Show HN: HashCortX] – [AI desktop agent UI app by a vibecoder pharmacist]
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What is HashCortX?
HashCortX is a local-first, open-source AI desktop application for developers that combines a multi-provider chat workspace, an autonomous coding agent, multi-agent swarms, 9 pre-built specialist agents, financial document analysis, security scanning, 3D planning, and a virtual project desktop — into a single native 8.9 MB macOS app built with Tauri v2, Rust, and vanilla JavaScript.
API keys are stored in the renderer's localStorage as a single JSON bundle — not in the OS keychain on the hot path. There IS an OS keychain implementation in Rust, but it's no longer used for daily reads. There is no HashCortX cloud backend, no telemetry, no analytics, no accounts, and no subscriptions. With Ollama, the entire app runs air-gapped offline. With cloud providers, every request travels directly from your device to the provider you chose — nothing passes through HashCortX infrastructure, because HashCortX infrastructure does not exist.
HashCortX is a free, open-source alternative to commercial AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code, Continue, Aider, and Cline — with a wider feature set than any of them.
Hash7777•57m ago
HashCortX is a local-first, open-source AI desktop application for developers that combines a multi-provider chat workspace, an autonomous coding agent, multi-agent swarms, 9 pre-built specialist agents, financial document analysis, security scanning, 3D planning, and a virtual project desktop — into a single native 8.9 MB macOS app built with Tauri v2, Rust, and vanilla JavaScript.
API keys are stored in the renderer's localStorage as a single JSON bundle — not in the OS keychain on the hot path. There IS an OS keychain implementation in Rust, but it's no longer used for daily reads. There is no HashCortX cloud backend, no telemetry, no analytics, no accounts, and no subscriptions. With Ollama, the entire app runs air-gapped offline. With cloud providers, every request travels directly from your device to the provider you chose — nothing passes through HashCortX infrastructure, because HashCortX infrastructure does not exist.
HashCortX is a free, open-source alternative to commercial AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code, Continue, Aider, and Cline — with a wider feature set than any of them.