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Everyone's building AI chatboxes. Jan, LM Studio, Ollama — they run models locally, but all you get is a chat window. Cloud tools like ChatGPT and Claude are smarter, but cost $20-100/mo and can't touch your files.
Vox is different. A local AI that acts: voice commands, iMessage gateway, screen overlay, file ops, background agents. All offline, all free.
Mac-first today. Windows and Linux are next — and it's open source, so you can help bring it there.
VoxThe first local AI that actually does things on your Mac
Arnav Guptastarted a discussion
Questions or insights about Vox?
I’d love honest feedback from people here. What would you actually trust an AI like this to do on your system? Where would you draw the line? What feels useful vs uncomfortable? Also curious about what’s missing right now that would make something like this genuinely part of your daily workflow?
Arnav Guptaleft a comment
Hey everyone! I built Vox because I was tired of the false choice: smart-but-cloud or local-but-useless. Jan, LM Studio, Ollama, great for chatting with a model. But when I want AI to read my iMessages, control my screen, or run a task while I'm away, nothing exists. Claude Cowork comes close but it's $100/mo, cloud-only, and still just operates on folders. So I built what I actually wanted: a...
VoxThe first local AI that actually does things on your Mac