Linda is a free, private AI coworker for your Mac. Say or type what you need and it does the work in its own browser and your folders: research, price checks, pages, sheets, renamed files, replies. Set up specialists, like a Researcher or a Bookkeeper, with their own instructions and skills. Watch every step in the Computer column and take over any time. It runs local AI on Apple Silicon or uses your own key, and asks before it sends, buys, deletes or posts. No account.
I love what AI agents do for me. But I hated two things about them: my files and data live on someone else's server, and the bill grows every month. Instead Linda runs open models on your Apple Silicon. No cloud, no account, nothing sent anywhere unless a task needs the web.
Fast on small models. A decision layer picks the right model for each step, compacts the context and keeps only what matters. Small specialist models handle quick choices like clicks and form fields, so most steps finish in few seconds on an M-series Mac.
Real work. Linda browses the web, organizes your files, builds websites and runs routines while you keep working.
No token bills. Your Mac does the work, so Linda is free to use.
You stay in charge. Linda asks before she sends, buys or deletes anything.
Would you trust a local AI with your daily work, or does the cloud still win for you?
the "asks before she sends, buys, deletes or posts" line is the part that actually matters here, not the local-vs-cloud question. we run an AI agent that takes real-world actions (phone calls) at Dial, and the lesson we keep relearning is that the scary failures aren't about where the model runs, they're about which actions are reversible. a wrong file rename costs you a minute. a sent email or a completed purchase doesn't. local inference solves the privacy and cost problem, but the confirmation gate is doing the actual safety work here, and you could build that same gate on a cloud agent too. so for me the answer to "would you trust it" depends less on local vs cloud and more on whether that gate covers everything irreversible or just the obvious ones
Seems like an interesting product, although the market is flooded. What's unique about this?
I’ve wanted to start a podcast for ages, but the setup always felt like a lot.
About Linda on Product Hunt
“Your local AI coworker for the Mac, like Dots but free!”
Linda launched on Product Hunt on October 7th, 2026 and earned 76 upvotes and 7 comments, placing #24 on the daily leaderboard. Linda is a free, private AI coworker for your Mac. Say or type what you need and it does the work in its own browser and your folders: research, price checks, pages, sheets, renamed files, replies. Set up specialists, like a Researcher or a Bookkeeper, with their own instructions and skills. Watch every step in the Computer column and take over any time. It runs local AI on Apple Silicon or uses your own key, and asks before it sends, buys, deletes or posts. No account.
Linda was featured in Mac (103.8k followers), Productivity (663.2k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (481.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 309.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Linda?
Linda was hunted by Jack Rossi. 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.
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Jack Rossi
Hi Product Hunt! I'm the maker of Linda.
I love what AI agents do for me. But I hated two things about them: my files and data live on someone else's server, and the bill grows every month.
Instead Linda runs open models on your Apple Silicon. No cloud, no account, nothing sent anywhere unless a task needs the web.
Fast on small models. A decision layer picks the right model for each step, compacts the context and keeps only what matters. Small specialist models handle quick choices like clicks and form fields, so most steps finish in few seconds on an M-series Mac.
Real work. Linda browses the web, organizes your files, builds websites and runs routines while you keep working.
No token bills. Your Mac does the work, so Linda is free to use.
You stay in charge. Linda asks before she sends, buys or deletes anything.
Would you trust a local AI with your daily work, or does the cloud still win for you?