Survival LLM
Survival LLM is an agent app that answers emergency and survival questions offline on your own computer, citing its sources, for households and anyone without reliable internet.
What it is good for
- Finding how to keep food safe during a power outage
- Getting first-aid steps for burns or bleeding without internet
- Purifying water and handling generator safety at home
- Searching your own manuals and family emergency plans offline
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
Momentum
- Rank this week
- #13
- Best rank
- #13 week 44, 2026
- Stars gained last week
- +1,219
- GitHub stars
- 1,275
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
On Hacker News
- Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer 543 points, 203 comments, Oct 27, 2026
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Survival LLM free?
- Yes. It is free and open source.
- Do I need to know how to code to use Survival LLM?
- No. Download and install it like any other app or extension.
- What is Survival LLM good for?
- Finding how to keep food safe during a power outage, getting first-aid steps for burns or bleeding without internet, purifying water and handling generator safety at home, and searching your own manuals and family emergency plans offline.
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