{
  "id": 18659991,
  "title": "Meet Gnito: Your AI. Your Machine. Your Rules.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/meet-gnito-your-ai-your-machine-your-rules",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-07T07:13:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/v-dev/meet-gnito-your-ai-your-machine-your-rules-3cb1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gnito is an open-source, self-hosted AI workspace that puts you in control of your data and AI provider choices. Built with React, TypeScript, Node.js and SQLite, Gnito doesn't come with an AI model of its own. Instead, it allows you to connect your favorite AI services or run local model endpoints via BYOK (Bring Your Own Key).\n\nThe platform supports multi-provider AI, enabling connections to OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, Groq, Ollama, LM Studio and more. It offers features like AI chat with streaming conversations, attachments, projects and chat history. Gnito also provides local memory storage on your machine, incognito mode for temporary, non-persistent conversations, a Docker terminal for AI-assisted commands, web search with configurable search providers, and automation center to schedule AI tasks using cron or one-time schedules.\n\nContributions, feedback and suggestions are welcome as Gnito is still actively developing. Some upcoming features like voice pipelines and MCP integration haven't been implemented yet. For installation, you need Node.js 20.19 or later. Clone the GitHub repository, run npm install, start the development server locally, and open http://localhost:5173. Docker is optional for most features, but it's required for the Terminal feature.",
  "summary": "Meet Gnito: Your AI. Your Machine. Your Rules. What if you could run your own AI workspace locally, choose your AI provider, and keep control of your data? That's what I'm building with Gnito . Gnito is an open-source, local-first, self-hosted AI workspace built with React, TypeScript, Node.js and SQLite. It doesn't bundle an AI model. Instead, it uses BYOK (Bring Your Own Key), allowing you to…",
  "key_points": [
    "Gnito is an open-source, self-hosted AI workspace",
    "Supports multi-provider AI connections and local model endpoints",
    "Features include AI chat, attachments, projects, and local memory storage"
  ],
  "editors_take": "By allowing users to connect various external models to a self-hosted environment, Gnito shifts the power of data ownership and provider selection back to the individual developer.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}