Open Source AI Personal Assistants using Cargo
A curated collection of the best open source aI-powered assistants for personal productivity and task automation. using Cargo.
Keyboard-first email client with AI, chat, and tasks
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8 hours agoLicense
AGPL-3.0
An AI-powered email client that combines inbox management, chat, tasks, and AI agents in one shared workspace, built for keyboard-driven workflows.
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Private AI chat with zero-access encryption
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5,649Last commit
12 hours agoLicense
GPL-3.0
AI chat assistant from Proton that stores conversations with zero-access encryption, never logs chats, and never uses your data to train models.
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Desktop AI agent with persistent memory across platforms
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8 hours agoLicense
MIT
Cross-platform desktop agent from Nous Research that connects to Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, and more, with persistent memory, scheduling, and isolated sandboxing.
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Run AI models locally or connect to cloud, privately
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45,049Last commit
9 hours agoLicense
Apache-2.0
Jan runs open-source AI models on your own hardware or connects to cloud providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, keeping your conversations off third-party servers.
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Self-hosted AI agent with 70+ providers and 30+ channels
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33,039Last commit
10 hours agoLicense
Apache-2.0
A single Rust binary that runs a personal AI agent on your own hardware, connecting to 70+ LLM providers and 30+ messaging channels with built-in sandboxing and cryptographic tool receipts.
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24/7 screen and audio recorder with AI memory search
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22,043Last commit
11 hours agoLicense
Other
Records your screen and microphone locally, transcribes meetings automatically, and exposes selected work context to compatible AI assistants through its MCP server and local API.
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AI agent runtime with encrypted enclaves for your secrets
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12,671Last commit
1 day agoLicense
Apache-2.0
Runs AI agents inside Trusted Execution Environments on NEAR AI Cloud, keeping credentials encrypted and invisible to the model at all times.
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Self-hosted enterprise agent platform with real permissions
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Stars growing quickly over the last 30 days6,997Last commit
8 hours agoLicense
MIT
Deploy AI agents inside your own infrastructure with document-grounded answers, computer use, and support for any AG-UI-compatible agent framework.
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Stellar Hosted – Managed Open Source software hosting in the EU: secure, compliant, fast.
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