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ChatOSS

A Codex alternative for Open Source AI built on Ollama

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ChatOSS is built on Ollama. If you use Ollama, ChatOSS local works out of the box.ChatOSS is a GUI desktop app that has multiple agentic coding apps and a kanban board integrated into coding sessions.There's also a simple way to create your own AI powered apps that can run inside of ChatOSS.

HN · launched Aug 18, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 59%) · 0 views

Niche: ai coding assistants · 151 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -22% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Agent / copilot
  • Developer
  • AI-native
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes The app is an Electron or Tauri desktop UI providing Kanban and agent workflows on top of the standard Ollama local REST API.

Discussion

5 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Codex, OpenRouter, Ollama

Concerns raised: Unclear value proposition and market segment targeting, Subscription model necessity for local desktop app unclear, Closed source platform contradicts open app building claims, Business model as inference proxy seems unnecessary

Feature requests: Support existing Codex subscriptions for cloud inference, Direct OpenRouter key integration without subscription requirement, Open source the application code

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 505 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #233 of 506 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 285 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Chatvia.ai · ph · 2026-11-03 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • GlassChat · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • Build Emma · ph · 2026-10-12 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • SIDRA OS · ph · 2026-10-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • python-ai-agent-ollama · github · 2026-10-19 · 27 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Verzeta Studio · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Chati.AI · ph · 2026-10-19 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
  • aevori-app · github · 2026-09-30 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.46

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