alphabetical order. Stars measure developer popularity, not quality or fit for your job, so read each listing before you choose. No paid placements.
Quick answer: the top picks on this list, ranked by GitHub stars and listing maturity, are Ollama, AnythingLLM and MemPalace, out of 25 tools listed below. At a glance: 25 open-source, 25 free or freemium and 25 local or self-hosted across 25 link-checked tools (last verified ).
Verified on : every tool link on this page was checked by our daily link check. No paid placements.
Ranked comparison (top 10)
| # | Tool | Pricing | Best for | Open source | Runs locally | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ollama | Open source | models & local runtimes | Yes | Offline | 183,684 |
| 2 |  AnythingLLM | Open source + cloud | control a computer | Yes | Offline | 67,210 |
| 3 |  MemPalace | Open source | give agents memory | Yes | Offline | 59,622 |
| 4 |  LocalAI | Open source | voice & phone calls, computer vision | Yes | Offline | 49,586 |
| 5 |  Jan | Open source | models & local runtimes | Yes | Offline | 44,988 |
| 6 |  Pascal Editor | Open source | 3D & concept art | Yes | Offline | 24,979 |
| 7 |  FunASR | Open source | build an agent, voice & phone calls | Yes | Offline | 20,738 |
| 8 |  opencodex | Open source | write code, build an agent | Yes | Offline | 17,682 |
| 9 |  EverOS | Open source | give agents memory | Yes | Offline | 13,451 |
| 10 |  xerj | Open source | give agents memory, connect tools via MCP | Yes | Offline | 11,507 |
1. Ollama
Runs open models such as Qwen, Gemma, DeepSeek and gpt-oss locally or in Ollama's cloud, and connects them to agents like Claude Code, OpenClaw and Codex.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
2. AnythingLLM
Local-first desktop and server app for chatting with your documents, running agents and connecting any LLM.
Pricing (as stated): Open source + cloud · Mature
3. MemPalace
Local-first AI memory system that stores conversations verbatim with a pluggable backend and serves recall to agents without API calls.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
4. LocalAI
Self-hosted engine with an OpenAI-compatible API for running LLM, vision, voice and image models on your own hardware, including agents.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
5. Jan
Open-source ChatGPT alternative that downloads and runs LLMs fully offline on your computer, with optional connections to cloud models.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
6. Pascal Editor
Local-first 3D building and architecture editor in the browser or CLI that AI agents can drive through MCP tools.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
7. FunASR
ModelScope's speech recognition toolkit for offline, streaming and edge ASR, with VAD, punctuation, speaker diarization and OpenAI-compatible/MCP serving.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
8. opencodex
A local provider proxy that lets OpenAI Codex (CLI, app and SDK) and Claude Code run on other model providers such as Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek or local Ollama models.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
9. EverOS
Local-first, portable memory layer for AI agents stored as Markdown.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
10. xerj
A local-first search engine and MCP server for agents: one Rust binary indexes code, docs, logs, CSV/JSONL and PDFs for full-text, vector and hybrid search plus agent memory, behind an Elasticsearch-compatible API.
Pricing (as stated): Free Community edition (Apache-2.0); paid Professional and Enterprise support. · Mature
11. Oumi
Open platform for fine-tuning, evaluating and deploying open agentic LLMs and VLMs.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
12. microsandbox
Local-first microVM runtime for running untrusted agent code safely.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
13. MiroThinker
Deep research agent and open models tuned for complex research and forecasting tasks.
Pricing (as stated): Open weights · Mature
14. GLM-5
Z.ai's open-weights GLM-5 model family built for coding and long-horizon agentic tasks, also offered through the Z.ai API.
Pricing (as stated): Open weights (repository Apache-2.0); Z.ai API pricing not verified yet · Mature
15. CodeCompanion.nvim
An AI coding plugin for Neovim with chat, inline edits and agent tools that can read files, run commands and edit code, working with Anthropic, OpenAI, Copilot, Ollama and other providers.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
16. DeepChat
Open-source, local-first AI agent desktop client with MCP, skills, ACP support and remote control from messaging apps.
Pricing (as stated): Free and open source (Apache-2.0); bring your own model keys or local models · Mature
17. Lemonade
Local server that runs optimized LLMs on your GPU or NPU for local AI apps and agents.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
18. Wigolo
Local-first web search, fetch and crawl for coding agents over MCP, with no API keys.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Mature
19. OpenKnowledge
OpenKnowledge is a free, local-first markdown editor and knowledge base built for working alongside AI agents. It looks and feels like a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor, with callouts, tabs, Mermaid diagrams and media blocks, but every page stays a plain markdown file on your disk. Coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and dozens of others can read and write the same files through its integrations, so specs, team wikis and LLM wikis stay in one place that both people and agents keep up to date. It ships as a desktop app plus a web UI and CLI.
Pricing (as stated): Free and open source (GPL-3.0): desktop app, web UI and CLI · Active
20. LongMemory
Local-first memory engine for agents that keeps durable, time-aware memories in SQLite and serves them to Claude, Copilot, Codex and others over MCP, CLI or HTTP.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Active
21. Atomic Agent
Local-first AI agent that drives your browser, edits files and runs approved commands using local open-weight or cloud models.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Active
22. Sidekick
Native macOS app for chatting offline with a local LLM that can draw on your files, folders and websites.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Active
23. OpenChatCut
A local-first AI video editor with a multi-track timeline that you drive by chatting with an agent; the AGPL edition is free, and a Pro desktop app adds transcription-based editing.
Pricing (as stated): Open source + cloud · Active
24. Conduit
Native iOS and Android client for Open WebUI, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, Ollama and Hermes agents.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Active
25. JustHireMe
Local-first desktop workbench that finds job listings, ranks your fit and generates tailored application materials.
Pricing (as stated): Open source · Active
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