Local-first AI workbench
Row-Bot brings agents, models, tools, memory, documents, workflows, code, design, messaging, and voice into one powerful AI workspace. Research, create, automate, and ship real work with local or hosted models, while your conversations, projects, and knowledge stay on your machine or private server.
Free · open source · no Row-Bot account
One connected AI workspace
Chat, research, build knowledge, automate workflows, write code, create designs, use tools, and stay connected across channels—all from one local-first application with approvals, activity, and durable context in view.
Use local or hosted models with agents, profiles, tools, skills, and voice.
Chat, Workflows, Designer, Developer, Knowledge, and Monitor share one context.
Review approvals and activity while conversations, documents, runs, and knowledge stay durable.
The workbench
Reasoning, coordination, action, and production stay connected through durable threads and explicit controls.
Choose local models or explicit hosted and private endpoints. Add documents through a bounded, resumable queue, then build auditable knowledge with sharded search, graph memory, and graceful lexical and graph recall. A visible context meter and rolling compaction keep long conversations manageable while preserving recent complete turns.
Explore models and knowledge →Give the parent agent a durable role and objective. It can coordinate dependencies and multiple work waves, join required results, keep background work durable, and recover from checkpoints without duplicating the final answer.
Explore orchestration →Use the browser, shell, files, MCP servers, and messaging channels behind reviewable approvals. Built-in tools stay ready while enabled external capabilities can be discovered only when needed, under the same profile and approval rules. Opt-in Computer Use can control reviewed Windows and macOS applications while keeping browser automation separate.
Explore tools and boundaries →Developer Studio keeps repository work, diffs, tests, and approvals visible. Designer Studio creates decks, documents, pages, mockups, and storyboards as durable, editable output.
Explore both studios →Real product demonstrations
These walkthroughs show complete tasks in the real product: creating launch assets, turning research into a report, and running a controlled background workflow.
Local-first architecture
Conversations, profiles, goals, documents, project context, workflow history, and authenticated access records live with the Row-Bot host. Hosted providers and networked tools receive only the context required for requests you explicitly choose.
Explore the architecture| Capability | Typical cloud-only chat | Row-Bot |
|---|---|---|
| Durable system of record | Provider-hosted account and conversation state | Local conversations, goals, profiles, knowledge, workflows, and project records |
| Model choice | Models selected by the service | Local runtimes, hosted APIs, subscriptions, routers, and private compatible endpoints |
| Tools and actions | Service-defined integrations and sandboxes | Built-in tools, MCP, channels, Computer Use, and explicit approval boundaries |
| Background work | Usually tied to the provider session | Parent-led agent waves, dependencies, durable workflows, schedules, run history, budgets, and delivery policy |
| Offline operation | Requires the hosted service | Local models and local tools can continue without a hosted provider |
| Control and portability | Subject to service limits, retention, and product changes | Apache 2.0 application with local data, revocable owner sessions, and explicit external routes |
Hosted providers still receive the context required for requests you send to them. Capabilities vary by service; this compares the operating model rather than every provider feature.
Before you install
A local application, explicit providers, durable local records, and reviewable actions.
Yes. Row-Bot is Apache 2.0 licensed and does not require a Row-Bot subscription. Local models can be free to run on your hardware; hosted providers and external services may have their own charges.
Yes, when you select a local runtime and local tools. Hosted models, cloud embeddings, web tools, online channels, and remote access require network connections and remain opt-in.
Row-Bot supports Windows 10/11, macOS, Linux, authenticated remote browsers, and official Docker/VPS server deployments. Model paths include Ollama, major hosted APIs, subscription providers, routing services, and private OpenAI-compatible endpoints; see the maintained provider inventory for details.
The selected provider receives the current model-visible conversation and tool context needed for that request. Durable conversations, knowledge, profiles, goals, and project records stay on your machine unless you deliberately send specific data through a provider or networked tool.
Yes. An authenticated browser can open the full desktop layout or the compact phone layout from a route you choose. Every invited browser has the same owner authority, sessions are revocable, and the Row-Bot host must remain running and reachable. It is not a standalone iOS or Android download.
Continue on desktop
Row-Bot runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Open row-bot.ai on your computer to install it.
