WebAI lets websites and extensions use AI models running on your computer, without sending page content to a cloud AI service.
@Opera built the inference engine right into the browser. Developers get three APIs for text generation, classification, and finding related content.
Opera also made six example extensions, including one that quizzes you on an article and another that highlights paragraphs relevant to your project. These small tools make total sense to run locally.
WebAI is now an opt-in early preview in Opera One. It supports local models including Gemma and Apple's on-device foundation model on Macs.
About WebAI by Opera on Product Hunt
“Let websites use AI running on your computer”
WebAI by Opera launched on Product Hunt on October 28th, 2026 and earned 84 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #15 on the daily leaderboard. You can now access local AI built into the browser to start creating your own browser capabilities instead of relying on others' extensions.
On the analytics side, WebAI by Opera competes within API, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 593k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how WebAI by Opera performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted WebAI by Opera?
WebAI by Opera was hunted by Zac Zuo. 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.
Zac Zuo
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WebAI lets websites and extensions use AI models running on your computer, without sending page content to a cloud AI service.
@Opera built the inference engine right into the browser. Developers get three APIs for text generation, classification, and finding related content.
Opera also made six example extensions, including one that quizzes you on an article and another that highlights paragraphs relevant to your project. These small tools make total sense to run locally.
WebAI is now an opt-in early preview in Opera One. It supports local models including Gemma and Apple's on-device foundation model on Macs.