# OpenBrief

5 Hacker News commenters recommended OpenBrief and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a simple, local-first desktop app for downloading and summarizing videos, with files kept on your machine instead of a cloud subscription.

## Why people recommend it

- Local-first, you own your files (1 comments): "local-first, ownership of files, and composable AI instead of another cloud subscription" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275651))
- Composable AI without a cloud subscription (1 comments): "local-first, ownership of files, and composable AI instead of another cloud subscription" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275651))
- Simple Tauri app, not another CLI (1 comments): "refreshing to see a simple and local-first Tauri app instead of another one CLI/TUI tool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48276803))
- Seen as interesting, worth starring (1 comments): "Looks interesting, starred, thanks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48277385))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "OpenBrief", https://hackerapproved.com/p/openbrief/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).