Organize & edit local files with AI from your browser
AI agent that safely operates on files on your laptop from your browser. No installation. Select a folder - Claude reads, organizes, searches, and edits your files locally. Like bringing Cursor to the browser. Chrome browsers only.
I built Conduit to explore a question: can we deliver native-like AI experiences entirely through the web?
What's unique:
This is the first AI agent that works with actual files on your laptop from a browser with zero installation. Tools like Cursor are incredibly powerful but require native apps. I wanted to see if we could get that same level of file system integration by just opening a URL.
I built a custom Rust virtual file system compiled to WebAssembly and exposed the VFS operations as tools Claude can call directly. It's like giving Claude a command line for your files, but it all runs in your browser with sandbox security.
What I'm most proud of:
The performance. In internal tests, it indexed hundreds of thousands of files efficiently thanks to CoW-based transactional staging and ripgrep-powered search. The demo shows it organizing 400+ files, generating reports from 20+ timecards, and doing complex multi-file operations - all with no perceptible lag.
Also proud that it's fully open source and keeps your files local - no uploads required.
Try it with your own files (Chrome/Arc/Edge/Opera only for now): https://conduit.amrit.sh
Would love feedback on the approach - especially from folks building dev tools or exploring what's possible with WebAssembly + modern browser APIs.
About Conduit on Product Hunt
“Organize & edit local files with AI from your browser”
Conduit launched on Product Hunt on October 28th, 2025 and earned 108 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #11 on the daily leaderboard. AI agent that safely operates on files on your laptop from your browser. No installation. Select a folder - Claude reads, organizes, searches, and edits your files locally. Like bringing Cursor to the browser. Chrome browsers only.
On the analytics side, Conduit competes within Productivity, Open Source, GitHub and YouTube — topics that collectively have 778.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Conduit performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Conduit?
Conduit was hunted by Amrit Baveja. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Conduit including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Amrit Baveja