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An easier way to use AI on your own computer. A free, open-source alternative to Claude and ChatGPT that runs open-weight models like Gemma and gpt-oss locally on Mac, Windows and Linux. Private, and works offline.

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| Name | Name | Last commit message | Last commit date | | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| [.github/workflows](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/.github/workflows "This path skips through empty directories") | [.github/workflows](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/.github/workflows "This path skips through empty directories") | [Installed copies update themselves from GitHub Releases; one command …](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/a1bc9b37ece4832377578bbcfdff5afde2fb7de8 "Installed copies update themselves from GitHub Releases; one command releases Mac, Windows and Linux together, with the disk image notarized; Windows installs into a Hob folder") | Oct 26, 2026 |

| [app](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/app "app") | [app](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/app "app") | [Hob 0.2.4](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/f131fffbd4e5aa7867807c4af35f746bcbbcca23 "Hob 0.2.4") | Oct 28, 2026 |

| [catalog](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/catalog "catalog") | [catalog](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/catalog "catalog") | [Gemma 4 E4B Compact for 8 GB Macs: E4B squeezed to 3.9 GB (Q3_K_S), o…](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/4157a209862f63b3f195175988b4e728011330b6 "Gemma 4 E4B Compact for 8 GB Macs: E4B squeezed to 3.9 GB (Q3_K_S), offered only where the full E4B doesn't run well. It scored 8 of 11 everyday tasks, against 4 for E2B, the pick there until now") | Oct 23, 2026 |

| [docs](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/docs "docs") | [docs](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/docs "docs") | [Pick a drive for downloads during setup on Windows and Linux; a model…](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/9dd09a9d4d1122c4b1fab971347796f611306d2f "Pick a drive for downloads during setup on Windows and Linux; a model that won't load falls back to one already downloaded Closes #12") | Oct 28, 2026 |

| [packages/picker](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/packages/picker "This path skips through empty directories") | [packages/picker](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/packages/picker "This path skips through empty directories") | [Gemma 4 E4B Compact for 8 GB Macs: E4B squeezed to 3.9 GB (Q3_K_S), o…](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/4157a209862f63b3f195175988b4e728011330b6 "Gemma 4 E4B Compact for 8 GB Macs: E4B squeezed to 3.9 GB (Q3_K_S), offered only where the full E4B doesn't run well. It scored 8 of 11 everyday tasks, against 4 for E2B, the pick there until now") | Oct 23, 2026 |

| [site](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/site "site") | [site](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/tree/main/site "site") | [Tidy up: drop old design studies and unused images](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/dcbf82ba7a7cc977f20143da2cf3b1e97ed9f29f "Tidy up: drop old design studies and unused images") | Oct 26, 2026 |

| [.gitattributes](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/.gitattributes ".gitattributes") | [.gitattributes](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/.gitattributes ".gitattributes") | [Tidy up: drop old design studies and unused images](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/dcbf82ba7a7cc977f20143da2cf3b1e97ed9f29f "Tidy up: drop old design studies and unused images") | Oct 26, 2026 |

| [.gitignore](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/.gitignore ".gitignore") | [.gitignore](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/.gitignore ".gitignore") | [Gemma 4 by default: E2B on 8 GB, E4B on 16 GB (and as the quick first…](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/708fc70cb14a3a202a14c1b4a70128f925e720c0 "Gemma 4 by default: E2B on 8 GB, E4B on 16 GB (and as the quick first download), 26B from 24 GB; gpt-oss 20B and 120B stay, Qwen3 1.7B only where nothing else fits. Annual reports (.xhtml) are read as tables of figures per period; web pages as text; PDFs can be made without installing anything; a reply that names a file it never made is sent back to make it; Gemma's control tags never show in replies, thinking or steps, and a garbled tool call is retried instead of run; each model family samples as its makers recommend; the thinking line is plain text, two lines at most, cut at a word") | Oct 22, 2026 |

| [.npmrc](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/.npmrc ".npmrc") | [.npmrc](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/.npmrc ".npmrc") | [Hob 0.1.0](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/87d943375f048b9382ded903fe459fcfab1ca151 "Hob 0.1.0") | Oct 19, 2026 |

| [.nvmrc](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/.nvmrc ".nvmrc") | [.nvmrc](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/.nvmrc ".nvmrc") | [Hob 0.1.0](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/87d943375f048b9382ded903fe459fcfab1ca151 "Hob 0.1.0") | Oct 19, 2026 |

| [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md "CONTRIBUTING.md") | [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md "CONTRIBUTING.md") | [README: the site's words, and the screenshot with a window shadow; co…](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/6464fdf95e958eff682bfc8d8c931025a6192a58 "README: the site's words, and the screenshot with a window shadow; contributing notes on translations") | Oct 24, 2026 |

| [LICENSE](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/LICENSE "LICENSE") | [LICENSE](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/LICENSE "LICENSE") | [Hob 0.1.0](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/87d943375f048b9382ded903fe459fcfab1ca151 "Hob 0.1.0") | Oct 19, 2026 |

| [README.md](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/README.md "README.md") | [README.md](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/README.md "README.md") | [README: trim screenshot padding](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/1dc4bdc68e68c76c7949a3e549b1857cd5f8f249 "README: trim screenshot padding") | Oct 27, 2026 |

| [package.json](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/package.json "package.json") | [package.json](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/package.json "package.json") | [The app is called Hob again: name, icon file names, helpers, plugin m…](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/020a088c28587684495537d42be9a4f6c556617d "The app is called Hob again: name, icon file names, helpers, plugin manifests (hob-plugin.json), settings and environment variables, docs. An existing Garth profile and chat files folder move over to Hob on first start") | Oct 22, 2026 |

| [pnpm-lock.yaml](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/pnpm-lock.yaml "pnpm-lock.yaml") | [pnpm-lock.yaml](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/pnpm-lock.yaml "pnpm-lock.yaml") | [Installed copies update themselves from GitHub Releases; one command …](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/a1bc9b37ece4832377578bbcfdff5afde2fb7de8 "Installed copies update themselves from GitHub Releases; one command releases Mac, Windows and Linux together, with the disk image notarized; Windows installs into a Hob folder") | Oct 26, 2026 |

| [pnpm-workspace.yaml](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/pnpm-workspace.yaml "pnpm-workspace.yaml") | [pnpm-workspace.yaml](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/pnpm-workspace.yaml "pnpm-workspace.yaml") | [Hob 0.1.0](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/87d943375f048b9382ded903fe459fcfab1ca151 "Hob 0.1.0") | Oct 19, 2026 |

| [tsconfig.base.json](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/tsconfig.base.json "tsconfig.base.json") | [tsconfig.base.json](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/blob/main/tsconfig.base.json "tsconfig.base.json") | [Hob 0.1.0](https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/commit/87d943375f048b9382ded903fe459fcfab1ca151 "Hob 0.1.0") | Oct 19, 2026 | | View all files |

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An easier way to use AI on your own computer. A free, open-source alternative to Claude and ChatGPT.

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Fill out PDFs, work through documents, and much more. Free, private, and works offline. Hob picks the best frontier open-weight model that fits your computer and sets everything up for you.

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