What is Locally Uncensored?
A free, open-source local AI studio for your desktop. Install it like any normal app and you're chatting, generating images, and making videos in minutes, with no command line and no Docker. Under the hood: chat with 20+ provider presets, a coding agent, image generation via ComfyUI (FLUX 2, Juggernaut XL, Z-Image, SDXL), and video generation (Wan 2.1, HunyuanVideo, LTX 2.3, FramePack F1) in one interface. AGPL-3.0 licensed.
Does it support Qwen 3.8, GPT-OSS and GLM-4.7?
Yes. Qwen 3.8 27B is in the Model Manager since v2.6.6, and vision works: the image tower comes as a separate mmproj file that the download writes next to the model. Official, abliterated and uncensored builds, plus a 9B distill for small cards. GPT-OSS-120B and GPT-OSS-20B run via Ollama. GLM-4.7 Flash supported through Ollama. Also ready: DeepSeek R1, Llama 4, Gemma 4, Mistral Small 3, Phi 4.
Can I use it as a ChatGPT or Claude alternative?
Yes. Locally Uncensored works as a ChatGPT and Claude alternative that runs on your own hardware. Use Qwen 3.8, GPT-OSS, GLM-4.7, DeepSeek R1, Llama 4 or Gemma 4 instead, or add cloud providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, Groq) alongside the local stack.
Is it really free and offline?
Yes. After setup and model download, no internet is needed for the local providers. Local use needs no account and has no usage limit.
How is this different from Open WebUI or LM Studio?
Those tools handle text chat. Locally Uncensored adds a coding agent with fourteen MCP tools, image generation, video creation, A/B model comparison, local benchmarking, granular permissions, file upload with vision, and thinking mode, all in one app.
What hardware do I need?
Text chat: 8 GB RAM. Image generation: an NVIDIA card, or an AMD card with ROCm on Linux, from 6 GB of VRAM with the starter checkpoint, 8 to 10 GB for FLUX. Video generation: from 6 GB for AnimateDiff and image to video with FramePack F1, from 8 GB for the Wan 2.1 starter, 12 GB and up for Wan 2.2 and HunyuanVideo. The app auto-detects hardware and recommends models. Windows 10/11 and Linux supported, and Apple Silicon Macs since version 3.0.6.
What does "uncensored" mean?
Abliterated models with artificial restrictions removed. The AI responds honestly without refusing or adding disclaimers. Combined with local execution, your conversations stay private.
Does remote access leak data?
Remote access is off until you start it, sits behind a six-digit passcode, and shows when a device is connected. On your own network the chat goes straight from phone to PC. Over the internet Cloudflare relays it: the traffic is encrypted to and from Cloudflare, not end to end, so Cloudflare could read it.
Can I talk to it?
Yes. Voice is a spoken conversation with the chat model you picked. Speech recognition and the voice run on your own machine, in English, with fifteen voices. Voice is in beta: our check in the real app ran on Windows, and your computer may still show rough edges.
Can it control my computer?
Only if you switch it on. With computer control a model uses the mouse and keyboard in apps you approve. It asks before it touches an app and, by default, before every action, and it never touches terminals, password managers or password fields. You can pause or stop it at any time. Computer control is in beta: it is not proven in every app yet, so watch what it does and stop it when it goes wrong.
Can I use this on macOS?
Yes, since version 3.0.6, in beta. The Mac build is for Apple Silicon and needs macOS 14 or newer. Intel Macs are not supported. The .dmg is signed and notarized. Chat runs on local models through the bundled server with Metal, and Create makes images and video on the Mac itself, without ComfyUI. We tested it on an M5 Pro with 48 GB. Tell us how it runs on yours. Voice has been tried by hand in the app on a Mac and works. Computer control is in the Mac app but not fully tested yet on macOS. Remote Access and the automatic update are not confirmed on macOS. On any Mac you can also use the hosted studio in a browser at lu-labs.ai.