Most AI tools feel disconnected.
They don’t see your screen.
They don’t understand what you're doing.
So I built one that does.
Meet OpenBlob
An open-source, local-first desktop AI companion for Windows that doesn’t just respond — it lives on your desktop.
👉 GitHub: https://github.com/southy404/openblob
It can:
- understand what app you’re using
- analyze screenshots
- help inside games, apps, and browsers
- react visually with an animated companion
- and yes… even play hide and seek with you
The problem with current AI assistants
Most tools today are:
- cloud-dependent
- context-blind
- static
- not fun to use
They don’t feel like part of your system.
🧠 It understands context
OpenBlob looks at:
- active window
- app name
- window title
So if you’re in a game, it knows.
If you're debugging, it adapts.
This is where things start to feel different.
🖼 It can see your screen
You can take a screenshot and it will:
- extract visible text
- detect what you're looking at
- generate a real search query
- explain what's going on
Screenshot → OCR → context → reasoning → answer
Still a bit rough — but already very usable.
🎮 It actually helps inside games
Instead of:
alt-tab → google → guess
You can:
- screenshot
- let it detect the game
- get a real answer
This alone changes how you play.
🤖 Multi-model AI (local-first)
Runs via Ollama with:
- text models
- vision models
- fallback system
No cloud required.
🎨 It feels alive
The companion:
- has moods (idle, thinking, love, sleepy)
- reacts to interaction
- can be “petted”
- dances when music is playing
Small details, big difference.
🎮 The weird part (my favorite)
Hide and Seek mode
You can literally say:
“let’s play hide and seek”
And it will:
- hide somewhere on your screen
- peek occasionally
- wait until you find it
Sounds dumb.
Feels surprisingly real.
⚡ New UI (WIP)
-
CTRL + SPACEto open - floating companion
- instant interaction
Inspired by tools like Raycast / Arc — but alive.
⚠️ still slightly buggy
🧪 Screenshot assistant (work in progress)
- fast snipping
- instant processing
- contextual answers
Works — but not perfect yet.
Why open source?
Because this shouldn’t belong to one company.
This kind of system should be:
- transparent
- hackable
- community-built
Philosophy
- local-first
- context > prompt
- playful + useful
- build in public
Current state
Early stage.
- evolving fast
- sometimes buggy
- lots of experiments
If you want to join
This project is wide open.
You can:
- contribute features
- improve UI
- experiment with AI
- build plugins
👉 https://github.com/southy404/openblob
Final thought
I don’t think the future of AI is chat.
I think it’s something that:
lives with you, understands your environment, and evolves
That’s what I’m trying to build.
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Great project! I