Show HN: Offline AI dev assistant (no API, runs locally)

Category: devtools

Tags: ai-assistant, offline-ai, local-llm, dev-tool

Score: 6.7/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 4, Utility: 7)

FriedrichAI is a fully local, offline AI development assistant distributed via Steam that runs models locally without API calls, featuring a persistent memory system for context-aware responses. It's interesting because it addresses privacy, cost, and connectivity concerns by offering a self-contained AI coding companion, though its distribution as a paid Steam app is unconventional for developer tools.

Target audience: backend devs, frontend devs, data engineers

Repository: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4111530/FriedrichAI_Offline_AI_Dev_Assistant/

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