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 OpenClaw.

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  1. Geppetto icon
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    Advanced Slack bot integrating OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 and DALL-E-3 for interactive AI conversations and image generation.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Slack
     
  2. SillyTavern icon
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    SillyTavern is a user interface you can install on your computer (and Android phones) that allows you to interact with text generation AIs and chat/roleplay with characters you or the community create.

    62 SillyTavern alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  3. Russet icon
     3 likes

    Privacy-first AI runs on-device for iPhone and iPad, manages files, calendar, contacts, and health offline, analyzes PDFs, enables secure chats, custom briefings, and supports 13 languages, with optional cloud models using your OpenAI API key for flexibility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. TabTabTab icon
     6 likes

    Work at light speed. Get AI-powered completions instantly anywhere on your Mac. From emails to documents, forms to CRM — everything just works faster.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  5. The Assistant by Kagi combines the top large language models (LLMs) with optional results from Kagi Search, making it the perfect companion for creative, research, and programming tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  6. ClawSwarm icon
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    A smaller, lighter-weight version of OpenClaw—natively multi-agent, compiles to Rust, and built on the Swarms framework and Swarms ecosystem. One API, unified messaging across Telegram, Discord, and WhatsApp with optional Claude-powered reasoning.

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    • Python
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  7. 1667 icon
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    Terminal-focused application for creating fiction using language models, featuring local plain text storage, tree-based story structure with alternative takes, Markdown export, AI endpoint connectivity, import of existing lore, and full keyboard workflow.

    7 1667 alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  8. zclaw icon
     3 likes

    Your personal AI assistant at all-in 888KiB (~25KB in app code). Running on an ESP32. GPIO, cron, custom tools, memory, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  9.  16 likes

    Auto-GPT is an experimental open-source application showcasing the capabilities of the GPT-4 language model. This program, driven by GPT-4, chains together LLM "thoughts", to autonomously achieve whatever goal you set.

    59 Auto-GPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Bearly.ai icon
     16 likes

    Bearly makes you 10x faster by adding state-of-the-art AI to your workflow. Reading, writing, and content creation all one shortcut away.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
     
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