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Build Emma
A coding app with an AI agent that runs on your own models
Build Emma is a desktop coding workspace with EMMA, a resident AI agent that runs on your own models via Ollama. She reads the project, makes the change, runs the tests against it, then stops. You review the diff change by change, and nothing lands until you approve it. It's a real editor with a terminal and language support, and two laptops on the same wifi can code together with no server in the middle. No account, no telemetry, works offline.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built Build Emma because I wanted an AI coding tool that works on my own machine, with my own
models, and never touches my code without asking.
EMMA is the agent inside it. Give her a task and she reads the project, makes the change, and
runs the tests before you see anything. Then she stops. You read the diff, untick what you
don't want, and only what you approve lands.
A few things I cared about:
• Local-first: runs on Ollama, no account, no telemetry, works offline. Claude and GPT are
optional.
• Build together: two laptops on the same wifi can pair up live, with no server in the middle.
• Tested hard: 650 automated tests, plus scripts that click through the real app.
It's on Linux and Windows, with macOS to follow. I'd love to hear what you'd build with it, and
what would make you switch.
About Build Emma on Product Hunt
“A coding app with an AI agent that runs on your own models”
Build Emma was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #113 on the daily leaderboard. Build Emma is a desktop coding workspace with EMMA, a resident AI agent that runs on your own models via Ollama. She reads the project, makes the change, runs the tests against it, then stops. You review the diff change by change, and nothing lands until you approve it. It's a real editor with a terminal and language support, and two laptops on the same wifi can code together with no server in the middle. No account, no telemetry, works offline.
On the analytics side, Build Emma competes within Developer Tools and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Build Emma performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Build Emma?
Build Emma was hunted by Greg. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Build Emma including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Greg