Julie Zero
my screen-aware desktop AI that works out of the box
Details
- External ID
- 46825935
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- Julie Zero
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Jan. 30, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 5
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.09617918313570488
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
I’ve posted here before about Julie, an open-source desktop AI assistant I’ve been building in public. The OSS version is local-first and powerful, but it assumes you’re comfortable bringing your own models or API keys.A lot of people told me the same thing: “I just want to install it and have it work.”So I built Julie Zero.Julie Zero is the premium tier that works straight out of the box. No API keys, no setup. Install it and start using it immediately.What Julie Zero does:Sees your screen and understands what you’re looking at in real timeHelps across apps by clicking, typing, navigating, and automating workflowsUses on-screen context, not just text prompts, so responses are actually relevantFast and low-latency, so it feels usable during real workBuilt with a local-first mindset and tuned for everyday workflowsThe open-source version is still there and always will be. Julie Zero is just about removing friction for people who don’t want to configure anything.Pricing: Julie Zero is $9.99/month, which is a fraction of the price of similar screen-aware tools like Cluely’s premium tier.Giveaway: I’m giving 3 months of unlimited Julie Zero access to 10 people.To get it:Star the open-source Julie repo on my GitHub: https://github.com/Luthiraa/julie (make sure a social is connected to your gh so i can reach out!)I’ll send you a one-time code for 3-month premium accessI’m building this very hands-on and iterating fast. Would love feedback from people using it in real workflows. Happy to answer questions.
Enrichment
- Theme
- ai agents for calls and meetings
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Agent / copilot
- Audience
- B2C
- AI stance
- AI-native
- Project type
- Commercial product
- Normalized one-liner
- screen-aware desktop ai assistant
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes A desktop assistant with screen capture can be assembled using Tauri/Electron with OS screen capture APIs and multimodal LLM APIs (OpenAI/Claude vision).
Discussion
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Competitors
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Attention rank: #17 of 18 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 93 days after the earliest competitor.
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