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Show HN: USB AI Agent – portable uncensored AI with 13 tools, runs from USB

A developer released USB AI Agent, a portable autonomous AI agent with 13 tools that runs entirely from a USB drive with zero installation and zero traces. The agent includes web search, deep search, OSINT tools for email and username lookup across 700+ platforms, file operations, code execution, and persistent memory, and is pre-configured with five uncensored GGUF models totaling about 25 GB. The project requires a USB 3.0 drive with 30+ GB free and a host PC with at least 8 GB RAM, and operates fully offline after initial download.

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Show HN: USB AI Agent – portable uncensored AI with 13 tools, runs from USB
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Plug in. Run one script. Get a fully autonomous AI agent with 13 tools, deep search, OSINT, and persistent memory — all from a portable USB/SSD. Zero install, zero traces.

The original USB-Uncensored-LLM (now archived) was a great portable chat. This takes it further — it's not just a chat, it's an agent that can actually DO things.

Feature Original This Project
Chat
Web Search ❌ (broken) ✅ DuckDuckGo Lite
Deep Search (multi-source) ✅ Fetches + reads + synthesizes
OSINT (email lookup) ✅ Holehe (121+ sites)
OSINT (username search) ✅ Maigret (600+ platforms)
OSINT (social search) ✅ Agent Reach (15 platforms)
File Operations ✅ Read/Write/List
Code Execution ✅ Python + Shell
Persistent Memory ✅ Auto-saves to USB
Cross-Platform Partial ✅ Windows + Linux
Autonomous Tool Calling ✅ Model decides which tools to use
Windows\install.bat

Windows\start-agent.bat
bash Linux/install.sh

bash Linux/start-agent.sh

The agent has 13 tools it can use autonomously:

Category Tool Description
🔍 Search web_search
Search the web (DuckDuckGo Lite)
🔍 Search deep_search
Multi-source research (search → fetch → synthesize)
🔍 Search web_get
Download and extract any webpage
🕵️ OSINT osint_email
Check where an email is registered (121+ sites)
🕵️ OSINT osint_username
Find a username across 600+ platforms
🕵️ OSINT osint_social
Search 15 social platforms simultaneously
📁 Files read_file
Read any file on the system
📁 Files write_file
Create or overwrite files
📁 Files list_files
List directory contents
⚡ Exec run_command
Execute shell commands
🐍 Exec run_python
Execute Python code
🧠 Memory remember
Save information persistently
🧠 Memory recall
Retrieve saved information

Pre-configured for 5 uncensored GGUF models (~25GB total):

Gemma 2 2B Abliterated(~1.7 GB) — Blazing fast, recommended for all** Gemma 4 E4B Ultra Uncensored**(~5.3 GB) — Maximum compliance** Qwen 3.5 9B Uncensored**(~5.6 GB) — Best for agent/tool calling** NemoMix Unleashed 12B**(~7.5 GB) — Heavyweight reasoning** Dolphin 2.9 Llama 3 8B**(~4.9 GB) — Classic uncensored

Models are downloaded once and work on any OS without re-down.

  • USB 3.0 drive or SSD with 30+ GB free - Host PC: 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB recommended for 9B/12B models)
  • Linux: python3

(built-in on most distros) - Windows: nothing (auto-downloads portable Python on first run)

USB-AI-Agent/
├── Windows/
│   ├── install.bat          # Downloads Ollama + models
│   ├── start-agent.bat      # 🆕 Launches the autonomous agent
│   └── start-fast-chat.bat  # Original web chat UI
├── Linux/
│   ├── install.sh           # Downloads Ollama Linux + models
│   ├── start-agent.sh       # 🆕 Launches the agent
│   └── start.sh             # Original web chat
├── Shared/
│   ├── agent.py             # 🆕 The autonomous agent (13 tools)
│   ├── chat_server.py       # Web chat server
│   ├── python/              # Auto-downloaded portable Python
│   ├── bin/                 # Portable Ollama engine
│   └── models/              # GGUF model files
└── .gitignore
  • Everything runs fully offline after initial download - Zero data leaves your machine (except web searches when online)
  • No accounts, no telemetry, no tracking
  • Chat history saves only to your USB drive - Works on Tails and other privacy-focused Linux distros

This repo also includes standalone Android applications built with Capacitor + React:

App File Description
🛸 Blu
android-apks/Blu-v1.0.apk
AI talking friend — your personal AI companion
🤖 ZENO
android-apks/ZENO-v1.3-fix.apk
AI friend v1.3 — improved AI companion with fixes
AI Flight Search
android-apks/AI-Flight-Search.apk
AI-powered flight search app

All apps are Capacitor-based (React + TypeScript) and can be side-loaded on any Android device.

Built on top of USB-Uncensored-LLM by Tech Jarves.

OSINT tools: Holehe, Maigret, Agent Reach.

MIT — same as the original project.

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