Contents
- What NONON is
- Why it exists (includes About this entry)
- See it in 60 seconds
- What it can do today
- You stay in charge
- Routines
- Connections
- Settings, Non and accessibility
- Install
- How it works
- Resource use and hardware
- Privacy and security
- Testing and evidence
- Known limits and what is not built
- Run from source and package
- Repository layout
- Contributing and feedback
- Credits and licences
Who this page is for: if you are new to this, read sections 1 to 9. If you are judging the entry, sections 3, 5, 13 and 14 are the fastest path. If you are a developer, start at section 10.
What NONON is
NONON is a desktop app for Windows and Mac. You give it a folder of your own files (spreadsheets, meeting notes, readings, letters) and tell it in plain words what you need. It does the job and shows you the result inside the app.
Three ideas hold it together:
- The AI runs on your computer. NONON installs its own small AI (llama.cpp running a Qwen3.5 model). Your files are not sent anywhere for the jobs it does itself. After a one-time download of the AI (about 3 to 6 GB), those jobs work with the internet off.
- Ordinary code does the arithmetic and the checking. The AI explains and drafts. Totals, matching and verification are done by normal programs, and the app shows the checks it ran.
- You approve every change. NONON never edits one of your files until you press OK. Before it changes anything it saves a backup, so you can undo.
Optional extras you turn on yourself: an online AI you already use (Claude, Codex or Google Antigravity), Gmail for a daily email brief, and sharing the AI of one of your computers with another one on your home network.
Not sure what a word means? The app avoids jargon. "The AI on this computer" is the built-in AI. "A project" is one folder you let NONON work in.
Why it exists
In Kyle's words:
I believe everyone should have an easy way to get the kind of high-quality AI results that developers usually enjoy. I built NONON so anyone can have a free alternative to the rising cost of AI.
About this entry
NONON is an entry for the AppBuildersPH Hackathon.
I believe everyone should have an easy way to get the kind of high-quality AI results that developers
usually enjoy. I built NONON so anyone can have a free alternative to the rising cost of AI. NONON is free to
use, and its built-in AI runs on your own computer, so everyday jobs cost nothing each time you use them and
keep working without the internet. If you choose to connect an online AI service such as Claude, Codex or
Antigravity, that service has its own prices, and NONON says so before it sends anything.
Status and honest limits: docs/project/DELIVERY-LEDGER.md. Plan: docs/reference/NONON-PROJECT-PLAN.md. AI coding tools were used to build it: see Credits and licences.
See it in 60 seconds
This is the path the demo video follows, using the sample files that ship with the app (an expense report and a bank export for May 2026). Setup happens once and is not part of the minute: the AI download takes a few minutes on a normal connection. On the development PC the answer itself took about 3 seconds.
1. Meet Non and set up
On first run, Non (your helper) welcomes you, asks what kind of work you want help with, and checks that the built-in AI is ready. If it is not installed yet, this step offers to download it. Before offering a download, NONON looks (read-only) for AI files you already have, in LM Studio, Ollama, the Hugging Face cache, your Downloads folder or NONON's own folder. If it finds one that works, you can use it where it is, with no copy and no second download. Only the small AI engine may still need downloading. A model NONON has not tested is labelled as such, and answers that fail NONON's number checks fall back to a plain labelled summary.
2. Pick a folder
NONON only works inside a folder you choose. You can use your own folder or let it put sample files in an empty one. Everything it makes is saved in a folder called NONON Output inside your folder.
The home screen then shows the ways to start. The small "i" on each card says what it works with and what to expect.
3. Ask in plain words
Click your project and type what you need. Name the files, or attach them with the paperclip. For the demo: Compare expense-report-may-2026.csv with bank-export-may-2026.csv. (A request that names no files, such as "compare my expense report", makes Non ask you to add the files first.)
4. Answer a few quick questions
If NONON is unsure, it asks, in plain words, and puts a "Suggested" answer on each question. Here it asks whether plus and minus signs are flipped between a bank statement and an expense list, which dates to compare, and how close amounts and dates must be. Pressing Continue with the suggestions is fine. "Use this answer next time" remembers your choice.
While it works, you see the steps and a Stop button.
5. Read the result inside the app
The answer opens in a Results panel next to the chat. It starts with a one-page summary: both totals, the gap, where the gap comes from, and what to look at first. Every row of both files is accounted for.
The comparison workbook has one sheet for each group of rows: Matched, Only in A, Only in B, Listed twice and Not sure, plus an "About this comparison" sheet with the rules used.
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