# Aspen

> Aspen is a private AI home assistant in development. It is designed to help families remember commitments, manage tasks and reminders, organize household plans, and find things from their last visible observation.

Updated: 2026-10-03

## Product and availability

- Aspen is a home assistant in development. The consumer product is not generally available.
- Join the free early-access waitlist: https://www.runonaspen.com/#waitlist. Hardware pricing and launch date are not announced.
- The homepage uses interactive examples of intended household workflows. They do not create real tasks or access microphones.
- Main use cases: turn spoken commitments into tasks for review, recall saved reminders, organize family responsibilities, and locate objects from their last visible observation.
- Capture is opt-in. Local processing is the design; connected online services may need information the user chooses to share.
- Purchases, service booking, and proactive security features are in development. Aspen is not an emergency monitoring service.
- Aspen is independent and is not affiliated with Google.

## Public information

- Home and interactive examples: https://www.runonaspen.com/
- About the team: https://www.runonaspen.com/#about
- Frequently asked questions: https://www.runonaspen.com/#faq
- Privacy: https://www.runonaspen.com/privacy/
- Full public product answers: https://www.runonaspen.com/llms-full.txt

## Developer resources

The documentation and local-model guides cover earlier software releases and technical setup. They are not a list of features shipped in the consumer home product. Availability varies by release.

- Developer documentation: https://www.runonaspen.com/docs
- Source: https://github.com/spideysense/OpenLLM

## Earlier local AI software guides

- Local AI: run AI on your own computer: https://www.runonaspen.com/local-ai/
- Local LLM: run a large language model on your own machine: https://www.runonaspen.com/local-llm/
- Private AI: keep the model and your work on your device: https://www.runonaspen.com/private-ai/
- OpenAI-compatible local API: https://www.runonaspen.com/openai-compatible-local-api/

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## Household guides

Practical household advice. Aspen examples are illustrative; the consumer product is in development.

- [Household guides](https://www.runonaspen.com/guides/)
- [Looking for a Google Home alternative?](https://www.runonaspen.com/google-home-alternative/): Choosing a home assistant? Start with family tasks, natural conversations, privacy and follow-through. A practical checklist, plus what Aspen is building.
- [The family task manager should do some of the work.](https://www.runonaspen.com/family-task-manager/): Turn family commitments into a useful shared task list: one owner, a clear next step and a way to mark it done. See the approach Aspen is building.
- [Family reminders that help at the right moment.](https://www.runonaspen.com/family-reminders/): Build family reminders that actually help: choose the right person, trigger and context, avoid duplicates and keep sensitive details private.
- [One household plan. Fewer “wait, who’s doing that?”](https://www.runonaspen.com/household-planner/): Plan school runs, groceries, repairs and family handoffs without turning every detail into a meeting. A practical household planning guide from Aspen.
- [A private home assistant should know its boundaries.](https://www.runonaspen.com/private-home-assistant/): Understand local processing, room permissions, shared speakers and online services before bringing an AI assistant home. Aspen’s approach and current limits.
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