Backyard AI Alternatives

Backyard AI is described as 'Run open-source LLMs on your computer. You can download and make custom characters for your models. Works offline. The new name is Back yard though it is the same' and is a AI Chatbot in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Backyard AI, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and Android apps. The best Backyard AI alternative is ChatGPT, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Backyard AI are Lumo by Proton, DeepSeek, Mistral Vibe and Ollama.

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  1. Raycast AI Lite icon
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    Raycast AI combines leading models with powerful extensions - right on your OS. Try a lite version of Raycast AI Chat for free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  2. Provides AI-powered writing tools, image generation, Genmoji, and memory movies; enhances Siri with deeper context and actions; integrates ChatGPT for complex tasks; prioritizes on-device processing for privacy; unifies features across Apple devices with Private Cloud Compute.

    183 Apple Intelligence alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. Open R1 icon
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    Open R1 is a community-driven, open-source initiative aimed at replicating the advanced AI capabilities of DeepSeek-R1 through transparent methodologies.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  4. Hermes Agent icon
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    The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research. It's the only agent with a built-in learning loop — it creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, searches its own past conversations, and builds a deepening model of who...

    59 Hermes Agent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Termux
     
  5. Private GPT icon
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    Ask questions to your documents without an internet connection, using the power of LLMs. 100% private, no data leaves your execution environment at any point. You can ingest documents and ask questions without an internet connection!

    299 Private GPT alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. Apollo AI icon
     10 likes

    Customizable interface for private, on-device AI model chatting, open source and closed source LLM connections, OpenRouter support, custom backend support, and unified access to language models without reliance on a single provider, ensuring privacy and flexibility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
     
  7. Onit AI icon
     10 likes

    Onit AI Copilot offers a comprehensive desktop AI chat assistant with local processing and multi-provider support. It prioritizes customization, extensibility, and user privacy by operating entirely on-device without needing an internet connection, ensuring data security.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Reins icon
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    Empowering LLM researchers and hobbyists with seamless control over self-hosted models. Connect remotely, customize prompts, manage chats, and fine-tune configurations. All in one intuitive app.

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. MiroThinker icon
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    MiroThinker is an open-source search agent model, built for tool-augmented reasoning and real-world information seeking, aiming to match the deep research experience of OpenAI Deep Research and Gemini Deep Research.

    Cost / License

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    • Python
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. nanochat icon
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    Complete LLM chatbot implementation, offering tokenization, pretraining, finetuning, evaluation, inference, and a simple web UI. Runs on a single 8xH100 node, features a hackable codebase, dependency-lite design, and automates the full workflow via scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  11. ChatSonic icon
     48 likes

    Combining Google's knowledge graph, ChatSonic delivers real-time data, voice interaction, AI-produced visual content, personalized avatars, and API for services. It revisits past dialogs for informed responses and integrates Twitter for chat responses. Supported in multiple languages on Android, iOS, and web.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
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