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AI Tools That Run With Local Models

Tools you can run on your own machine or point at your own model, including local models via tools like Ollama.

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ToolCoding & Shipping Agents
Aider
Open-source AI pair programming in your terminal, with git commits built in.
Added 14 Oct 2026Effort: Low#GitHub repo#Local / BYO model
ToolCoding & Shipping Agents
Cline
Open-source autonomous coding agent for your IDE, CLI or as an SDK.
Added 14 Oct 2026Effort: Low#GitHub repo#Plugin / extension
ToolCoding & Shipping Agents
opencode
An open-source coding agent for the terminal that works with many model providers.
Added 14 Oct 2026Effort: Low#GitHub repo#Local / BYO model
ToolCoding & Shipping Agents
goose
An open-source agent with a desktop app, CLI and API that runs locally and works with 15+ model providers.
Added 14 Oct 2026NewEffort: Low#GitHub repo#Local / BYO model
ToolVibe-Coding & Prompt-to-App
Continue
Open-source coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains, any model.
Added 14 Oct 2026Effort: Medium#GitHub repo#Plugin / extension
ToolCreative & Media
ComfyUI
Open-source node-graph engine for image, video and audio generation that runs locally and exposes an API.
Added 15 Oct 2026NewEffort: High#Image#Video
ToolCreative & Media
Chatterbox TTS
Open-source text-to-speech models from Resemble AI with voice cloning, installable with pip.
Added 15 Oct 2026NewEffort: Medium⧉ Prompt#Audio#GitHub repo
ToolCreative & Media
Invoke (InvokeAI)
An open-source, locally run image studio with a canvas, inpainting and node workflows for open models.
Added 15 Oct 2026NewEffort: Medium#Image#GitHub repo
ToolCreative & Media
LTX-2: open audio and video generation
Lightricks' open-weights model for video with synchronized audio, runnable locally or inside ComfyUI.
Added 15 Oct 2026NewEffort: High#Video#Audio
WorkflowCreative & Media
Cut dead air from videos automatically with auto-editor
One command removes silent or motionless sections from a recording, so the first rough cut is done for you.
Added 15 Oct 2026NewEffort: Low⧉ Prompt#Video#Audio
ToolSmall Tools, Repos & Plugins
ccusage: see what your coding agents cost
A zero-install CLI that reads local logs from Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and more and reports tokens and costs.
Added 15 Oct 2026NewEffort: Low⧉ Prompt#GitHub repo#Local / BYO model
ToolSmall Tools, Repos & Plugins
Serena: IDE-style code tools for your agent over MCP
An MCP server that gives coding agents symbol-level search, editing and refactoring backed by language servers.
Added 15 Oct 2026NewEffort: Medium⧉ Prompt#GitHub repo#Plugin / extension

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