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Local-first open-source tools

Local-first is not the same as “just download it”. Focus on clear install paths, acceptable resource cost, and whether the project is still maintained.

167 published projects

hermes-agentGitHub · NousResearch

A personal AI agent that runs locally or on remote infrastructure with terminal, messaging, memory, skills, and scheduled automation.

Active in the last 30 days · 252,147

claude-codeGitHub · anthropics

An agentic coding tool for the terminal that understands codebases, handles routine development tasks, explains code, and works with Git workflows.

Active in the last 30 days · 149,967

spec-kitGitHub · github

An open-source CLI toolkit for Spec-Driven Development that guides AI coding agents through structured specification, planning, and code generation steps.

Active in the last 30 days · 140,728

PowerToysGitHub · microsoft

A Microsoft-maintained set of Windows utilities for window layouts, keyboard shortcuts, file tasks, and everyday system workflows.

Active in the last 30 days · 139,143

excalidrawGitHub · excalidraw

An open-source virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn style diagrams with real-time collaboration.

Active in the last 30 days · 133,561

llama.cppGitHub · ggml-org

A lightweight LLM inference engine implemented in C/C++, supporting various hardware backends and model quantization.

Active in the last 30 days · 130,607

codexGitHub · openai

OpenAI’s coding agent that runs locally, with terminal, IDE, and desktop-app entry points.

Active in the last 30 days · 128,389

graphifyGitHub · Graphify-Labs

Convert codebases, docs, and configs into a queryable knowledge graph for AI coding assistants

Active in the last 30 days · 124,942

immichGitHub · immich-app

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

Active in the last 30 days · 115,881

supabaseGitHub · supabase

An open-source Postgres development platform offering auto-generated APIs, authentication, and real-time database subscriptions.

Active in the last 30 days · 111,270

puppeteerGitHub · puppeteer

A JavaScript library that provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Firefox over DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi.

Active in the last 30 days · 95,671

grafanaGitHub · grafana

An open-source monitoring and observability platform for querying, visualizing, alerting on, and understanding metrics and logs.

Active in the last 30 days · 77,212

ClineGitHub · cline

An open-source coding agent for IDEs and terminals that can inspect projects, edit files, run commands, and gate actions through approval controls.

Active in the last 30 days · 70,087

prometheusGitHub · prometheus

A monitoring system that scrapes target metrics, queries them with PromQL, evaluates rules, and triggers alerts when configured conditions are met.

Active in the last 30 days · 66,456

docusaurusGitHub · facebook

An open-source static-site tool for documentation websites with docs, blogs, localization, and theme customization built in.

Active in the last 30 days · 66,444

astroGitHub · withastro

A web framework for content-driven sites that can integrate React, Vue, Svelte, and other UI components while keeping output lightweight.

Active in the last 30 days · 63,149

planeGitHub · makeplane

Open-source project management and issue tracking platform as an alternative to Jira and Linear.

Active in the last 30 days · 60,647

containerGitHub · apple

Apple’s command-line tool for running OCI Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines on Apple silicon Macs.

Active in the last 30 days · 50,594

terraformGitHub · hashicorp

Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code tool that manages the lifecycle of cloud and local resources using declarative configuration files.

Active in the last 30 days · 49,856

zxGitHub · google

Google’s open-source JavaScript/TypeScript scripting tool with convenient cross-platform wrappers for shell command execution.

Active in the last 30 days · 45,783

composeGitHub · docker

Docker’s official CLI tool for defining and running multi-container applications from a Compose file.

Active in the last 30 days · 38,308

vaultGitHub · hashicorp

An open-source security platform for centralized management, encryption, and auditing of sensitive credentials like API keys, passwords, and certificates.

Active in the last 30 days · 36,363

buzzGitHub · block

A Nostr-based workspace where humans and AI agents collaborate within shared rooms, unified by a single event log and identity model.

Active in the last 30 days · 35,820

WSLGitHub · microsoft

Windows Subsystem for Linux allows you to run Linux command-line tools and applications directly on Windows without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine.

Active in the last 30 days · 34,026