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Willow is a local-first desktop AI agent you own — not another cloud chat you rent. It runs on your Mac, drives browser + desktop, and finishes multi-step tasks while data stays on-device. €299 lifetime, no subscription. BYOK/BYOM (or Ollama offline). Local memory + Markdown vault. Real computer control, not just suggestions. Built for builders who want an agent that belongs to them.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
Maker here. I built Willow because I got tired of renting AI — monthly plans, cloud lock-in, and chat tools that only suggest instead of actually doing the work.
Willow is a local-first desktop AI agent for Mac:
runs on your machine, not someone else’s cloud
drives browser + desktop (click, type, fill forms, multi-step tasks)
BYOK / BYOM — your Anthropic/OpenAI/Gemini keys, or Ollama offline
memory + Markdown vault stay on-device
€299 lifetime — no subscription
What’s different: ownership + real computer control. Not another chat wrapper.
Would love your feedback, especially:
What should an agent do on your desktop that chat still can’t?
Lifetime vs subscription — does that matter to you for AI tools?
Privacy-first agents: must-have or nice-to-have?
Happy to answer anything — bugs, roadmap, Windows/Linux, pricing, demos.
Thanks for being here on day one 🙏
— Ali
At first glance, it seems very interesting and practical. It's great that it's not stored in the cloud and I have control over the data. I would like to know if I can also control it from my mobile phone.
€299 lifetime with real computer control is a bold bet against subscription fatigue, but lifetime pricing on something that needs ongoing updates to keep working with new OS versions/model APIs makes me nervous long term - how are you planning to fund that without a recurring revenue stream once the initial sales dry up?
the "real computer control, not just suggestions" part is what would make me hesitate, not the local vs cloud question. an agent that can actually click and type on my desktop is a much bigger blast radius than one that drafts a suggestion I approve. is there a confirm-before-action step for anything destructive (deleting files, submitting forms, sending money), or does it just act once it decides on a plan?
Local models are a neat idea, but aren't there free easy ways to get Ollama to run on a Mac? What is better about using WIllow?
About Willow on Product Hunt
“Own your personal AI agent. Runs locally.”
Willow was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 31 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #13 on the daily leaderboard. Willow is a local-first desktop AI agent you own — not another cloud chat you rent. It runs on your Mac, drives browser + desktop, and finishes multi-step tasks while data stays on-device. €299 lifetime, no subscription. BYOK/BYOM (or Ollama offline). Local memory + Markdown vault. Real computer control, not just suggestions. Built for builders who want an agent that belongs to them.
Willow was featured in Productivity (656.3k followers), Developer Tools (515.9k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (473.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 330.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Willow?
Willow was hunted by Ali. 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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