Dhoon

Your private AI,
with the drive to get things done.

Dhoon is a free, open-source AI assistant that runs on your own computer. It searches the web, reads your documents, plans, analyses and e-mails you the results, and your chats and files never leave home.

धुन (dhun) means the inner spark: the drive that keeps going until the work is done.

Install with one command

On Ubuntu or Debian, as your normal user. It sets everything up and asks only for your password and a login for the chat app.

curl -fsSL https://dhoon.knowreva.com/install.sh | bash

Then open http://localhost:3080. New to this? The step-by-step guide is written for beginners. Want to read the script first? Here it is.

What Dhoon can do

🔎

Research the web

Private search, reads the pages and answers with the links it used.

📄

Your documents

Ask questions about your PDFs and Word files, searched on your own computer.

🐍

Files and Python

Writes and runs Python in a safe sandbox: numbers, charts, reports.

📈

Stocks

Prices, history and analysis for research and learning. Not financial advice.

📅

Calendar and weather

Looks at and adds events, and checks the forecast for your day.

⏰

Works on a schedule

"Every morning at 7…": does the task and e-mails you the result.

Two agents: the full Assistant for bigger work, and the fast Quick Assistant for everyday questions. You can teach it new skills with a few lines of Python.

Private by design

The AI runs on your computer. Open models through Ollama: no AI company sees your chats.
Your files stay home. Documents are searched locally, never uploaded.
No account, no subscription. Free and open source (MIT licence).

Only what you ask for goes out: the web searches, pages, market data and weather the assistant fetches for you.
E-mail only to addresses you allow. It never invents or guesses one.
Encrypted backups if you want them, readable only with your own key.

What you need

	Minimum	Recommended
System	Ubuntu 22.04+ or Debian 12+ (64-bit)	Ubuntu LTS
Memory	8 GB	32–64 GB
Disk	15 GB free	35 GB+ SSD
Graphics card	Not needed	Used automatically if you have one

A mini PC, an old desktop, a home server or a laptop is enough.

How it works

Run the install commandIt downloads the AI models and sets up the chat app, private search and the toolbox (30–90 minutes, mostly downloads).
Open the chat appFrom this computer or any device at home, at port 3080.
Pick an agent and askDhoon uses its tools step by step and shows you the result.

Your private AI,with the drive to get things done.