Show HN: Enklayve – Free, Local, Private, and Secure Personal AI (enklayve.com)

Enklayve is a new open-source personal AI that runs entirely on your device — no telemetry, no cloud uploads, and no data collection. It promises offline operation once a model is downloaded, unlimited free queries on unlimited documents, and no API/subscription costs. Targeted at users and organizations needing strict data control (HIPAA-ready and “lawyer-approved”), Enklayve supports biometric unlock and AES-256-GCM encryption for sensitive files, and the project is publicly hosted on GitHub for inspection and contribution. Technically, Enklayve auto-detects available hardware (Apple Silicon or NVIDIA CUDA GPUs) and picks optimal local models, while remaining functional on CPU-only machines. It includes advanced RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) with vector search over PDFs, Word docs, and images so you can ask intelligent questions of your personal corpus without sending anything to the cloud. The trade-offs are typical of on-device AI: model quality and responsiveness depend on local compute and storage for downloaded models, but the payoff is strong privacy, cost predictability, and elimination of vendor lock-in — making it a compelling option for sensitive workflows, travel, or offline environments.