Hob - Open-source, offline AI assistant for your desktop
Show HN: Hob - Open-source, on device alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT
Hob is a free, open-source alternative to Claude and ChatGPT that runs frontier open-weight models like Gemma and gpt-oss entirely on your own machine. Available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, it automatically picks the best model that fits your hardware and handles the setup for you. Fill out PDFs, analyze spreadsheets, chart data, and work through documents—all privately and without an internet connection. Built by Frigade and released under the MIT license, Hob makes local AI genuinely approachable for everyday users, not just developers.
Free, private, and works offline—Hob picks the best frontier open-weight model that fits your computer and sets everything up for you.