thClaws

thClaws is an open-source, native-Rust AI agent workspace designed to run locally on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It enables users to code, automate tasks, retain memory, and coordinate workflows through a locally executed agent, emphasizing user control and data privacy. The platform supports multiple AI providers—such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Alibaba DashScope, OpenRouter, Ollama, and Agentic Press—automatically detecting the provider by model name, and is built on open standards to avoid cloud lock-in.

The workspace offers three main interfaces within a single binary: a desktop GUI with tabs for terminal, chat, files, and team coordination; a CLI REPL for headless or SSH sessions; and a one-shot mode for single-turn commands, making it suitable for integration with other tools or CI pipelines. Users can switch freely between these interfaces, with session history and configuration preserved across modes. Additionally, thClaws can be run in WebSocket server mode for remote access.

Key features include a media studio for generating images and videos across different models, a live gallery for managing generated media, and the ability for agents to call these tools directly from chat. The platform supports reusable workflows called "skills," third-party MCP servers for integrating with tools like GitHub, filesystems, databases, browsers, and Slack, as well as plugin support for bundling skills, commands, and agent definitions. Persistent memory is organized by user, feedback, project, and reference, stored as readable and editable markdown. Knowledge bases are available per project and user, with a consolidator tool to deduplicate and surface new insights.

thClaws also provides features for orchestrating teams of agents, filesystem sandboxing, offline operation with local models, shell command execution, side-channel agents for specialized tasks, plan mode for sequential multi-step workflows, scheduled jobs with native daemon support, document workflow for reading, editing, and creating PDF, DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX files, and hooks for lifecycle event scripting. 0 and MIT licenses, and an official Docker image is available.