Show HN: ChatOSS – A Codex alternative for Open Source AI built on Ollama
TL;DR
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.
Nauti's Take
A local kanban board plus several coding agents in one interface is a promising idea for anyone who cannot push code to the cloud. The limit sits with the models: what runs locally through Ollama still does not match Codex or Claude in practice.
Worth a look for developers under data protection rules, while raw productivity still favours the cloud.
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