Show HN: The App Store for AI Desktop Applications

1 the_plug 0 7/30/2025, 1:02:35 PM pcagents.store ↗

The desktop is making a comeback, and AI is leading the charge. While everyone's building web apps, the most powerful AI experiences are happening locally: Stable Diffusion generating art in seconds, Whisper transcribing without internet, LLMs running privately on your machine. But discovering these desktop AI apps? Nearly impossible. PCAgents (https://pcagents.store) is the App Store for AI desktop applications. Think Mac App Store, but specifically curated for the AI desktop renaissance. Why desktop AI apps are winning:

10x faster than web apps (no network latency) Your data never leaves your machine Work offline, anywhere No subscription treadmill

What we've built:

Curated store with quality control One-click installs across Windows/Mac/Linux Developer tools for distribution and updates User reviews and ratings system

We're seeing incredible apps: AI video editors that render locally, code assistants that work offline, writing tools that never see your documents. The future of AI isn't in the cloud—it's running on the machine in front of you.

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Show HN: The App Store for AI Desktop Applications

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