Hob launches as an open-source local AI tool
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On October 27, Hacker News featured Hob, presented as an alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT. Hob is a free, open-source on-device AI tool that works offline and supports filling in PDFs and processing documents. It picks a frontier open-weight model suited to the user's computer and completes setup automatically. The report lists supported devices as Apple silicon Macs with at least 8 GB of memory, plus Windows and Linux computers. Users can download it at hob.chat, and the code is hosted in the FrigadeHQ/hob repository on GitHub.
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- Hacker News front pageShow HN: Hob - Open-source, on device alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT
Hob 是免费、开源的端侧 AI 工具，可离线使用，支持填写 PDF 和处理文档。它会选择适合用户电脑的前沿开放权重模型并自动完成设置，支持配备至少 8 GB 内存的 Apple silicon Mac、Windows 和 Linux 电脑。下载入口为 hob.chat，项目地址为 https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob。
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