Mozilla Killed Orbit. I Rebuilt It Locally and Privately.

Priyadarshi Annupam — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:25:48 +0000

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

Apogee aims for:

Browser → Local Model → Response

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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Mozilla Killed Orbit. I Rebuilt It Locally and Privately.