An AI agent for your desktop. Work with files, run commands, and use the web. Choose your model and decide what it can do.
A desktop app, built from scratch.
Explore a chart, share the browser with the agent, or ask a quick question without switching windows.
Charts and diagrams appear right in the reply. There are 43 drawing types, including training curves, meals, and travel routes. Hover to explore them or open the editor to make changes.
Built-in drawing engineTake a closer lookAsk it to fix a bug, read a document, or help plan a trip. The tools are there when the task needs them.
Run commands. Read and edit files. Keep changes in git. Let the agent work in your project folder, with you in control.
Sign in with your ChatGPT account or connect OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, or OpenRouter with an API key. The available models come from each provider itself, so you can choose what fits the task.
Tell it once, not every chat. Memory keeps short records across conversations and updates them when things change. In Settings you can edit, add, remove, or switch it off. Passwords and one-task details do not belong in memory.
Prefers concise answers, clean code, and a little less back-and-forth.
Drop in a PDF, a photo, or a video. It reads the document, looks at the pages, and watches the frames.
Three permission modes. Choose how much freedom the agent gets for the work at hand.
Waits for your approval before commands, file changes, and the web.
Keep a follow-up separate, find an old conversation, and check your usage without leaving the app.
Select a passage and open Mini chat over the conversation. Drag it, resize it, and keep writing behind it. Its own agent uses the current chat as context, works in a separate browser tab, and coordinates with the main agent so they do not change the same file. Close it during a task and the work continues.
Click the magnifier or press Ctrl+K to search your chats. Results are grouped under their folders, so a useful conversation does not disappear into a long list. New chats can start without a project; OpenGhost gives them a folder of their own for the files the agent creates.
Open Chat stats from the plus menu to see spending, tokens for each reply, each model’s share, cache usage, and context fullness. Compact chat frees space in a long conversation; OpenGhost also compacts automatically before the model’s context window fills.
In Settings → General, write how you want answers and what the agent should know. Add files it should always have at hand, such as notes, a style guide, or a CV. Every chat receives them, even after compaction. For a project’s own rules, put an AGENTS.md in its folder.
Choose light, dark, or your system’s theme and adjust the interface size. Pick your message colour and the chat background separately for each theme. Until you choose, the original themes stay as they are. The app opens with its ghost flying through the mist.
When a picture says more, the agent searches for photos and videos itself. Pictures arrive in a stack you can leaf through, with a link to their source. Videos become preview cards with a name and length, opening in your browser. Live drawings have their own forms for recipes, meals, documents, matches, languages, PC builds, settings, and trips.
Live notes from GitHub’s newest published release. The download buttons update automatically when a new release is available.
When a request can go several really different ways, a small deck of cards appears over the message field. Pick a choice, or write your own answer. Clear requests are simply done, as before.
A button at the foot of the sidebar shows your ChatGPT limits and your DeepSeek and OpenRouter balances, without opening Settings.
English, Italian, French, and Russian, in Settings under General, with a new About section. The Italian and French wording has not yet been checked by a native speaker; report anything that sounds off.
The buttons over the chat, the notes, the search, and the small menus share one clear glass. Each chat row keeps its pin and a menu of three dots, and photos open in a frame.
The built-in browser no longer presents itself as Chrome on Windows. It names the system it really runs on, which fixes sign-in pages and sites that looked or behaved wrong.
Chats with many drawings open without jumping. Full Disk Access is detected correctly on macOS, with a button to restart the app. Quick chat no longer freezes after the language changes.
No project folder required to begin.
Just open a chat and start with a question.
Download OpenGhost for macOS, Windows, or Linux. Same app. Your desktop.
Choose your platformConnect your ChatGPT account or a supported API provider in Settings. Pick your model.
See supported providersAsk a question, attach a file, or open a project. Choose a permission mode and get to work.
Understand permissionsIts own agent loop, tools, and approval cards. Its own browser tooling and drawing engine. Its own streaming Markdown renderer, code highlighting, and math. Every interface control, its motion, and its glass is plain JavaScript and CSS.
No UI framework, Markdown library, Mermaid, chart library, or agent framework. Built on Electron and Anthropic’s official SDK. The source is there for you to read, build, and understand.
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OpenRouter# A desktop agent. From the source.
$ git clone https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost.git
$ cd OpenGhost
$ npm ci
$ npm startSource code is MIT-licensed. The name, logo, animations, and app design have separate terms.
After npm ci, run npm run dist on Windows. The installer is written to dist/OpenGhost-<version>-Setup.exe.
After npm ci, run npm run dist:mac on macOS. The disk image is written to dist/OpenGhost-<version>-mac.dmg.
After npm ci, run npm run dist:linux on Linux. The archive is written to dist/OpenGhost-<version>-linux.tar.gz.
No Mac or Linux machine available? In your GitHub fork, enable Actions, open the Build workflow, and choose Run workflow. Download the files from that run’s page. See the build documentation. These commands build the desktop app, not this static website.
Get v1.4.6 beta for macOS, Windows, or Linux. The app is free; your model provider’s charges still apply.
Apple silicon & Intel · .dmg
Download for macOSDesktop installer · .exe
Download for WindowsDesktop archive · .tar.gz
Download for LinuxRelease notes and downloads update automatically from GitHub.
This is beta software. macOS may require a right-click → Open or Privacy & Security → Open Anyway the first time. Read the latest release notes for current platform limitations before installing.
Still curious? The repository has the full story.
Read the documentationYes. The app is free to download and use. You bring your own ChatGPT account or API credentials; provider subscriptions, limits, and API usage costs still apply. You can support development through GitHub Sponsors.
Only when a request can go several really different ways. Then a small deck of cards appears over the message field: pick a choice, or write your own answer. Clear requests are simply done.
OpenGhost is a desktop app, not a bundled local model. It connects to ChatGPT, OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, and OpenRouter. Your keys and sign-ins stay encrypted on your machine, but prompts and relevant context are sent to the provider you choose.
It can run commands, read and change files, work with git, search the web, and use its shared browser. Ask mode waits for approval; Auto works inside the project and asks before risky steps; Full access does not ask. Operating-system permissions still apply. Start with Ask while you get familiar with it.
Keys and provider sign-ins are stored on your computer, encrypted by the operating system. You can also lock an individual chat with a password: its content is encrypted locally, not merely hidden behind a lock screen. This does not make model requests offline; prompts and relevant context still go to the provider you select.
Quick chat opens over your desktop with Alt+Space or your own shortcut. It has its own model and effort and can search the web, but it has no built-in browser. Use its header arrows to open the conversation in the main app for browser work. Mini chat opens from a selected passage inside a conversation. It uses that chat as context, floats above it, and has its own agent and browser tab. Both can keep working when their small window is closed.
Alt+Space may already belong to the operating system or another app. Settings → General shows a shortcut conflict; choose another combination there. On Linux, Wayland may not allow an app a global shortcut at all, and starting OpenGhost with the computer is configured through your desktop’s own settings.
With Quick chat enabled, closing the main window keeps OpenGhost in the tray so the shortcut still works. Quit from the tray icon, or turn Quick chat off in Settings → General. On Linux desktops without a tray, such as GNOME out of the box, start OpenGhost again to bring the window back; turn Quick chat off before closing the window to quit.
Ask, Auto, and Full access govern the agent, not macOS. The system separately controls access to Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and other apps. Approve the access you need, or use the Full Disk Access button in Settings → General to open the system setting. The app’s ad hoc signature lets macOS remember approvals for each build, but a new update needs approval again. It is not an Apple Developer ID signature, so first launch also requires right-click → Open or Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
No. Start a new chat and ask your question. It appears under Chats with a folder of its own for files the agent makes. When you work on a project, the conversation lives in that project’s folder. A project can provide its own instructions through an AGENTS.md file.
Memory keeps short, editable records about you across chats, changing an existing record when something changes. You can add, edit, remove, or disable it in Settings → Memory. General settings are the instructions and reference files you explicitly supply for every chat. Those instructions and files remain available after a conversation is compacted.
The plus menu’s Chat stats shows how full the context is, along with spending, tokens per reply, model share, and cache usage. Compact chat frees context, and the app also compacts automatically before the model’s window fills. Your saved General instructions and reference files are kept available through compaction.
Yes, the source code is MIT-licensed. You need Node.js 22 or newer to build it. The OpenGhost name, logo, animations, and application design are excluded from that license. A published or distributed modified app must have its own name, logo, animations, and visual design. The excluded materials may not be used commercially; uses beyond the license’s allowances need the author’s written permission. Run the official app or an unchanged personal source build under the stated terms. See the installer commands above and read the full license before publishing.
Open an issue on GitHub with your operating system, OpenGhost version, and steps to reproduce it. You can also join the Discord community.
OpenGhost is free. Testing every release on real models costs money; sponsorship pays for API time and the work on new versions. If the app is useful to you, you can support its author directly.
Sponsor the projectFound a bug? Include your operating system, OpenGhost version, steps to reproduce, and what you expected. Check screenshots and logs for private information before sharing them.
Report a bug or suggest an ideaJoin the Discord community to talk about the app and share what you are making.
Join DiscordThanks to @kodachromez and @Bruno8R for reports that led to fixes in v1.2.0 and v1.4.0.