# Your Own AI

> Your Own AI is a free, open-source (AGPL) desktop app by Flowsta that
> runs AI models privately on the user's machine (macOS, Windows, Linux).
> Offline models keep every conversation on-device; optional paid plans
> add online frontier models through a relay that strips user identity
> and never stores or logs message content. Conversations are written
> into signed, tamper-evident records built on Holochain, encrypted with
> a key only the user holds. Tagline: "No one in control but you."

Key facts:
- Free download, no account needed for local use: https://yourownai.net/download/
- Offline models run fully on the user's hardware (Vulkan/Metal, optional CUDA engine for NVIDIA)
- Users author AI characters with personalities, memories, and knowledge; characters can be exported and imported as cryptographically signed packs
- Projects: agentic coding in chat - the AI reads files, edits, and runs commands with per-action user permission, every step recorded
- Every conversation is exportable, and exports can be signed so anyone can verify them at flowsta.com
- Everything backs up to the user's own Flowsta Vault on their device - never to company servers
- A local OpenAI-compatible endpoint (http://localhost:11435/v1) serves the user's AIs to external apps and agent frameworks

## Uses
- [Talk with your documents, privately](https://yourownai.net/uses/private-documents/)
- [Code in your own building](https://yourownai.net/uses/code-in-private/)
- [Health stays home](https://yourownai.net/uses/health-stays-home/)
- [Characters that are truly yours](https://yourownai.net/uses/your-characters/)
- [Receipts for AI work](https://yourownai.net/uses/receipts-for-ai-work/)
- [The engine under your other apps](https://yourownai.net/uses/engine-for-other-apps/)
- [AI where the internet doesn't reach](https://yourownai.net/uses/works-offline/)
- [Frontier power, only when it's worth it](https://yourownai.net/uses/frontier-when-worth-it/)

## Pages
- [Features](https://yourownai.net/features/)
- [Pricing](https://yourownai.net/pricing/) - the app is free; paid plans add online models with a monthly allowance
- [Privacy](https://yourownai.net/privacy/) - the complete list of what ever leaves the device
- [Support](https://yourownai.net/support/)

## Documentation
- [Your Own AI Docs](https://docs.yourownai.net) - full documentation, including the local endpoint reference at https://docs.yourownai.net/external-apps/