PINAC Workspace is a minimalist-designed & lightweight desktop AI chat experience built with Tauri & React and powered by python FastAPI backend. It is designed for people who want flexibility, speed, security and control over their data with minimum load on RAM.
Whether you prefer local models with Ollama or cloud models via API keys, PINAC Workspace gives you a clean, productive interface without compromising privacy.
- Lightweight & Fast: Minimal resource usage for a smooth experience on any machine.
- Model freedom: Use local models (Ollama) or cloud models based on your workflow.
- Privacy by design: Conversations and data stay on your machine.
- Cross-platform desktop UX: Fast, responsive interface built for daily use.
- Secure sign-in: Firebase Authentication for secure account access.
- Local RAG support: Connect to local vector databases for private knowledge retrieval.
- Real-time web search: Bring fresh, up-to-date context into conversations.
- Local chat history: Revisit and continue previous chats anytime, built on sql-lite.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/RajeshTechForge/pinac_workspace.git
cd pinac_workspace/desktop- Install dependencies:
npm install- Start the app:
# for desktop app with Tauri
npm run tauri devCheckout build/electron branch for the old Electron-based version of PINAC Workspace. This branch contains the previous implementation before we switched to Tauri for better performance and security. Also you can find in release section of this repository for the old releases.
Contributions are always welcome, whether you are fixing bugs, improving UX, or proposing new features.
Please read the Contributing Guidelines to get started.
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Thanks to everyone who supports and improves this project.
Built with ❤️ for a better AI future by @RajeshTechForge