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Nano Collective – Local-first AI tools, built for the people who use them

Nano Collective, a community-driven open-source project, launched a suite of local-first AI tools including Nanocoder, a coding agent, and Nanotune, a fine-tuning utility, designed to keep code and data private on users' own hardware. The tools aim to give developers control over their intellectual property while avoiding cloud lock-in and subscription fees.

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Nano Collective – Local-first AI tools, built for the people who use them
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Nano Collective builds privacy-respecting, local-first AI tools that help developers build, automate, and ship faster without surrendering control.

Open-source tools built by the community.

Nanocoder

An open-source, local-first coding agent. Automate your workflows without sending your proprietary code to the cloud.

- >Local-first architecture
- >Multi-provider model support
- >Extensible skills system
- >Workflow automation

Nanotune

Fine-tune LLMs locally on your own hardware. Optimize weights for your specific workflows effortlessly.

- >LoRA & QLoRA training
- >Automated benchmarking
- >GGUF/Ollama export support

Lightweight utilities built by the community.

get-md

A fast, lightweight HTML to Markdown converter optimized for LLM consumption. Clean, well-structured markdown with intelligent content extraction.

prompt-scrub

Local-first PII scrubbing for LLM prompts. Maps emails, secrets, and paths to stable placeholders and rehydrates model responses locally.

json-up

A fast, type-safe JSON migration tool with Zod schema validation. Fluent builder API with automatic version tracking and full TypeScript type inference.

Why Nano Collective #

The principles behind our tools.

Privacy First

Your code, your data. Our tools are built to run in environments where you retain complete control over your intellectual property.

Open Source

Built in public by developers, for developers. We believe the future of AI tooling should not be locked behind proprietary APIs.

Local First

Harness the power of your own hardware. Run powerful AI workflows locally without cloud lock-in or subscription fees.

Supported by #

Sponsorship funds the people building open, privacy-respecting AI tools, and keeps every line of it free at the point of use.

Become a sponsor

Latest Updates #

From the community discussions.

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[Annoucements/by LottieOxford](/blog/prompt-scrub-v100-a-local-first-scrubber-for-prompts-and-their-responses-76)

prompt-scrub v1.0.0: a local-first scrubber for prompts and their responses

Articles/by LottieOxford

Nanocoder as an ACP agent - driving it from Zed

Packages/by LottieOxford

get-md v1.6.0: PDF, DOCX, and Markdown ingestion alongside HTML

Annoucements/by LottieOxford

New Nano Collective website: principles first, live proof, tighter codebase

Nanocoder/by will-lamerton

Nanocoder v1.28.0 - ACP for Zed, slimmer tool surface, session resume, copy command

Build with us. #

Join contributors building open-source AI tools for developers. Help shape the future of local-first artificial intelligence.

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