Linda
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Linda is a free private AI coworker for Mac that can do tasks in your browser and folders. It can research, rename files and draft replies, while asking before it sends or deletes anything.
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Product Hunt’s latest launch is Linda, a free AI coworker built for the Mac that handles work inside its own browser and your folders. The pitch is blunt: say or type what you need, and it can do the grunt work for you, from research and price checks to pages, sheets, renamed files and replies.
The interesting part is that Linda isn’t just a chatbot bolted onto a desktop app. It can be set up with specialists, such as a Researcher or a Bookkeeper, each with its own instructions and skills. That gives it a more structured feel than the usual one-box AI assistant, where everything depends on the same prompt and hope.
There’s also a clear emphasis on control. Linda shows every step in a Computer column, and users can step in at any time. It asks before it sends, buys, deletes or posts, which is the sort of safety rail that matters once an assistant starts touching real files and real accounts.
Under the hood, it runs local AI on Apple Silicon or can use your own key. And there’s no account required, which is a nice way to avoid turning a simple Mac helper into yet another login and profile factory. Product Hunt currently shows 10 followers on the listing.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the right direction for AI tools: smaller claims, tighter permissions, and less theatre. The industry keeps trying to sell “agents” like they’re magic, but most people mainly want something useful that won’t casually post nonsense or delete the wrong file.
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