Jarvis
Jarvis is a private desktop AI assistant that runs on your own computer, with voice and text chat, personal memory and optional tools, for people who want to keep their conversations local.
What it is good for
- Talking through ideas and decisions out loud with an assistant
- Keeping a private personal memory of conversations and plans
- Dictating text into other apps by holding a hotkey
- Running a local AI assistant without a subscription
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Install a desktop app or browser extension
Level 3 of 5. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Ollama, LM Studio, oMLX, llama.cpp, MCP servers
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 2,174
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Jarvis free?
- Yes. It is free and open source.
- Do I need to know how to code to use Jarvis?
- No. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- What does Jarvis work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Ollama, LM Studio, oMLX, llama.cpp, and MCP servers.
- What is Jarvis good for?
- Talking through ideas and decisions out loud with an assistant, keeping a private personal memory of conversations and plans, dictating text into other apps by holding a hotkey, and running a local AI assistant without a subscription.
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