Voxel: A local-first AI assistant with GGUF models, voice, tools, personality, and memories
Hugging Face Forums [Unofficial]
May 9, 2026
I built Voxel, a local-first AI assistant that runs from a local FastAPI backend with a browser dashboard.
It supports local GGUF models, optional API keys through the OS credential vault, Piper TTS, Whisper push-to-talk, custom voice packs, local tools like calculator/time/small talk, and a local memory system.
v0.02 focuses on usability: smart setup script, random local port selection, low-resource mode, debug latency panel, TTS barge-in, and memory search.
Repo: GitHub - joshuatic/voxel: Voxel is a local-first AI assistant that runs on your own machine through a lightweight web dashboard. · GitHub
I’m looking for feedback on local model routing, onboarding, low-resource hardware support, and what should come next.
Thanks, and have a good day
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