Local-first operation
Core inference and conversation history stay on the machine after required local components are installed.
About OpenMindAI
AI that belongs on your computer.
OpenMindAI is a local-first desktop AI workspace built around privacy, portable storage and practical offline intelligence.
Why OpenMindAI
AI software that treats your computer as the primary workspace.
The project exists because the most important part of a desktop AI workflow—inference and working context—should not require a remote service by default.
Portable storage
Models and application data can live on a secondary drive, external SSD or portable installation root.
Hardware-aware execution
The workstation detects host hardware and selects an appropriate local inference path instead of assuming one GPU profile.
Complete desktop workflow
Chat, models, projects, files, tools, diagnostics, updates and maintenance belong in the same product.
Architecture
Web UI, native Rust core, local data.
OpenMindAI uses React + TypeScript + Vite inside a Tauri 2 desktop shell. Native application responsibilities live in Rust, while SQLite and local runtime/model files stay in user-controlled storage.
ReactTypeScriptTauri 2RustSQLiteTokio
React + TypeScript UI
Tauri 2 IPC
Rust application core
SQLite data Local AI runtime
Repository policy
Source stays source-focused.
Downloaded models, runtimes, local databases, caches, logs, generated content, workspaces and backups stay outside Git. Large GGUF and SafeTensors files must not enter normal repository history.
Open development
Build, security and releases are visible.
CI validates the frontend and Rust code paths, while separate security and tagged-release workflows enforce dependency scans, CodeQL, checksums and signing gates.
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Ready to put the workspace on your machine?
Start with the latest published release, then choose where your models and local data should live.