What if AI could help us remember someone… without taking their memories away?
I built Ofrenda, a private, offline-first memory keeper for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge.
Add a loved one’s stories, favorite foods, songs, rituals, and meaningful dates. Ofrenda turns those memories into a personal remembrance card and a digital Día de los Muertos ofrenda.
Try the live app:
[https://ofrenda-3cwxygxg.manus.space](https://ofrenda-3cwxygxg.manus.space)
Ofrenda stores memories locally in the browser.
No account.
No database.
No hidden cloud storage.
The remembrance composer uses a replaceable local-model adapter that can connect to WebLLM, llama.cpp, browser-cached open-weight models, or a local inference server.
The memories we most want help with are often the memories we least want to upload.
Open AI makes it possible to keep memories on the user’s device, swap models, work offline, and avoid vendor lock-in.
The machine can help tell the story. But the memory remains yours.