BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Pot (pot-desktop)

Cross-platform desktop app for selection translation and OCR, powered by your own provider keys.

Website Source code

Category:

Productivity Tools

Pricing:

Open Source

Open source:

Yes (GPL-3.0)

Self-hostable:

No

Local-first:

Yes

Platforms:

Desktop

AI providers (bring your own key):

OpenAI, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, Ollama, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Custom / OpenAI-compatible

API key storage:

Stored locally on device

Key risk level:

LOW

Trust score:

88/100

Pot is an open-source (GPL-3.0) cross-platform desktop application for text translation, OCR/screenshot translation, text-to-speech, and vocabulary collection. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Users bring their own credentials: each cloud service (OpenAI, Gemini Pro, DeepL, Zhipu/ChatGLM, Baidu, Tencent, Volcengine, Youdao, Yandex, and more) is configured in Service Settings with the user's own API key, and v3.0+ allows multiple instances of the same service with different keys/configs. The built-in OpenAI service reads a user-supplied requestPath (custom domain/base URL), apiKey, and model, and supports both OpenAI and Azure modes, so it can target any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (e.g. DeepSeek, OpenRouter, local servers). Ollama is supported for fully local/offline models. An extensible .potext plugin system lets users add additional translate/OCR/TTS providers with their own API key and parameters. Actively maintained (latest pushes June 2026; 3.0.7 release), ~18.8k GitHub stars.

How your API key is handled

Your API key is stored locally on your device. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider.

Setup

Open settings, paste your provider API key, choose a model, and start — the key stays on your device.