{"slug": "atelier-an-open-source-local-ai-desktop-app-for-everyone", "title": "Atelier, an open source local AI desktop app for everyone", "summary": "Atelier, a free open-source AI desktop app for Mac and Linux, lets users query local files with cited answers while keeping data on-device. It supports cloud models via API keys or fully offline operation using Ollama or Apple Foundation Models.", "body_md": "# Talk to your files. Nothing leaves your machine.\n\nAtelier is a free, open-source AI workspace for Mac and Linux. Open a folder, ask questions, get cited answers, and choose cloud or fully offline models.\n\n### Local-first\n\nYour files and conversations never touch a server you don't control.\n\n### Bring your own models\n\nUse cloud providers, Ollama, or Apple Foundation Models on-device.\n\n### Cited answers\n\nEvery response links back to the exact file and passage it came from.\n\n## How it works\n\n1\n\n### Open a folder\n\nSelect any directory on your machine. Atelier reads it.\n\n2\n\n### Indexes it locally\n\nAtelier reads and indexes your files on your machine. Nothing is uploaded.\n\n3\n\n### Ask anything\n\nGet answers with clickable citations pointing to source files.\n\n4\n\n### Save & reuse\n\nExport any answer back as a file or use it in follow-up questions.\n\n## Bring your own key. Switch anytime.\n\nOpenAI\n\nAnthropic\n\nGoogle Gemini\n\nOllama\n\nApple Foundation Models\n\nUse your own API keys for cloud models, or run fully offline with local models.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/atelier-an-open-source-local-ai-desktop-app-for-everyone", "canonical_source": "https://open-atelier.app", "published_at": "2026-07-16 09:04:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-16 09:25:35.455119+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Atelier", "Ollama", "Apple", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Google Gemini"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/atelier-an-open-source-local-ai-desktop-app-for-everyone", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/atelier-an-open-source-local-ai-desktop-app-for-everyone.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/atelier-an-open-source-local-ai-desktop-app-for-everyone.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/atelier-an-open-source-local-ai-desktop-app-for-everyone.jsonld"}}