Pinokio

Pinokio gives people who would rather not fight Python environments a desktop launcher for open-source AI apps. Under the hood it runs JSON-defined scripts that call shell commands, download files and install dependencies, but each app, its virtual environment and anything fetched through the bundled conda, Homebrew, pip or npm stays inside one pinokio folder in your home directory, keeping the rest of the system clean. A Discover catalog lists scripts that were transferred into the project's own GitHub organization, frozen and reviewed by the maintainer; it spans ComfyUI and Forge, video generators such as Wan, Kokoro and other TTS engines, Applio voice conversion, Hunyuan3D and Open WebUI, and you can also run your own scripts. Builds are Electron apps for Windows, macOS on Intel or Apple silicon, and Linux as AppImage, deb or rpm, with the engine shipped separately as pinokiod; both are MIT licensed and free. GPU needs depend on the app installed. It suits hobbyists and creators sampling many projects quickly, though anyone running unlisted scripts should read them first, since they execute with your user permissions.