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Priyadarshi Annupam
Priyadarshi Annupam

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Mozilla Killed Orbit. I Rebuilt It Locally and Privately.

I built Apogee, an open-source browser extension that lets you summarize and ask questions about webpages, PDFs, DOCX files, videos, emails, and text using local AI models.

The goal is simple: keep your data on your device.

Apogee doesn't require a backend, account, or API key. It supports local inference through WebGPU/WebAssembly, with optional support for Ollama and llama.cpp.

The project was also selected for Mozilla Builders, which gave me the opportunity to further explore privacy-focused, local-first AI in the browser.

The interesting part is running LLMs directly in the browser. Instead of:

Browser → Server → AI API → Server → Browser
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Apogee aims for:

Browser → Local Model → Response
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This makes privacy the default rather than an afterthought.

I'm currently looking for contributors interested in browser extensions, WebGPU, local LLMs, UI/UX, performance, and documentation.

GitHub: https://github.com/darshi1337/apogee

If you're interested in local AI and privacy on the web, I'd love for you to check it out and contribute.

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Jon Randy 🎖️ • Edited

Firefox's Smart Window (which is built-in, not an addon) allows you to use a local LLM to power its features - including summarise etc.