I Built a Private AI Assistant That Runs 100% Locally — No Cloud, No Subscriptions

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Every time I used ChatGPT or similar tools the same thought crossed my mind: "Where is this conversation going? Who has access to it? What are they doing with my data?" So I decided to build my own solution. Meet CrustAI 🦀 - a fully private, self-hosted AI assistant that runs entirely on your own machine. No cloud. No subscriptions. No data leaving your computer. Ever. 🌐 Documentation | ⭐ GitHub The Problem I Wanted to Solve Most AI assistants have one fundamental issue - your data belongs to someone else.