Hi r/LocalLLaMA, I'm Robert, the developer. I just released the first public beta of OpenBot, and I wanted to share it here because local models are a first-class option, not an afterthought. What it is: a small team of AI teammates that runs on your Mac. Each teammate has a name, a job, its own workspace and its own browser. Talk to one, or give a group a task that runs in order: "Nova, find three restaurants. Scout, check their hours." Scout waits for Nova's list. The model side: Point any teammate at Ollama. Each teammate can use a different model. Or use any OpenAI-compatible API, a free Gemini key, or a ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Copilot subscription you already have. Mix them, e.g. a local model for drafting and a hosted one for research. It asks before acting. Reading and searching happen on their own. Sending, buying, signing in or submitting always stops and shows you the exact website and button first. Also: Word and Excel files as results, routines ("every Monday at 9…"), Telegram, Discord, iMessage and "Hey Siri, Ask OpenBot". Install (macOS 13+): curl -fsSL https://openbots.foundation/install.sh | sh No admin password, and it checks the download's SHA-256. The installer is readable in the repo (scripts/install.sh). Honest limits: it's a beta. The app is ad-hoc signed, not notarized. It works while your Mac is on. Mac only for now. A question for you: which local models have you found reliable for tool use and browsing? I'd like to ship better defaults. https://github.com/PrisacariuRobert/openbot   submitted by   /u/Robert-Prisacariu [link]   [comments]