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.

Local-first AI tools, built for the people who use them Nano Collective builds privacy-respecting, local-first AI tools that help developers build, automate, and ship faster without surrendering control. Featured Projects 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 Featured Packages 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 /sponsor Latest Updates From the community discussions. View All /blog 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 /blog/nanocoder-as-an-acp-agent-driving-it-from-zed-73 Nanocoder as an ACP agent - driving it from Zed Packages/by LottieOxford /blog/get-md-v160-pdf-docx-and-markdown-ingestion-alongside-html-71 get-md v1.6.0: PDF, DOCX, and Markdown ingestion alongside HTML Annoucements/by LottieOxford /blog/new-nano-collective-website-principles-first-live-proof-tighter-codebase-70 New Nano Collective website: principles first, live proof, tighter codebase Nanocoder/by will-lamerton /blog/nanocoder-v1280-acp-for-zed-slimmer-tool-surface-session-resume-copy-command-66 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.