Alternatives to Leon
An open-source personal assistant that runs on your own server and performs tasks through modular skills. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Leon
An open-source personal assistant that runs on your own server and performs tasks through modular skills.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Leon.
Khoj
Open-source AI second brain that researches across your documents and the web with any model.
Khoj is an AGPL-3.0 self-hostable assistant with scheduled automations, custom agents and search over your own documents, rather than Leon's modular skills.
Braina
A desktop AI assistant for Windows and macOS with voice commands, dictation and a local LLM interface.
Braina is a closed-source Windows and macOS app offering voice control of the computer, dictation and LLM chat, instead of running on your own server.
Open-LLM-VTuber
A voice-driven AI companion with a Live2D avatar that talks to language models running locally.
Open-LLM-VTuber is a self-hosted voice assistant with a Live2D avatar and local language models, focused on companionship rather than performing tasks through skills.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Google Home
Google's app for connecting, controlling and automating smart home devices, with a web version and Gemini voice assistant.
Open WebUI
A self-hosted chat interface that talks to Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible API, so your local models get a proper front end.
LibreChat
Self-hosted open-source chat interface that brings many AI models and providers into one place.
Jan
An open-source ChatGPT replacement that runs entirely offline, and can also front cloud providers when you want them.
AnythingLLM
A desktop AI app that answers questions about your own documents, with no account and no API key needed.
