LocalBrain
Local AI toolbox
Turn your Mac into a private AI toolbox for transcription, speech, images, video and MCP tools.
Every pitfall I hit, every number I measured, every tool I built — all handed to you.Enough specs. Put it to the test.Every conclusion here comes from my own Mac.
$ hfkj publish --latest ✓ LocalBrain 1.8.0: The chat mod… ▸ Oct 13, 2026 · Read more →

No press-release recaps. I run every model on my own machine, and when it fails that gets written up too — the data does the talking.
Open the test archive →0102 / SELF-MADE TOOLSWhen I hit a problem I look for a tool; when there isn't one, I write it. Partly out of stubbornness.
See what I have built →0203 / RADARFree-API lists, new-model requirements, new-skill use cases. A recommendation is not a test — every entry carries its verification status.
Open radar →03
Press and hold to save the image, then open it from your album in WeChat Scan
Enough specs. Put it to the test.
When I hit a problem I look for a tool; when there isn't one, I write it. Partly out of stubbornness.
Turn your Mac into a private AI toolbox for transcription, speech, images, video and MCP tools.
A free model API radar and local router, with ongoing availability checks and keys kept on your device.
Turn subtitles from your own films and shows into an English vocabulary library, entirely offline.
Screen recording and editing with a Resolve-style timeline, automatic redaction and pre-export checks.
News for updates, models for requirements, skills for tasks. A recommendation is not a completed test.
See what happened in the latest briefings.
What it can do and whether it runs locally.
Tasks, permissions and costs made clear.
Radar and lab pages are currently available in Chinese.
Looking for a specific fix? Search — the search box remembers better than I do.

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Give the machine four sets of numbers, don't tell it patterns, yet it can turn two knobs toward the answer. Now look at the curves in the ne…
Not the main act, but they're built — take whatever helps.