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.

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 https://github.com/techjarves/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 | First time: install engine + models Windows\install.bat Every time: launch the agent Windows\start-agent.bat First time: install engine + models bash Linux/install.sh Every time: launch the agent 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-downloading. - 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 https://github.com/techjarves/USB-Uncensored-LLM by Tech Jarves. OSINT tools: Holehe https://github.com/megadose/holehe , Maigret https://github.com/soxoj/maigret , Agent Reach https://github.com/Panniantong/Agent-Reach . MIT — same as the original project.