Spring. Exploring.
Infer
A cross-platform AI browser powered by local models.
Local models first.
The problem
Browsers that are intelligent and simply work across platforms are rare. The ones that exist send what you read to someone else's server, or tie you to one vendor's model.
The approach
A browser with the model inside it. Local models first, your own key when you need a bigger one, and a library of pages, files and notes that stays on your machine and can be searched and asked without leaving the window.
What we learned
The first version was a research tool, not a browser: a library you could question. The browser was the part that was missing; the library stays. Local embeddings and on-device search were enough for a personal library, and cheaper than every hosted alternative.
Next
Make it a browser. Then make it cross-platform without making it generic.
infer.fyi- Status
- Exploring: the one we most want to pursue right now
- Runs on
- Mac first; iPhone and iPad are the point
- Since
- 2026
- Built with
- Swift and SwiftUI; local models through Ollama; your own key for hosted ones
- Grew from
- A local-first research tool: a library of links and files you could ask questions of
The print
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
Henri Labrouste's reading room, opened in 1851 and gas-lit so that people could read after dark.
Thomas, 1859. Two of three inks: blue, yellow. The pink waits until it ships. Source. Public domain.
