Maho vs Brave Leo: privacy plus AI, two approaches
Brave Leo and the Maho side panel both promise privacy plus AI. They reach that promise from opposite directions. One bundles, one brings your own.
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BYOK with Ollama: connect a local model to Maho in five steps
A working tutorial. Install Ollama, pull a model, wire it into Maho’s BYOK panel, and confirm with system tools that no prompts leave the machine.
What is BYOK? Bring Your Own Key, explained
BYOK is a four-letter acronym hiding a real architectural choice. The choice changes who pays, who sees your prompts, and who owns the lock-in.
BYOK in the browser: the architecture, in detail
BYOK is not a checkbox in Settings. It is the way the AI panel is wired. This is the wiring, in detail.
Maho vs Dia: two takes on the agentic browser in 2026
Dia and Maho are both agentic browsers shipped in 2026. They make different bets about where context lives, who owns the model, and what the browser is allowed to do on your behalf.