Dave is a free assistant that lives at the top of your Windows screen. Open apps, ask an AI that runs on your own PC (no account), translate selected text, preview files with Space and save game clips. It steps aside when you play.

Dave is a free Windows assistant that lives at the top of your screen. It opens your apps, answers questions with an AI that runs on your own PC (no account), translates any selected text, shows your PC specs and steps aside when you game. There is much much more to these, check it out!

Hi Product Hunt 👋

I wanted an assistant that feels like part of Windows instead of another browser tab, so I built Dave: a small dock and a round little character that live at the top (or side) of your screen.

What it does today:

• Opens apps, files and folders from the dock (drag them in, make folders)

• Answers questions with a local AI (Ollama) — set up in one click, no account, chats stay on your PC

• Select any text in any app → Ctrl+Alt+D → translate, summarize, fix, explain

• Select a file in File Explorer and press Space: Dave Quick Look shows its preview, size and dates

• System specs, live temps, and an FPS overlay for games; it steps aside on its own when a game starts

• To-dos with reminders, notes, clipboard history, text shortcuts, a per-app volume mixer, 11 languages

It's free. Dave Premium adds Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini sign-in, "Hey Dave" voice commands, live captions with translation, game clips ("Hey Dave, clip that"), screen recording, mail & calendar and costumes. It's $2.99/month, $29.90/year or $59 once.

Launch week: code LAUNCH30 takes 30% off your first Premium payment at heydave.app (Nov 3–10).

I'd love to hear what you'd want Dave to do next!