LokalBot: A Fully Local macOS AI Work Assistant
stevyhacker · reddit · 2026-08-04
A developer open-sourced LokalBot, a local AI assistant designed for Apple Silicon Macs, aiming to replace cloud-based tools like Granola and Wispr Flow.
Core Features
- Privacy-First: No account required, all data is processed entirely on-device without relying on cloud servers.
- Total Recall: Records both sides of a call without a bot joining, generates recaps, and supports follow-up questions with citations.
- Global Assistance: Offers hold-to-talk dictation, ghost-text autocomplete in any app, and a morning brief generated from overnight "dreaming."
- Agent Integration: Provides an MCP/CLI interface allowing coding agents to dig through past meeting records.
Model Configuration
The app defaults to a combination of lightweight models: Granite Speech 2.7B (transcription), Qwen3.5 4B (summary and chat), LFM2.5 1.2B (autocomplete), and Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B (semantic search).
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