Guides

Alt is a small AI that lives in one browser tab, on a model that runs on your own device. These guides place it among other personal agents and explain how its screen is drawn.

Personal agents

• Personal AI agents in 2026
  OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Meta Muse, Grok Bot, Instinct, Poke, Venice, Replika and more, compared by where they run, what they can reach, memory, and price.

Alt compared

• alt.dog vs OpenClaw
  OpenClaw runs on your computer and acts through your chat apps and tools. Alt runs in a browser tab on a local model with no computer access. How they compare.
• alt.dog vs Hermes Agent
  Hermes Agent writes its own skills and runs across terminals and chat apps. Alt revises its own behavior and layout inside a browser tab. How they compare.
• alt.dog vs Replika
  Replika is an AI companion app with an avatar, voice calls, and memory. Alt is a free AI pet in a browser tab, on a model that runs on your device. Compared.
• alt.dog vs Venice
  Venice runs open models on its servers and keeps chat history on your device. Alt runs its model on your device too. How the two private AI options compare.
• alt.dog vs Meta Muse
  Meta Muse acts for you from a cloud computer with your credentials. Alt stays in your browser on a local model with no access to your accounts. Compared.
• alt.dog vs Grok Bot
  Grok Bot runs several agents in a group chat on a shared cloud VM. Alt runs a room of agents in your browser on a local model. How the two compare.

Generative UI

• Generative UI protocols explained
  How AG-UI, A2UI, MCP Apps and MCP-UI, OpenAI's ChatGPT UI, and the Vercel AI SDK let an agent put an interface on screen, and where each draws the line.
• Generative UI as one program
  In Alt, the agent's behavior and its interface are compiled from one plan in one ALGAL program, revised together, and undone together. How that works.