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Arachne, a Windows fact checker that runs on a local model

Arachne’s repository describes a program that checks every claim on a web page with a local AI through Ollama, searching Wikipedia and opening the sources the page itself cites. Its README says it is Windows only for now and that the AI can be wrong. The repository was created on 5 October and had 1 star when we read it, and its owner’s GitHub account has 2 followers. The README credits its look to Web crawlers, a piece @rybinfx posted on X on 1 October.

Score 4 of 9: new 3 of 3, momentum 0 of 3, evidence 1 of 3. Momentum measured: One read only (1 star at 2026-10-09T15:15:13Z), so not measured and scored 0.

Who started it
github.com/CodingIsCoolFr, 5 October. The look comes from @rybinfx’s Web crawlers, posted 1 October, which is an art piece, not a fact checker
How we found it
GitHub search for new fact checking repositories; then the README’s credit back to X. One route for the tool itself

Why it matters A fact checker that runs on a local model and opens the page’s own cited sources looks like a small, private take on verification. It is barely noticed so far, and its own README says the AI can be wrong.

The receipt

10 facts: 4 SAW, 4 STATED, 2 INFER. SAW: fetched and read by us. STATED: a source’s own claim, quoted. INFER: our reasoning, from the lines it rests on; never fetched. Check any line against its source before you repeat it.

  1. SAW Repo CodingIsCoolFr/Arachne created 5 Oct 2026 at 20:10 UTC: 1 star, 0 forks, MIT licence Read 9 Oct 2026 15:15 UTC.
  2. STATED “checks every claim with a local AI (Ollama)” Stated by Arachne repository description. Read 9 Oct 2026 15:15 UTC.
  3. STATED “Searches Wikipedia, and **opens the sources the page itself cites**” Stated by Arachne README. Read 9 Oct 2026 15:22 UTC.
  4. STATED “Windows only, for now.” Stated by Arachne README. Read 9 Oct 2026 15:22 UTC.
  5. STATED “The AI can be wrong.” Stated by Arachne README. Read 9 Oct 2026 15:22 UTC.
  6. SAW The owner’s GitHub account, created in 2020, has 2 followers Read 9 Oct 2026 15:24 UTC.
  7. SAW The README credits the look to Web crawlers by @rybinfx (Slava Rybin) Read 9 Oct 2026 15:22 UTC.
  8. SAW @rybinfx posted Web crawlers on X on 1 Oct 2026 at 16:44 UTC Read 9 Oct 2026 15:24 UTC.
  9. INFER Our reading: Web crawlers is an art piece, not a fact checker, so the tool itself starts with the repository. We found it only on GitHub, so this is one route. Rests on lines 1, 7 and 8 of this receipt. Not fetched.
  10. INFER Our reading: a checker that keeps the work on a local model and points to its evidence is a small, private take on verification, from an account almost nobody follows yet. Rests on lines 2, 3 and 6 of this receipt. Not fetched.

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