A new open-source AI assistant called Thoth appeared on GitHub this week, advertising itself as "local-first." That means it processes data on your machine rather than shipping it to remote servers — a pitch that's become popular among privacy-conscious users.
The project comes from developer siddsachar. Beyond the local-first label, public details are thin: there's no demo, no clear documentation on which AI models it supports, and no timeline for when (or if) it will be ready for general use. The repository is live, the code is public, and that's about all that's confirmed.
For context: five people upvoted this on Hacker News. Two left comments. That's not nothing, but it's also not momentum. Local-first AI tools are having a moment — products like llama.cpp, Ollama, and others have built actual user bases. Breaking through requires more than a GitHub link and a promise.
The name Thoth, by the way, is the ancient Egyptian god of writing. Ambitious branding for a repo with zero releases.