I built a free self-hosted AI chat app with web search and browser agent automation

## What I built
1 paragraph — what SURF is, what problem it solves.

Why I built it

ChatGPT costs money. Runs in the cloud. Your data leaves your machine.
I wanted something free, local, and private.

What it can do

• bullet list of features (keep it brief)
• include a screenshot / gif here ← critical

Tech stack

Python · Flask · Playwright · DuckDuckGo (no key needed)

The hard parts

Pick 1-2 interesting technical challenges you solved.
e.g. "Getting Playwright to stream browser screenshots in real time was tricky because..."
This is what gets upvotes — people love implementation details.

Try it yourself

Link to GitHub + one-line install command

What's next

1-2 future features you're thinking about.
Ask readers: "What would you add?"

rar-file / surf

Self-hosted AI chat — web UI + terminal CLI. Connect any model (Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic), free web search, browser agent automation, persistent memory, and analytics.

A self-hosted AI chat with a sleek web UI and a rich terminal CLI.
Connect any model. Search the web for free. Automate your browser. Remember everything.

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SURF — Search · Understand · Reason · Fast

A self-hosted AI chat with a polished web UI and a rich CLI. Connect to any model — local or cloud — with free built-in web search, persistent memory, a browser automation agent, and a full analytics dashboard.

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Preview

Web UI

Terminal CLI

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Features

🦙 Any AI Provider Ollama (local), Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, OpenRouter, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Switch mid-conversation with /provider.	🔍 Free Web Search DuckDuckGo search with no API key and no quota. Multi-source synthesis powered by Playwright. Works in both web UI and CLI.
🤖 Browser Agent Vision-powered autonomous browsing. Give a task in plain English — SURF opens a real browser, takes screenshots, and executes: click, type, scroll…

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