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Desktop App Overview

The Anote AI desktop app is a private, offline-capable AI assistant built with Electron.

Key Properties

  • Private: all data stays on your machine
  • Offline capable: works with local Ollama models
  • Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Bundled backend: Python Flask backend is packaged as a standalone executable

Architecture

Electron shell └─ React frontend (Vite + Tailwind) └─ Bundled Python backend (PyInstaller executable) └─ Flask API on port 5099 └─ SQLite database (local) └─ ChromaDB vector store (local)