What are interesting local AI tools to replace Replit, Cursor, Github Copilot and ChatGPT?

It's a few months that from time to time I explore tools that I can use locally on my Mac that can replace AI tools that I find useful but run on the cloud.

Here are some new promising tools I've found, what I like about them and what doesn't work yet in them for me:

Ollama for replacing ChatGPT

Ollama is the one AI replacement tool that for now works the best for me. It's super easy to install different models, just like with Jan but the interface is just nicer. More simple and more polished. Also the fact that you can easily add a PDF and ask questions about it without having to change model is pretty nice too.

For my computer, a Macbook Pro M2 Max with 3GB of Ram, the Gemma3:4b model works super fast and has good enough results until now.

Dyad for replacing Replit

I've been looking for some time for a tool that allows me to do "vibecoding" just like Replit but on my machine. Dyad tries to do that. The interface works just like Replit, which is nice, and it integrates local AI models from Ollama which means it doesn't have to re-download the models again, which is smart.

But for now I haven't been able to get to good enough results with the local AI models I've been trying. So it's promising that the app exists, maybe in a year or so the AI local models will make it work for me.

Void for replacing Cursor or Github Copilot in VScode

For replacing Cursor, or Github Copilot within VScode, it's about the same situation when I use Void than Dyad. The tool works well, has a clear interface and plugs in well with Ollama. But... (and I litterraly copy pasted that sentence):

for now I haven't been able to get to good enough results with the local AI models I've been trying. So it's promising that the app exists, maybe in a year or so the AI local models will make it work for me.

Why I care about local AI?

• I've already wrote about this, but local AI models means for me:

• I know what energy I use for it (I see clearly the battery drop on my mac, or my mac heatup)

• I know from where the energy comes (as it comes from my local clean energy bill)

These two things can then potentially make one of the big downsides of AI tools okay.