A desktop AI coding assistant for everyone. Open source alternative to Claude Code, Cursor, and similar tools.

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• Node.js v18 or higher
• pnpm package manager

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Autonoma-Labs/Open-CoWork.git
cd open-cowork

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Run in development mode
pnpm dev

pnpm build:mac

Output: dist/Open CoWork-x.x.x.dmg

pnpm build:win

Output: dist/open-cowork-x.x.x-setup.exe

pnpm build:linux

Output: dist/open-cowork-x.x.x.AppImage

We're actively looking for contributors to help with:

• Windows builds - We need help testing and fixing Windows builds
• macOS builds - Help with code signing and notarization
• Linux builds - Testing on various distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc.)

• Finding and reporting bugs - Use the app and report any issues you encounter
• Reproducing issues - Help confirm bugs reported by others
• Writing bug fixes - Submit PRs for issues you can fix

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b fix/my-bug-fix)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Fix: description of fix')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin fix/my-bug-fix)
5. Open a Pull Request

Please report bugs at GitHub Issues.

• Chat-based AI assistant with tool execution
• File system access with permission controls
• Multi-conversation support with tabs
• Skills marketplace (integrated with skillregistry.io)
• Pre-installed skills for PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Dark/light/system theme support

• Electron + electron-vite
• React 18 + TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
• Prisma + SQLite
• Vercel AI SDK

MIT © 2026 Autonoma

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