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OpenYak – An open-source Cowork that runs any model and owns your filesystem
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Re: OpenYak – An open-source Cowork that runs any model and owns your filesystem
#32How does this differ to Open Code Desktop?
Re: OpenYak – An open-source Cowork that runs any model and owns your filesystem
#33How does this differ to Open Code Desktop?
This doesn't support Linux where Open Code does.
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#34What's the difference between this and OpenWork which has existed for a while?
OpenWork supports Linux where this does not
Re: OpenYak – An open-source Cowork that runs any model and owns your filesystem
#35Why did the OP make a comment about the project like he was someone else? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47560380#47560381 When it's clear he is one of the major contributors to the project? https://github.com/openyak/desktop/graphs/contributors
Because it’s just silly AI generated spam, don’t read too much into it.
aren't these supposed to be bannable offences?
Re: OpenYak – An open-source Cowork that runs any model and owns your filesystem
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Yes. OpenYak is local-first. Your conversations and files are stored only on your machine. When using cloud models, only API calls to LLM providers leave your computer. So local-first and still upload files to cloud models if you configure it.
>only API calls Given the software‘s broad appeal, I’d rephrase to make it more clear every word/file you send would leave your computer.
Absolutely, that is misleading to not-much-technical people, maybe intentionally.
Does not inspire confidence.
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#37Re: OpenYak – An open-source Cowork that runs any model and owns your filesystem
#38I don’t get it. It says nothing leaves your computer, but it’s sending things to OpenRouter, not running models locally. Perhaps I am dumb (and I always feel dumb after reading an AI generated README for yet another AI tool Tbf)
> run locally via Ollama Are you saying this part is a lie?
Yes.
In that I'm saying their AI generated slop README is misleading enough to be lying.
When you prominently say "all without uploading anything to the cloud." but the default does exactly that, a single half-sentence mentioning Ollama doesn't cut it.
Re: OpenYak – An open-source Cowork that runs any model and owns your filesystem
#39Re: OpenYak – An open-source Cowork that runs any model and owns your filesystem
#40Flag this garbage.