Open Source #local-first Projects

Discover open source software tagged with local-first.

Kagelin

Self-hosted, offline-first productivity app combining tasks, habits, a Pomodoro focus timer, and calendar with optional WebDAV sync.

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TickTick

kuku

Open-source local-first Markdown workspace for macOS with wiki, AI editing, and encrypted sync.

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Obsidian

Pad

Local-first project management for developers and AI agents, with a CLI, web UI, SQLite backend, and native skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and more.

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Linear

Open Video Craft

Open-source, local-first screen recorder and timeline video editor for macOS and Windows with AI subtitle generation.

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Adobe Premiere Pro

AI-assisted

Apogee

Private, in-browser AI summarizer for articles, videos, and PDFs that runs entirely on-device via WebGPU, WebAssembly, or a local Ollama instance.

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Merlin AI

AI-assisted

Files.md

A simple local-first note-taking app for your plain .md files with Telegram bot access.

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Notion