Thoth: A Local-First AI Desktop Assistant for Personal AI Sovereignty with Offline and Optional Cloud Models
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Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
Thoth is a local-first AI desktop assistant designed for personal AI sovereignty. It runs fully offline via Ollama with 39 curated tool-calling models, or can optionally connect to cloud AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI, etc.) for frontier reasoning. The assistant features integrated tools including a personal knowledge graph, voice, vision, shell access, browser automation, scheduled tasks, health tracking, messaging channels, design creation, and plugins. All durable data stays on the user's machine, with API keys stored in the OS credential store. Thoth has no account system, server, or telemetry, emphasizing privacy and user control.
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It runs fully local through Ollama with 39 curated tool-calling models, or you can opt into OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI, xAI, OpenRouter, and ChatGPT / Codex when you want frontier reasoning or do not have a GPU.
API keys and in-app subscription tokens are stored in the OS credential store when available; Thoth has no account system, server, or telemetry.
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