NOW IN BETA · MACOS

Your personal AI agent.
Any model. Fully private.

Daemon is a native macOS agent runtime that remembers everything, speaks every frontier model, and never phones home. Bring your own key — or start free on Gemini Flash.

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100% local zero telemetry MIT licensed
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memory · 147 facts
streaming · claude-sonnet-4.6
team · 4 agents
Speaks every frontier model
Anthropic
OpenAI
xAI Grok
Google Gemini
daemon · ship-notes · claude-sonnet-4.6
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You · 11:42
Draft release notes for v0.8 and push to the drafts folder. Voice tone like the last one.
Daemon · streaming
Pulling the v0.7 notes from memory. I remember we used short imperative bullets and kept the privacy line as a footer. Drafting against that template now.
memory Voice · imperative, no adverbs · "it just works" tone · privacy as footer, not headline.
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drafts/release-v0.8.md
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- We've added multi-agent support to Daemon.
+ Multi-agent teams — spawn 4 agents in parallel.
+ Voice I/O — talk, listen, ship hands-free.
+ Scheduler — cron that speaks English.
Drafted. I kept the "your code never leaves your machine" footer. Want me to open a PR or schedule for tuesday 9am?
Capabilities

Everything an AI agent should be.

Not another autocomplete wrapper. A real agent runtime with memory, voice, multi-model orchestration, and native OS integration.

Persistent memory

Daemon remembers your projects, preferences, and past decisions across every session. No re-explaining. No lost context.

147 facts · 12 rituals · 4 rooms

Multi-agent teams

Spawn specialized agents that work in parallel — research, code, review, deploy. Orchestrate whole workflows, not just completions.

▲ writer · reviewer · shell · scheduler

Any model, one interface

Claude, GPT, Grok, Gemini — switch mid-conversation. Use the best brain for each task. Zero vendor lock-in.

4 providers · 10 models · 0 prompts changed

Voice I/O

Talk to your daemon. Get spoken responses. Ship hands-free from the kitchen, the sofa, or the gym.

whisper-large · elevenlabs · local piper

Native macOS ⌘⇧D

A real Tauri app — not Electron bloat. Menu-bar tray, global hotkey, Apple Shortcuts bridge. Lives in your OS.

5mb binary · instant cold start

Scheduled tasks

Automate recurring work — deploy checks, backups, monitoring, reports. Daemon works while you sleep.

cron that speaks english

Full shell access

No sandbox, no playground. Daemon runs on your machine with full terminal access. Real tools for real work.

zsh · bash · fish · nu

Agent identity

Name your daemon. Give it a personality, a voice, a set of values. It's not a chatbot — it's yours.

tone · ethics · rituals · rooms

Self-improving

Daemon learns from mistakes, extracts patterns, and compounds intelligence. Every session makes the next one sharper.

patterns extracted · 38 this week
Models

Every frontier model. Your choice.

Bring your own API key from any provider. Or start free on Gemini Flash — no credit card, no trial clock.

Anthropic

  • Claude Opus 4.7
  • Claude Sonnet 4.6
  • Claude Haiku 4.5
BYOK · pay per token

OpenAI

  • GPT-5.4
  • GPT-5.4 Mini
  • GPT-5.4 Nano
BYOK · pay per token

xAI

  • Grok 4.20
  • Grok 4.20 Fast
BYOK · pay per token
FREE

Google Gemini

  • Gemini 3.1 Pro
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash
✦ 1,500 req/day free · no card
Comparison

It's not even close.

We respect everyone building in this space. But here's what they ship vs. what we ship — on the record.

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Cursor editor
Nice editor with autocomplete. One model family, no memory, no agents, no voice. You're paying $20/mo for a text predictor that forgets you exist.
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Claude Code cli
Powerful engine — we know, we run on it. But it's terminal-only. No GUI, no voice, no tray, no visual workspace. Daemon wraps that power in a real app.
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Codex cloud
Your code runs on OpenAI's servers. Cloud-sandboxed, GPT-only, no local execution. It's a playground, not a dev environment.
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Windsurf fork
Another VS Code fork. No memory, no agents, no model choice. "Flows" is marketing for autocomplete with extra steps.
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Aider cli
Respectable OSS. But no memory, no agents, no automation. It edits files. Great for 2024 — we're building for 2027.
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Cline extension
VS Code extension — that's the ceiling. No native OS, no tray, no hotkey, no voice, no scheduler. Someone else's sandbox.
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Warp terminal
Beautiful terminal with AI bolted on. Still just a terminal. It makes the shell prettier. Daemon makes the shell obsolete.
Daemon runtime
All of the above, plus memory, agents, voice, scheduler, tray, hotkey. Not a plugin. Not an extension. The runtime.
Feature Daemon Cursor Claude Code Codex Windsurf Aider Cline Warp
Multi-model4 providersNoClaudeGPTNoYesYesNo
Persistent memoryYesNoFilesNoNoNoNoNo
Multi-agent teamsYesNoSubagentsNoNoNoNoNo
Voice I/OYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Native desktopTauriElectronCLIWebElectronCLIExtensionNative
Shell accessFullLimitedFullSandboxLimitedFullVS CodeFull
SchedulerYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
100% localYesCloudLocalCloudCloudLocalExtHybrid
Tray + hotkey⌘⇧DNoNoNoNoNoNoSome
Free tierGemini FlashTrialPaidLimitedTrialBYOKBYOKLimited

What only Daemon ships

12 exclusives
✦Persistent memory
✦Multi-agent teams
✦4 model providers
✦Voice I/O
✦Native macOS (Tauri)
✦Global hotkey ⌘⇧D
✦Menu-bar tray
✦Apple Shortcuts bridge
✦Scheduled automation
✦Self-improving agent
✦100% local · zero telemetry
✦Free tier · no credit card
Privacy

Your code never leaves your machine.

Daemon runs 100% locally. We don't see your code, your keys, your conversations, or your data. Period.

100%
Local execution — nothing leaves your machine.
0
Telemetry, analytics, or "anonymous usage data".
MIT
Open source. Audit it yourself — every line.
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