Alternatives to Maid
A free, open-source app for chatting with llama.cpp models locally and remote AI providers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Maid
A free, open-source app for chatting with llama.cpp models locally and remote AI providers.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Maid.
ChatterUI
An Android front end for running language models on the phone or connecting to API providers.
ChatterUI also runs models on Android and connects to API providers, but the research does not state its license.
PocketPal AI
A mobile app for Android and iOS that downloads small language models and runs them on the phone.
PocketPal AI runs small models on Android and iOS phones, but has no Ollama server or hosted provider connection listed.
Layla
An offline AI assistant app that runs language models directly on Android and iOS devices.
Layla is a freemium, closed source offline assistant for Android and iOS with character creation for role-play chats.
Ollama App
A cross-platform chat client for talking to language models running on an Ollama server.
Ollama App is an Apache-2.0 client for Android and desktop that only talks to an Ollama server, without running models on the phone.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
llama.cpp
The C++ engine most local AI apps are built on, running language models on ordinary hardware.
Ollama
The simplest way to pull down an open language model and run it on your own machine, from one command or a desktop app.
Private LLM
An offline AI chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that runs open language models on the device.
LLMFarm
An iOS and macOS app for running large language models offline on the device using GGML.
