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Local Operator runs AI agent assistants on your own machine, from a desktop chat app. You give an agent a goal; it plans the work, writes and runs Python on your device, reads and writes files, and asks before it takes anything risky. The whole run — messages, tool calls, commands, and results — stays in the conversation in front of you.

For the agent environment CLI and server backend, see the Local Operator repository.

Getting started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22.13.1 or newer, for the npm install paths below. nvm is a good way to manage Node versions. The desktop installers need no toolchain.

Run with npx

# Download and run in one command
npx local-operator-ui

This runs the latest version and launches the app.

Install with npm

# Install globally
npm install -g local-operator-ui

# Run the application
local-operator-ui

Desktop applications

Prebuilt apps are on the download page and the [releases…