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LocalPilot AI
Local AI coding assistant in Chrome Side Panel (BYOK)
LocalPilot AI turns Google Chrome into a private AI coding assistant inside the native Side Panel. Open any local project folder directly with the Web File System API, and pair-program with Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, or OpenAI ChatGPT using your own API keys (BYOK). Review every AI code suggestion through a side-by-side visual diff before saving to disk, with automatic backups and secret masking. No heavy desktop IDEs, zero middleman servers, and total privacy for your code.
Hi Product Hunt community! 👋
I'm Rocco Caruso, the creator of **LocalPilot AI**.
Like many developers, I rely heavily on LLMs to write, debug, and review code every day. However, I kept running into two major frustrations with existing tools:
1. **Heavy desktop overhead:** Having to switch between full standalone AI IDEs, terminal agents, and browser windows when I simply wanted to test something or consult documentation.
2. **Privacy & proxy servers:** Many AI tools route your code and requests through their proprietary middleman servers, adding hidden costs, subscriptions, and privacy concerns.
I wanted something lightweight, privacy-first, and always available right beside my browser while building and testing web apps.
That’s why I built **LocalPilot AI**:
🚀 **What makes it different:**
• **Lives in Chrome Side Panel (Alt+Shift+L):** No heavy desktop apps. It sits comfortably right next to your active tabs, docs, and localhost servers.
• **Direct Local File Access:** Powered by the Chromium File System Access API (`showDirectoryPicker`), allowing you to select and index any project folder on your machine securely.
• **Multi-LLM BYOK Gateway:** Bring Your Own Key for Google Gemini (3.8 Flash), Anthropic Claude (Opus/Sonnet), and OpenAI (ChatGPT). No platform markup—pay only for the API tokens you consume.
• **100% Client-Side Privacy:** Direct HTTPS calls from your browser to the official AI endpoints. Keys stay in volatile session storage, and recognized secrets (`.env`, tokens, passwords) are automatically masked before dispatch.
• **Safe Visual Diff & Backups:** Never wonder what code changed. Review an interactive side-by-side diff and approve edits before writing to disk, complete with timestamped backups.
LocalPilot AI is completely free to use with your own API keys, and is available in 6 languages.
I would love to hear your thoughts, answer any architectural questions, and get your feedback on what features you'd like to see next!
Thank you for your support! 🙌
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About LocalPilot AI on Product Hunt
“Local AI coding assistant in Chrome Side Panel (BYOK)”
LocalPilot AI was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #132 on the daily leaderboard. LocalPilot AI turns Google Chrome into a private AI coding assistant inside the native Side Panel. Open any local project folder directly with the Web File System API, and pair-program with Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, or OpenAI ChatGPT using your own API keys (BYOK). Review every AI code suggestion through a side-by-side visual diff before saving to disk, with automatic backups and secret masking. No heavy desktop IDEs, zero middleman servers, and total privacy for your code.
LocalPilot AI was featured in Chrome Extensions (52.8k followers), Developer Tools (520.4k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (479.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 226k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted LocalPilot AI?
LocalPilot AI was hunted by Rocco Caruso. 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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Rocco Caruso