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Open-source AI coworker, with memory

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TypeScript Apache-2.0Last pushed Jul 7, 2026

Open-source AI coworker, with memory

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Rowboat

A desktop AI coworker with a memory of your work and built-in surfaces to act on it.

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Rowboat indexes your work into a living knowledge graph and uses that to get work done on your machine. It includes work surfaces for collaborating with AI: email client, notes, browser, code mode, meeting note taker, and workspaces for different projects.

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Overview

Brain

Rowboat indexes email, meetings, slack and assistant conversations into a living Obsidian-style backlinked knowledge graph.
Screenshot 2026-06-24 at 11 22 52 PM

Email

The built-in email client sorts emails into important and everything else. Rowboat automatically drafts responses for important email using all the work context.
Email screenshot

Background agents

You can set up background agents that run on events like new email or on schedule like every day at 8am. They can connect to tools, search the web, use the browser and write code using Claude Code or Codex.
Background agents screenshot

Built-in Browser

Rowboat includes a browser that lets you and assistant collaborate on web tasks. Because its isolated from your main browser, you can log in only to the accounts that want the assistant to access.
Browser screenshot

Meeting Notes

A local meeting note-taker that taps into mic & speaker, produces live transcript and summarizes the meetin