The open-source Claude Desktop with any model you want
OpenYak is an open-source desktop AI agent that handles your files, documents, and workflows — locally. 100+ cloud models, 20+ built-in tools, Ollama for offline use. Your data never leaves your machine. Free to start.
Hey everyone 👋
I was tired of switching between ChatGPT, Claude, and 3 other AI tools just to get through my day. One for writing, one for code, one for files — and none of them could actually touch my local documents or automate anything real.
So I built OpenYak — a desktop AI agent that runs entirely on your machine.
What makes it different:
1. Any model, one app. 100+ cloud models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and more — or run fully offline with Ollama. No lock-in.
2. Real agent, not just chat. 20+ built-in tools: read, write, rename files, parse spreadsheets, generate documents, run commands. It does the work — not just talks about it.
3. Local-first. All files, conversations, and memory stay on your device. The only data sent externally is your prompt to the model provider. No telemetry, no cloud storage.
4. Free to start. 1M tokens/week on free models, zero markup on premium. Or bring your own API key.
Tech stack: Tauri v2 (Rust) + Next.js + FastAPI. Fully open-source under AGPL-3.0.
We're just getting started — would love your feedback, feature requests, or a ⭐ on GitHub if this is useful to you.
About OpenYak on Product Hunt
“The open-source Claude Desktop with any model you want”
OpenYak launched on Product Hunt on April 2nd, 2026 and earned 114 upvotes and 17 comments, placing #15 on the daily leaderboard. OpenYak is an open-source desktop AI agent that handles your files, documents, and workflows — locally. 100+ cloud models, 20+ built-in tools, Ollama for offline use. Your data never leaves your machine. Free to start.
On the analytics side, OpenYak competes within Productivity, Open Source and GitHub — topics that collectively have 759.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how OpenYak performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted OpenYak?
OpenYak was hunted by Pei Lin. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of OpenYak including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Pei Lin