Own your AI.
Don't rent it.
Most AI is a subscription someone else controls — new models, removed features, changes you didn't ask for. Nia runs on your own hardware and changes only when you say so.
Runs On Your Hardware
Remembers Your Context
Smart Task Sequencing
Nothing Risky Without Approval
At-a-Glance Dashboard
Reliable Under Load
See Every Step It Took
You Stay In Control
Browser Sidepanel
Reads Your Open Tabs
Understands the Page
Live Browser Debugging
Terminal Assistant
Chrome Extension
Your Nia Dashboard
Who Nia is for
Not just a tool for terminal power users.
Nia meets you where you already are — whether that's a codebase, a calendar, or just a question you want answered.
Developers
An agentic terminal that reads your codebase, runs commands, and remembers context across sessions — no context-pasting required.
Everyday users
One chat that remembers you, manages your calendar and to-dos, and answers questions — the web app alone, no terminal needed.
Privacy-conscious self-hosters
Run Nia entirely on your own hardware with local Ollama models. Nothing leaves your network unless you choose to enable a cloud provider.
In your own words
Ask it like you'd ask a person.
“Debug why this endpoint returns 500 in production.”
“Move my 3pm meeting to Thursday and let everyone know.”
“Summarize this PDF and add the deadline to my to-do list.”
“Find that config file I wrote a few weeks ago.”
“Write the PR description from this diff.”
“Remind me to call the dentist tomorrow morning.”
One assistant, everywhere you work
One Nia. Your terminal, your browser, and everywhere in between.
Wherever you are,
Nia is already there.
One assistant, three real places to use it.
The terminal
An agentic coding assistant with local inference, semantic memory, and human-gated tool approvals — install with one command.
The browser
A sidepanel companion that reads the active tab, syncs cookies, and bridges browser context straight into a CLI session.
The web
One chat that remembers you, manages your calendar and to-dos, reads your documents, and keeps working in the background.
Try NiaSee Nia in motion.
A quick look at the terminal, the dashboard, and the extension working together.
It remembers
The conversation doesn't start over.
Most AI chats forget everything the moment you close the tab. Nia keeps real memory across every conversation — not a transcript you have to re-paste, but semantic recall that surfaces the right context on its own.
Ask it to do the thing.
It does the thing.
Most AI tools stop at a paragraph of advice. Nia can go finish the job itself.
Web browsing
Searches the web and reads pages directly — real results, not a guess from training data.
Computer-use
Can operate your actual desktop — clicking, typing, and navigating apps, not just describing what to do.
Background automation
Scheduled jobs and cron-based tasks that keep running on their own, even when you've closed the tab.
Locked by default.
That's Nia.
A PIN gates what Nia will and won't show. Enforced on the server — not just hidden in the interface.
Chat lock
Lock any conversation behind your PIN. Locked messages never leave the server until you unlock it.
Folder lock
Lock a whole folder at once — every chat inside stays gated behind the same PIN, even from a direct link.
Masked emails
Email addresses in chat are masked automatically before they're even stored. Revealing the real value needs your PIN too.
Already connected to what you use.
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, GitHub, and more — Nia reads and acts on the tools you already have open, instead of asking you to move everything into one more app.
What people are telling us
Real themes from early testing, shared without names for now.
"Nia reads my whole codebase before answering, so I stop pasting the same three files into every prompt."
Backend Developer · Early access"I just talk to it like a person — move this meeting, remind me tomorrow, summarize that PDF. That's it."
Early Access User · Early access"Everything runs on my own machine through Ollama. Nothing about my code leaves my network."
Security-Conscious Developer · Early access"Nia reads my whole codebase before answering, so I stop pasting the same three files into every prompt."
Backend Developer · Early access"I just talk to it like a person — move this meeting, remind me tomorrow, summarize that PDF. That's it."
Early Access User · Early access"Everything runs on my own machine through Ollama. Nothing about my code leaves my network."
Security-Conscious Developer · Early access"Nia reads my whole codebase before answering, so I stop pasting the same three files into every prompt."
Backend Developer · Early access"I just talk to it like a person — move this meeting, remind me tomorrow, summarize that PDF. That's it."
Early Access User · Early access"Everything runs on my own machine through Ollama. Nothing about my code leaves my network."
Security-Conscious Developer · Early accessEarly access feedback
"It assists you when you know parts of things and fills in the rest. Its questions are precise and thought-provoking—I have to engage critically instead of just copy-pasting."
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? We've got answers. If you can't find what you're looking for, feel free to contact us.
Is Nia running on my own hardware?
Yes — Nia runs on your own machine and home server via local Ollama models. Nothing leaves your network unless you explicitly enable a cloud provider.
What can the CLI actually do?
Read/write files with diff previews, run shell commands with human-gated confirmation, search your codebase semantically, and orchestrate multi-step agent workflows — all from your terminal.
Is my codebase data sent to any third party?
No, all semantic indexing, database queries, and local model inference happen entirely on your localhost. Your code stays private.
Can I use cloud models like Gemini or OpenAI?
Yes — you can configure external API keys in your environment variables if you want to fall back to cloud models for complex reasoning tasks.
What operating systems are supported?
Nia is tested and fully compatible with Linux and macOS. Windows is supported via WSL2.
Do I need to know how to code to use Nia?
No — the web app is just a chat that manages your calendar, to-dos, and questions. The CLI and browser extension are there if you want them, not required.
Can Nia help with things that have nothing to do with coding?
Yes — plan your day, summarize a document, set reminders, or just have a conversation. The coding tools are one part of what it does, not the whole thing.
Do I need an internet connection?
Local inference and local tools work fully offline. Anything that hits an external API (web search, cloud models) obviously needs a connection.
How does the permission system work?
A three-tier trust model (locked/default/full) gates every risky tool call behind an explicit yes/no confirmation — nothing runs unattended unless you say so.
Can I write custom scripts for the CLI?
Yes! You can define custom subagents and custom tool scripts directly in the configuration directory to extend Nia's capabilities.
What happens if a tool call fails?
Nia automatically intercepts errors, reports them back, and will ask you for instructions or try to self-correct the issue.
How does semantic memory work?
Nia embeds your code and documents into a local Qdrant vector database, enabling semantic recall of context across different terminal runs.
Does it remember things from the web chat too, not just code?
Yes — Nia recalls context from earlier conversations in the web app, so you don't have to re-explain yourself every time you open a new chat.
Can I lock a private conversation?
Yes — any chat or folder can be PIN-locked. Locked content is withheld by the server itself, not just hidden in the interface.
What's the Chrome extension for?
A sidepanel companion that lets Nia read the active tab, synchronize cookies, and bridge browser context straight into a CLI session.
Can I self-host everything?
Yes — the whole stack (CLI, dashboard, extension, local-agent) is designed to run on your own infrastructure, no vendor lock-in.
How does crash recovery work?
Nia uses Redis and BullMQ queues. If the server restarts, background tasks resume from the last saved execution checkpoint.
What is the orchestrator model?
A central model synthesizes the execution traces and outputs from all parallel agents into a clean, unified response for the user.
Can I run it on low-spec hardware?
Yes, since you can configure lightweight local models like qwen2.5:7b or llama3.2:3b, Nia runs smoothly on moderate laptop specs.
Is there a mobile app?
A dedicated mobile app is in development. Until then, the web app works fine in any mobile browser.
What if I'm not sure what to ask it?
Just start typing what you're trying to do — Nia asks clarifying questions when it needs more context, the same way a person would.
More apps,
on the way.
Nia is expanding beyond chat — a few things already taking shape.
Let's talk.
Questions, feedback, or something broken — we'd like to hear about it.
Get in touch