An open community for user-respecting AI

AI shouldn't be a black box owned by a few.

libreai.dev is an open community teaching how AI really works — and building the tools to run it yourself, private and open.

OPEN
YOURS
THE PROBLEM

The knowledge, the models, and the data are all drifting one way.

Away from the people who use them every day. Four things we keep running into:

01

AI is a black box

How it works inside — and how you'd build or run your own — isn't taught anywhere accessible. The knowledge is jargon-heavy and English-first.

02

A few companies own the models

Open-weight models and self-hosting are a real alternative — most people just don't know how to use them yet.

03

Companies give their data away

The private datasets that are their genuinely valuable future get poured into platforms they don't control.

04

Teams adopt AI with no one to ask

Tools land without guardrails, training, or a plan — and there's rarely anyone on hand to help set it up properly.

THE MISSION

Make AI something people understand, own, and build with.

We champion open-weight models, self-hosting, and private data ownership — and we make the knowledge to use them genuinely accessible. Four ways we act on it.

01 / TECHNOLOGY

Tools that work

Guardrails on by default, sane permissions, nothing to wire up first.

02 / KNOWLEDGE

Plain explanations

How AI actually works, taught visually — Spanish and LatAm first.

03 / COMMUNITY

People, not platforms

Builders, teachers, and translators doing this together in public.

04 / COLLABORATION

Open by default

Open repos, open weights, open decisions — pick up any thread.

OUR PRINCIPLES

Four pillars, no exceptions

Every project under the umbrella honors all four. If it can't, it doesn't belong here.

Open

Open source, open weights. Yours to read, run, and fork.

IN PRACTICE

Permissive license, public repos, nothing that needs an account.

Secure

Safe by default, not as an afterthought.

IN PRACTICE

Deny-by-default permissions, hooks that stop secret leaks, tests that must pass.

Accessible

Anyone can learn it — in their own language.

IN PRACTICE

Plain-language docs, visual lessons, Spanish shipped with English.

Yours

Your data never leaves your machine.

IN PRACTICE

Runs locally, zero telemetry, everything it makes is yours to keep.

Every new project meets the same four.

Propose a project or initiative; if it's open, safe by default, understandable, and keeps people in control of their data, it belongs under the umbrella.

Propose a project →
UNDER THE UMBRELLA

What we're building

Two projects today, each honoring all four pillars — with more to come.

PROJECT 01 · FOR DEVELOPERSSECURE · YOURS · OPEN
the generator
A safe, production-ready AI dev setup in one step — so AI coding actually works.
Guardrails, permissions, and secret protection on by defaultYour code style and refactoring rules, written in from the startPresets for the fast lane, or configure every option
See the projects
PROJECT 02 · FOR LEARNERSACCESSIBLE · OPEN
libreai Academy
Learn how AI really works, then build and self-host your own — on your own data.
Visual intuition first — no maths wall to climbRun real models in your browser, nothing to installFinish by self-hosting on your own private data
Start learning
NEED HELP?

Stuck? Start free. Bring us in when you need more.

Contact us
COMMUNITY

Ask anywhere

Free and open to everyone, answered in public.

INCLUDESDocs and guidesGitHub DiscussionsDiscord community
Join Discord
TRAINING

Train your team

A workshop for your team, run live and recorded.

INCLUDESHow AI actually works, visuallyWorking safely with agentsRecorded for your team
Book a workshop
SETUP

Guardrails, done right

We set it up properly around how your team already works.

INCLUDESGenerator fitted to your stackPermissions, hooks, secret scanningYour house rules, written in
Get a quote
SELF-HOSTING

Run it yourself

Scoped with you, then handed over to your team.

INCLUDESOpen-weight models on your infraYour private data, never shipped outHandover so your team can run it
Talk to us
JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Built in the open by people who share the mission.

Contribute code, teach, translate to Spanish, or self-host and tell us how it went. There's a door in for developers, educators, translators, writers, and designers alike.

Contribute on GitHub ↗Say hello or get help
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