Good ideas deserve a life beyond the chat.
Find your next product direction in an AI conversation.
Works with the AI you already know
ChatGPT
Gemini
DeepSeek
ClaudeAnd more models ↗Inspiration often starts with a simple “what if?”
Akarin helps you keep it, understand the problem,
and decide whether it is worth a next step.
Paste a ChatGPT or Gemini share link.
Let a good conversation become a beginning.
Uncover the problem, audience and possibilities.
Keep what speaks to you, with its context intact.
Explore a six-part assessment and web research.
See the market, competition and assumptions.
Three simple steps to keep an idea moving.
That “maybe we could…” in your conversation is worth a closer look.
Keep the original conversation, so your ideas keep their context.
Example conversation: How could indie makers organize and validate product ideas?
Bring scattered ideas together and explore them with their original context.
Understand the problem and audience, then design a small validation experiment.
An idea library for AI conversations Report outline demo
Ground your conclusions. Give your assumptions a next step.
Bring your thinking closer to the evidence.Web research adds market and competitor context, with sources and retrieval dates.
The decisions stay with you.
Akarin helps you think them through.
Conversations, ideas and assessments stay on your device.
Export them as JSON and take your thinking with you.
Connect your own AI model and API key.
Choose from multiple providers or a compatible custom endpoint.
Revisit original conversations, sources and past assessments.
Existing results are preserved if a task fails or is canceled.
Akarin is a local-first desktop workspace for indie developers, product managers and people who want to make something. It helps you capture software product ideas from AI conversations, then explore them through product assessments and web research.
Public ChatGPT and Gemini share links are currently supported. The desktop app reads the text conversation and uses your configured AI model to identify product directions. Images, attachments, Canvas and video content are not automatically parsed.
Yes. The current version uses your own model and API key. It supports DeepSeek, OpenAI, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, Doubao, Claude, Gemini and compatible custom endpoints. Your chosen provider handles model usage charges.
Conversations, ideas and reports are stored on your device and can be exported as JSON. AI tasks send the necessary content to your configured model provider. Web research uses Akarin Search to retrieve public information. The desktop app protects API keys with the operating system’s secure storage.
No. All three steps are local interactive examples. They do not read real share links, collect your content or send model requests. Select “See the desktop app” to view screenshots of the application using simulated test data. The screenshots show the Chinese interface.
You do not need every answer yet. Start with what sparks your interest.
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