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<h1 align="center">OpenHuman</h1>
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<strong>The age of super intelligence is here. OpenHuman is your artificial conscious human.</strong>
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<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/status-early%20beta-orange" alt="Early Beta" />
<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-macOS%20%7C%20Windows%20%7C%20Linux%20%7C%20Android%20%7C%20iOS-blue" alt="Platforms" />
<a href="https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases/latest"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/tinyhumansai/openhuman?label=latest" alt="Latest Release" /></a>
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<a href="#what-is-openhuman">About</a> ·
<a href="#openhuman-vs-openclaw">vs OpenClaw</a> ·
<a href="#download">Download</a> ·
<a href="#getting-started">Getting Started</a> ·
<a href="docs/ARCHITECTURE.md">Architecture</a> ·
<a href="CHANGELOG.md">Changelog</a>
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![The Tet](./docs/the-tet.png)
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"No Soul. No Humanity. The Tet. What a brilliant machine" — Morgan Freeman <a href="https://youtu.be/SveLVpqy_Rc?si=y83aZNokPiUjILN0&t=60">as he reminisces about alien superintelligence</a> in the movie Oblivion
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OpenHuman is a personal AI assistant that helps you manage high-volume communication without reading everything yourself. It connects to your messaging platforms and productivity tools, understands conversations in context, and produces clear, actionable outputs you can use immediately.
OpenHuman is **not** a chatbot, browser extension, or cloud-only service. It is a **native application** that runs on your device, connects to your tools, and works only when you ask it to. Think of it as a second brain that sits across your communication and productivity stack.
## OpenHuman vs OpenClaw
OpenHuman is designed to be simpler to deploy, cheaper to run, and more intelligent in how it uses models and memory.
| | OpenClaw | OpenHuman |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Runtime** | Node.js (TypeScript) | Tauri (Rust + React), native binary |
| **Inference** | Single-tier or manual routing | **Custom two-tier**: task-routed (summarize/vibe/memory → cheap; complex/tools → premium) |
| **Memory** | Often external (Pinecone, Lucid, etc.) or markdown-only | **Custom hybrid**: SQLite FTS5 + vector similarity, optional encryption, no external vector DB |
| **Tunneling** | Third-party (ngrok, Cloudflare, Tailscale) or none | **Custom tunneling** — secure app-to-backend path without vendor lock-in |
| **Cost** | Typically one premium model for everything | **Lower** — Tier 1 for most ops; Tier 2 only when needed |
| **Intelligence** | General-purpose agent loop | **Smarter** — vibe detection, interest-based escalation, constitution-driven behavior, session-aware memory |
| **Deployment** | Server/Node process, high memory footprint | Native desktop/mobile app, Rust socket manager, smaller footprint |
> OpenClaw is a strong open-source agent framework. We chose to build a custom stack so we could own inference routing, memory, and tunneling end-to-end and optimize for cost and clarity.
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## Download
> **Early Beta** — OpenHuman is under active development. Expect rough edges.
| Platform | Variant | Download |
| ----------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **macOS** | Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) | [`.dmg` (aarch64)](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases/latest/download/OpenHuman_aarch64.dmg) |
| **macOS** | Intel | [`.dmg` (x64)](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases/latest/download/OpenHuman_x64.dmg) |
| **Windows** | x64 | [`.msi`](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases/latest/download/OpenHuman_x64_en-US.msi) |
| **Linux** | Debian / Ubuntu | [`.deb` (amd64)](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases/latest/download/OpenHuman_amd64.deb) |
| **Linux** | Fedora / RHEL | [`.rpm` (x86_64)](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases/latest/download/OpenHuman_x86_64.rpm) |
| **Linux** | Universal | [`.AppImage`](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases/latest/download/OpenHuman_amd64.AppImage) |
| **Android** | — | Coming soon |
| **iOS** | — | Coming soon |
Browse all releases: [github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases)
## Getting Started
1. **Download** the installer for your platform from the [releases page](https://github.com/tinyhumansai/openhuman/releases/latest)
2. **Install** the app (drag to Applications on macOS, or use your package manager on Linux)
3. **Connect a source** — follow the in-app onboarding to link Telegram, Notion, Gmail, or other services
4. **Run your first request** — ask the AI to summarize what you missed, extract action items, or surface key decisions
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## Links
- [Architecture Overview](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md) — How OpenHuman is built
- [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) — Release history
- [Website](https://openhuman.xyz) — Learn more
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Made with love in India 🇮🇳
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<sub>OpenHuman is in early beta. Features may change, break, or disappear. Use at your own risk.</sub>
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