ChatterUI - A simple app for LLMs

https://github.com/Vali-98/ChatterUI

https://news.1rj.ru/str/chatterui

ChatterUI is a native mobile frontend for LLMs.
Run LLMs on device or connect to various commercial or open source APIs. ChatterUI aims to provide a mobile-friendly interface with fine-grained control over chat structuring.

Features:
Run LLMs on-device in Local Mode
Connect to various APIs in Remote Mode
Chat with characters. (Supports the Character Card v2 specification.)
Create and manage multiple chats per character.
Customize Sampler fields and Instruct formatting
Integrates with your device’s text-to-speech (TTS) engine

Usage
Download and install latest APK from the releases page.
iOS is Currently unavailable due to lacking iOS hardware for development

Local Mode
ChatterUI uses a llama.cpp under the hood to run gguf files on device. A custom adapter is used to integrate with react-native: cui-llama.rn
To use on-device inferencing, first enable Local Mode, then go to Models > Import Model / Use External Model and choose a gguf model that can fit on your device's memory. The importing functions are as follows:
Import Model: Copies the model file into ChatterUI, potentially speeding up startup time.
Use External Model: Uses a model from your device storage directly, removing the need to copy large files into ChatterUI but with a slight delay in load times.
After that, you can load the model and begin chatting!
Note: For devices with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and above or Exynos 2200+, it is recommended to use the Q4_0 quantization for optimized performance.

Remote Mode
Remote Mode allows you to connect to a few common APIs from both commercial and open source projects.

Open Source Backends:
koboldcpp
text-generation-webui
Ollama

Dedicated API:
OpenAI
Claude (with ability to use a proxy)
Cohere
Open Router
Mancer
AI Horde

Generic backends:
Generic Text Completions
Generic Chat Completions
These should be compliant with any Text Completion/Chat Completion backends such as Groq or Infermatic.

Custom APIs:
Is your API provider missing? ChatterUI allows you to define APIs using its template system.
Read more about it here!

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Tor Project Releases Experimental #Tor #VPN Beta for #Android with Per-App Routing and Privacy Tools
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The Tor Project has launched its own VPN – but it's not the finished product yet
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/vpns/the-tor-project-has-launched-its-own-vpn-but-its-not-the-finished-product-yet

https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn

whoBIRD - Identify bird sounds in real time

whoBIRD, the ultimate birding companion that can recognize birds by their sounds, anywhere in the world! Powered by the cutting-edge BirdNET project, whoBIRD boasts an extensive database of over 6,000 bird species worldwide. Using advanced machine learning algorithms, this Android app can accurately identify birds based on their unique vocalizations.

What's more, whoBIRD performs its magic in real time entirely on your device, without requiring an internet connection. This means you can use it anytime, anywhere – whether you're deep in the forest or at the edge of a remote lake.

https://github.com/woheller69/whoBIRD

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whobird/

Google has announced that, starting in 2026/2027, all apps on certified Android devices will require the developer to submit personal identity details directly to Google.
Since the developers of this app do not agree to this requirement, this app will no longer work on certified Android devices after that time.

https://altcha.org/

Free, open-source #Captcha alternative
ALTCHA uses a proof-of-work mechanism to protect your website, APIs, and online services from spam and unwanted content.

Unlike other solutions, ALTCHA is free, open-source and self-hosted, does not use cookies nor fingerprinting, does not track users, and is compliant with data-privacy regulations and accessible.

Dicio assistant

Dicio is a free and open source #voice #assistant running on #Android. It supports many different skills and input/output methods, and it provides both speech and graphical feedback to a question. It interprets user input and (when possible) generates user output entirely on-device, providing privacy by design. It has multilanguage support, and is currently available in these languages: Czech, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian. Open to contributions :-D

https://github.com/Stypox/dicio-android

Download
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.stypox.dicio
https://github.com/Stypox/dicio-android/releases
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.stypox.dicio

Skills
Currently Dicio answers questions about:
search: looks up information on DuckDuckGo (and in the future more engines) - Search for Dicio
weather: collects weather information from OpenWeatherMap - What's the weather like?
lyrics: shows Genius lyrics for songs - What's the song that goes we will we will rock you?
open: opens an app on your device - Open NewPipe
calculator: evaluates basic calculations - What is four thousand and two times three minus a million divided by three hundred?
telephone: view and call contacts - Call Tom
timer: set, query and cancel timers - Set a timer for five minutes
current time: query current time - What time is it?
navigation: opens the navigation app at the requested position - Take me to New York, fifteenth avenue
media: play, pause, previous, next song

Speech to text
Dicio uses Vosk as its speech to text (#STT) engine. In order to be able to run on every phone small models are employed, weighing ~50MB. The download from here starts automatically whenever needed, so the app language can be changed seamlessly.

⚡️Stack Wallet - Open Source

Our community has been pining for a reliable wallet that respects people’s privacy. I’m happy to say StackWallet fits the bill.

I spoke personally with the founder and learned it’s a wallet that is doing things properly. It’s completely open-source, non-custodial, and privacy-preserving by default. You can choose StackWallet official nodes or pick your own, and it has a custom backup to restore all your wallets if needed.

The UI/UX is excellent, making it a friendly wallet that supports Monero, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and others—with proper support for Monero. It also has a built-in exchange for quick in-app trades, plus a private mode that turns off connections for coin prices (no third-party connections).

Check it out today: https://stackwallet.com

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How to Track the People Tracking YOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXp3bBd2h8

Discover “Chasing Your Tail,” an open-source surveillance detection tool you can build with a Raspberry Pi. In this exclusive Black Hat interview, creator Matt explains how it tracks Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and even tire sensors to spot if you’re being followed, then flips the noscript to map where your followers spend time. Learn the origins of this tool, from avoiding surprise visits to protecting informants and aiding search & rescue. We cover the tech stack (Kismet, Python, GPS integration), real-world success stories, and how you can set it up yourself for under $100. Perfect for security pros, privacy
advocates, and tech enthusiasts.

https://github.com/ArgeliusLabs/Chasing-Your-Tail-NG

Chasing Your Tail (CYT)

https://github.com/ArgeliusLabs/Chasing-Your-Tail-NG

A comprehensive #WiFi probe request analyzer that monitors and tracks wireless devices by analyzing their probe requests. The system integrates with #Kismet for packet capture and WiGLE API for #SSID #geolocation analysis, featuring advanced #surveillance #detection capabilities.


Features

    Real-time Wi-Fi monitoring with Kismet integration
    Advanced surveillance detection with persistence scoring
    Automatic GPS integration - extracts coordinates from Bluetooth GPS via Kismet
    GPS correlation and location clustering (100m threshold)
    Spectacular KML visualization for Google Earth with professional styling and interactive content
    Multi-format reporting - Markdown, HTML (with pandoc), and KML outputs
    Time-window tracking (5, 10, 15, 20 minute windows)
    WiGLE API integration for SSID geolocation
    Multi-location tracking algorithms for detecting following behavior
    Enhanced GUI interface with surveillance analysis button
    Organized file structure with dedicated output directories
    Comprehensive logging and analysis tools

Requirements
    Python 3.6+
    Kismet wireless packet capture
    Wi-Fi adapter supporting monitor mode
    Linux-based system
    WiGLE API key (optional)

AI-Video-Transcriber

#AI #Video #Transcriber is a powerful video trannoscription and summarization tool with support for over 30 platforms such as #YouTube and #TikTok.

It offers multilingual support and intelligent trannoscription with high accuracy through Faster-Whisper.

The tool also provides automatic text optimization and #summary #translation using GPT-4.

AI-Video-Transcriber is also compatible with mobile devices, making it easy to use.

https://github.com/wendy7756/AI-Video-Transcriber

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