5ire
by 5ire · Open source desktop AI assistant and MCP client
28.5 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Homepage Pricing page
Overview
5ire is an open source desktop AI assistant and MCP client for macOS, Windows and Linux. It connects to providers including OpenAI, Azure, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, DeepSeek and Ollama, and runs MCP servers to reach the file system, databases and remote data. It also vectorises local documents with the bge-m3 model for RAG, and tracks API usage and spend.
- Best for
- Individuals wanting a desktop chat client for several LLM providers, with MCP tools and local RAG
- Pricing
- Free — the site states the project is open source and offered completely free, with an optional donation.
- Runs on
- macOSWindowsLinuxCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Connects to 11 named providers, including local Ollama
- Runs MCP servers for files, databases and remote data
- Local RAG over docx, xlsx, pptx, pdf, txt and csv files
- Free, open source, with Mac, Windows and Linux builds
Trade-offs
- Desktop only; no web or mobile client is mentioned
- The app is free but you still pay your own provider API costs
- Support is one email address plus GitHub feedback
- Nothing on the page describes team, sharing or admin features
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 60 out of 100
- API quality
- 0 out of 100
- Documentation
- 15 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 38 out of 100
- Changelog
- 55 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 25 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 0 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 30 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 90 out of 100
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