Free AI coding help, from computers that would otherwise sleep.

Eranos is a free coding assistant for students. Volunteers around the world lend their computers while they are away, and each question goes to whichever one is free.

Sign up freeLend your computer

For students

  1. Sign in with your email. No password.
  2. Ask about your code, or paste the part you are stuck on.
  3. Use it from your editor too: it works with tools that speak the OpenAI API.

For computer owners

  1. Sign in and download Eranos for Windows or Mac.
  2. Open it and press Start donating. That is the whole setup.
  3. While you sleep, it helps students and earns you credits. It stops the moment you touch it.

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. Everyone gets a free daily allowance. People who lend their computer earn extra credits. There is nothing to pay and no card to enter.

Which AI does it use?

Open coding models from the Qwen family, run with Ollama on volunteers' computers. Bigger models switch on as more people with powerful computers join.

Is what I type private?

Your questions are answered on a volunteer's computer, so treat it like a shared study room: fine for homework, wrong for passwords or private data. Eranos does not store your chats; they stay in your browser.

Is lending my computer safe?

Eranos only works while your computer is plugged in and you are away, and stops the moment you touch it. It runs approved AI models only, never runs code anyone sends, and opens no ports on your network.

Why does it need people all over the world?

Students code in the evening, when computers nearby are busy or about to sleep. A computer in another time zone is idle exactly when your evening rush hits, so every new country makes the whole network faster.

Is there a waitlist?

Sometimes. Eranos lets people in as fast as volunteers' computers can keep up, so answers stay quick. If you are asked to wait, we email you when it is your turn. Lending a computer skips the line.

Who runs it?

Eranos is a volunteer project from Sydney, Australia. Every answer comes from a computer that someone lent.