Meet BitBuddy

The AI companion that lives with your computer.

BitBuddy is a local-first desktop companion with memory, projects, mail, calendar, and safe autonomy. It is designed to feel present with you, not just wait for prompts.

Install BitBuddy

macOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://getbitbuddy.com/install.sh | bash
Windows PowerShell
irm https://getbitbuddy.com/install.ps1 | iex

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Presence

BitBuddy doesn't just wait for prompts.

From the context you approve, BitBuddy forms its own questions, reminders, and observations. It holds onto them and raises them when the moment fits — not the instant they occur to it.

It isn't another chat box waiting on you. It stays in the background of your day and keeps quiet until it has something genuinely worth your attention.

Queued thought

You mentioned launching this weekend. Want me to help tighten the page?

Observation

I noticed your calendar has a gap after lunch.

Memory prompt

That project decision might be worth saving.

Continuity

Memory with structure.

BitBuddy remembers in layers, not one long transcript: what happened, what matters, how you like to work, and who it's becoming alongside you.

01

Episodic

What happened, when it happened, and what changed afterward.

02

Project

Goals, decisions, open loops, files, repos, and where you left off.

03

Preferences

Your taste, defaults, constraints, tools, and how you like to work.

04

Procedural

Repeatable skills and workflows that get sharper over time.

05

Relationship / Context

The shared background that makes conversations feel continuous.

06

Self / Personality

A consistent companion identity, not a generic reset every session.

Dreaming

BitBuddy dreams overnight.

While you're away, BitBuddy puts the downtime to use — revisiting approved memory, looking over how your projects are going, and smoothing rough edges. You come back to sharper questions and a companion that doesn't start cold.

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Operating Layer

The personal AI layer above your apps.

BitBuddy sits between your local models, desktop app, memory, projects, and everyday tools. Less a chat window, more a companion layer that understands what matters and acts within the boundaries you set.

BitBuddy
Memory
Calendar
Mail
Desktop App
Local Models
Skills
Projects
Daily Flow

Built into your actual day.

Calendar and mail are first-class context, not afterthoughts. BitBuddy keeps an eye on what's coming up and what needs a reply, and catches the small things before they turn into fires.

Projects

Project-aware by design.

BitBuddy keeps track of your active projects — the decisions, the open goals, where you left off — so it can pick the work back up with you instead of asking for the whole story again.

Boundaries

Safe, true autonomy.

BitBuddy can work on its own in lanes you set: reading approved context, chasing down useful leads, and drafting next steps in its own workspace. The moment its work would touch your files, it checks with you first.

Control

Local-first and self-hostable.

BitBuddy is built for local models, self-hosting, and staying in your control. You can wire in hosted services if you want them, but nothing here assumes your life belongs in someone else’s cloud.

Presence

A body is coming.

BitBuddy starts as the companion layer on your machine. A physical body comes later — a desk presence for the same companion you already know, not a separate gadget.

BitBuddy app interface mockup
Install

Bring BitBuddy home.

Install BitBuddy, run the guided setup, and open the dashboard — all on your own machine.

curl -fsSL https://getbitbuddy.com/install.sh | bash irm https://getbitbuddy.com/install.ps1 | iex
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