These stacks use local AI. The model runs on your own GPU, on a customer's device, or on open weights you host. Local plus frontier stacks also call a cloud model for part of the work.
Make money with local AI, including local LLM business ideas, still depends on a buyer. A local model can lower API cost. One operator's result does not predict yours.
66 stacks match. Income figures are ranges and claims from public sources, not guarantees.
SaaS
Hold a key, speak, release — your words appear in any text field on macOS. One-time $19 purchase after a short free trial.
$92 all-time verified (TrustMRR/Stripe, Nov 9, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
Turn speech into text on a Mac, including offline use, sold as a one-time Pro unlock instead of a monthly plan.
$2,000
$727 all-time verified (TrustMRR/LemonSqueezy, Nov 9, 2026); listed for sale at about $2,000 on TrustMRR
VerifiedMobile App
Two ex-tech-YouTubers built an iPhone app whose own optimized local models split and blend songs into mashups on the phone.
$20,000 /mo
$20K/mo recurring revenue (founders, YC launch post, Nov 2025)
Operator-ReportedDesktop App
Native Swift launcher for Mac: apps, windows, screenshots, clipboard and AI chat in one light app; AI can run on-device via Apple Intelligence, Ollama, LM Studio or MLX.
$2,425 Last 30 days
$2,425 verified revenue last 30 days; $17,903 all-time (TrustMRR/Polar, Nov 7, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
All your inboxes in one fast Mac app; AI drafts replies and sums up threads on-device (Apple Intelligence), with Ollama or your own key; mail stays on the Mac.
$352 Last 30 days
$352 verified revenue last 30 days; $352 all-time (TrustMRR/DodoPayment, Nov 7, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
Native Mac app: ask questions about PDFs with cited pages; documents stay on the Mac and it works with Ollama, LM Studio or your own key.
$25,000
~$25K total revenue, 700 paid customers (founder newsletter, Sep 2024)
Operator-ReportedDesktop App
Capture screen recordings and edit captions, camera bubble, narration and speed on your own machine with optional AI help.
$85 Last 30 days
$85.25 verified revenue last 30 days; $85.25 all-time (TrustMRR/Stripe, Nov 6, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
Tap the ball and on-device AI draws its flight on your golf video.
$5,262 MRR
~$5,262 MRR; $7,114 revenue in the last 28 days (whatsthe.app via RevenueCat, snapshot Oct 1, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
Desktop app that blurs faces, people and number plates in photos, videos and live cameras with local processing.
$114 Last 30 days
$114 verified revenue last 30 days; $292 all time (TrustMRR/Polar, Nov 3, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
Renames images and documents with AI on Mac and Windows; Local Mode ($19 one-time) runs through Ollama or LM Studio for private, offline renaming, plu
$106 Last 30 days
$7,666 verified total revenue; $106 in the last 30 days (TrustMRR/Polar, Nov 2, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
Offline dictation, transcription and meeting notes for Mac, Windows and Linux using on-device Whisper and Parakeet.
$0 Last 30 days
$586 verified total revenue; $0 in the last 30 days (TrustMRR/Polar, Nov 1, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
Offline transcription for iPhone and iPad with timestamped text in 25 languages, processed on the device.
$14 MRR
~$14 MRR; $65 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Nov 1, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
Private AI meeting recorder for iPhone: transcription with speaker labels and AI summaries entirely on-device; no backend.
$25 MRR
~$25 MRR; $11 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Nov 1, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
Mac file finder and organizer that runs 100% on-device using Apple Vision and Apple Intelligence, works offline; one-time purchase (about $4.99).
$15
~$15 verified one-time sales so far (TrustMRR/DodoPayment, Oct 31, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
Receiply turns the receipts piling up in your pocket into a clear picture of where your money goes — just snap a photo. Powered by on-device scanning…
$42 MRR
~$42 MRR; $74 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
BlockIt blocks your addictive apps (Instagram, TikTok...) until you do real pushups, squats or planks — verified on-device with 3D pose detection, not…
$502 MRR
~$502 MRR; $631 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
Shortcuts Library is a productivity app for iPhone and iPad that makes Apple Shortcuts easier to discover and use. It offers 2,500+ ready-made shortcu…
$144 MRR
~$144 MRR; $172 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
iOS app that hides kids' faces in photos and videos before parents share them. Tap your child's face once and an on-device AI model follows their head…
$230 MRR
~$230 MRR; $290 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
LocalClaw helps people run AI on their own hardware. Its free catalogue matches 200+ local LLMs to a Mac or PC. The optional $49 Mac app is a native O…
$652 Last 30 days
$652 verified revenue all-time, none in the last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
Sayline is a powerful, native macOS menu bar application that brings state-of-the-art, local speech-to-text transcription to any text field on your Ma…
$80 Last 30 days
$80 verified revenue all-time, none in the last 30 days (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
Turn your voice into text instantly with Scrybapp. Dictate in your language, translate to any other — 100% local AI on macOS. No cloud, no subscriptio…
$38 Last 30 days
$38 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
Dictivo is a local-first hotkey dictation app for macOS and Windows x64. Local mode transcribes on-device; optional Cloud Fast uploads selected record…
$27 MRR
~$27 MRR; $0 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/LemonSqueezy, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
NotchLive is a local-first Mac app for live captions and speaker-aware meeting records. On Apple silicon, it separates remote speakers, lets you revie…
$50 MRR
~$50 MRR; $1,661 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
A privacy focused voice typing tool for Mac, Windows, IOS and Android using local models and one time subscription fee only. Get once use it forever.
$158 MRR
~$158 MRR; $329 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
Offline AI Studio(USB) - Chat, Image Gen, Voice Cloning, TTS
$712 /mo
$712/mo operator-reported revenue (Indie Hackers product page, Oct 29, 2026)
Operator-ReportedDesktop App
Fully offline AI video subtitler for Windows
$60 /mo
$60/mo operator-reported revenue (Indie Hackers product page, Oct 29, 2026)
Operator-ReportedSaaS
Offline dictation software for Mac. Speech to text in any app, no timeout, no cloud, no subscription.
$129 Last 30 days
$129 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
Dictadoc provides secure medical voice dictation software that works offline.
$512 Last 30 days
$512 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
The AI receipt scanner that works 100% offline on iPhone. Snap a receipt photo, auto-extract details on-device, and never lose a receipt again.
$3 MRR
~$3 MRR; $610 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
iOS translation app with 100+ languages, voice/camera/text input, and full offline mode. Targets a high-intent niche: travelers and ESL users who need…
$46 MRR
~$46 MRR; $98 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
AI email cleanup that never leaves your phone
$460 /mo
$460/mo operator-reported revenue (Indie Hackers product page, Oct 29, 2026)
Operator-ReportedMobile App
A private, on-device hair color try-on app for iPhone and iPad. Pick a photo, try new colors, refine the hair mask, and save the result. Your photos s…
$29 MRR
~$29 MRR; $73 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
Private, on-device meeting notes for Mac
$90 Last 30 days
$90 verified revenue all-time, none in the last 30 days (TrustMRR/Paddle, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
Murmur turns scripts into natural speech on your Mac, with voices you clone or design yourself. One purchase, unlimited generation. Your audio never l…
$467 Last 30 days
$467 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
Any Erase allows on-device removal of obstacles from your photos along with background removal and custom backgrounds.
$8 MRR
~$8 MRR; $17 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
On-premises industrial data acquisition with local AI
$500 /mo
$500/mo operator-reported revenue (Indie Hackers product page, Oct 29, 2026)
Operator-ReportedMobile App
Scowld is an open-source AI companion for iPhone and iPad with animated 3D characters, voice conversations, personalized prompts, and chats saved on y…
$8 MRR
~$8 MRR; $100 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedDesktop App
Self learning AI companion who stay on your local device
$360 /mo
$360/mo operator-reported revenue (Indie Hackers product page, Oct 29, 2026)
Operator-ReportedDesktop App
Private AI Speech-to-Text for Your Desktop
$99 /mo
$99/mo operator-reported revenue (Indie Hackers product page, Oct 29, 2026)
Operator-ReportedMobile App
Digits is the smartest, most private expense tracker you'll ever use. With on-device AI, every feature works without sending your data to the cloud.
$30 MRR
~$30 MRR; $77 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedMobile App
The polished, native Windows screenshot tool — the answer to CleanShot X, which is Mac-only. Capture, drop it on a designed backdrop, annotate, blur/r…
$64 Last 30 days
$64 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 29, 2026)
VerifiedSaaS
Record everything on your screen locally, transcribe it with Whisper, and sell searchable work memory to people and AI agents.
$50,000 MRR
$50k MRR, up from $15k in 4 weeks (Louis Beaumont on LinkedIn, Feb 2026); revenue up 10x during YC S26 (Dealroom, Sep 2026)
Operator-ReportedMobile App
Package open models into a private, offline AI app for Android and iOS, and keep nearly every dollar because there are no servers.
$1,532 Last 30 days
A$3,234 (~$2,284 USD) gross in month 1 (Timmy Qian on LinkedIn, Apr 12, 2026); A$1,532 in the last 30 days on the founder's Appfigures dashboard (seen Oct 24, 2026)
Operator-ReportedAI SaaS
Open-source image models, a paywall from day one, and a two-person team.
$850,000 Annual ÷ 12
$10.2M revenue in 2024 (2 people, ~90% gross margin after GPU costs), posted by Javi López on X, Apr 28, 2026.
VerifiedSaaS
Sell a polished chat frontend for many LLM providers with one-time licenses plus B2B team plans.
$160,000 Up to
~$130–160K/mo (founder newsletter Oct 2025; self-reported)
Operator-ReportedAI SaaS
Turn ComfyUI workflows into production APIs on GPUs you manage, and charge creative teams a subscription.
$29,000 Up to MRR
$0–$29K MRR (example, founder-reported)
Operator-ReportedContent & Education
Package the painful setup of local image, video and voice models into 1-click installers, and sell access to updated scripts through a Patreon fed by YouTube tutorials.
$12,000 Up to
$3K–$12K (third-party estimate for the example)
Operator-ReportedAI SaaS
AI that culls and edits a whole wedding on the photographer's laptop, sold as a flat monthly subscription.
$833,333 Annual ÷ 12
"$10 M+ in ARR" and 30,000+ photographers, per Aftershoot's own careers page (live Oct 2026). That is company-reported, not audited.
Operator-ReportedAI SaaS
Fine-tune an open image model for one art style (pixel art) and sell it as a one-time-purchase plugin that runs on the artist's own GPU inside the tool they already use.
$65
Not disclosed (example: 802 sales at $65 by June 2023)
Operator-ReportedDesktop App
Review AI-agent specs like a PR: comment on lines, agent fixes over MCP, you accept changes.
$50
TrustMRR ~$50 revenue (early)
VerifiedAI SaaS
A polished desktop front end for Ollama so non-technical users can chat with local LLMs and their own documents, sold as a one-time license.
$1,000 Up to
$0–$1K (verified example: $8,797 all-time)
VerifiedMobile App
Sell a private, on-device iPhone image toolkit — convert, compress, resize, remove backgrounds.
$5
TrustMRR ~$5 revenue (early)
VerifiedAI SaaS
A desktop app that transcribes calls locally and stays hidden during screen sharing, sold freemium to professionals who won't upload meetings to the cloud.
$250 Up to MRR
$0–$250 MRR (verified example)
VerifiedAI SaaS
Run Whisper Large V3 Turbo on the iPhone with speaker separation, and sell private transcription by subscription or lifetime license without a per-hour API bill.
$1,300 Up to MRR
$0–$1.3K MRR (example; $7,591 in 28 days including lifetime sales)
Operator-ReportedSaaS
Open-source scheduler with an AI agent that drafts and posts; free self-host drives paid cloud subscriptions.
$301,494 MRR
$301,494 MRR (Stripe-verified, TrustMRR)
VerifiedDeveloper Tools
One API across OpenAI, Anthropic, open models and self-hosted ones; earn on hosted usage.
$78,764 MRR
$78,764 MRR (Stripe-verified; last sync Sep 2026)
VerifiedAI SaaS
Productize a diffusion model for one job, turning family photos into printable coloring pages for parents and teachers.
$500 /mo
Not disclosed (posted in an HN thread for projects making $500+/mo; founder says it's growing 10–20%/month)
Operator-ReportedMobile App
Let developers drive Claude Code, Codex, and friends on a remote box from an iPhone with tmux.
$1 MRR
~$1 MRR (TrustMRR, Oct 2026) — pre-revenue/early
VerifiedAI SaaS
Let hobbyists upload their own Stable Diffusion checkpoints and LoRAs and generate in the cloud, for a monthly fee.
$700 Up to MRR
$0–$700 MRR (example, about 7 weeks after launch)
Operator-ReportedSaaS
Sell creators a simple AI captions tool with viral styles at a low monthly price.
$3,533 MRR
$3,533 MRR (Stripe-verified, TrustMRR, Oct 2026)
VerifiedContent & Media
Create a consistent AI-generated persona with Stable Diffusion and earn from brand deals, paid fan subscriptions and paid chat.
€3K–€10K+ (agency, as reported by press)
Operator-ReportedAI SaaS
Run open-source Whisper on your own GPU pipeline and undercut per-minute services with one flat "unlimited" price.
Not disclosed
UnverifiedAI SaaS
Wrap the open Whisper model in a friendly Mac app that transcribes privately on-device, and sell a one-time Pro license.
$10,000 Up to
$0–$10K+
Operator-ReportedAI SaaS
A paid Mac app that wraps ChatGPT and Claude APIs with power-user features and optional local models.
$15,000 /mo
$15,000/mo (operator, per Starter Story, Nov 2024)
Operator-ReportedAI SaaS
Bundle local speech-to-text, text-to-speech, notes and captioning into one cross-platform subscription that works with no internet.
$2,973 MRR
$2,973 MRR (operator, TrustMRR-verified, Oct 2026)
VerifiedAI SaaS
An iPhone app that runs Stable Diffusion locally, so users get unlimited private images and you pay no GPU bills.
$3,000 Up to
$0–$3K+
VerifiedLocal means the model runs on your own GPU, on a customer's device, or on open weights you host. Local plus frontier means the stack uses both a local model and a cloud model such as GPT, Claude, or Grok.
They sell a product around the model: a desktop app, a plugin, a hosted workflow, or a service that uses open models. The model can cut API cost. The business is still finding someone who pays.
Documented ones here include desktop clients for Ollama and other local models, API gateways that also serve self-hosted models, and on-device apps. Each card links to that operator's source.
Some stacks need a GPU to build and test. Others run on the customer's computer, so your machine only has to be strong enough to develop. The stack page lists which tools are free and open source and which are paid.
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