Name: ArgentOS
Author: Jason Brashear

ArgentOS — Open Source Self-Hosted AI Agent with Persistent MemorySelf-hosted AI agent that remembers every conversation, thinks autonomously, and connects to Telegram, Discord, Slack, and WhatsApp. Open source alternative to cloud AI assistants. Runs on your Mac with local models — no API keys required to start.Core Features (Free & Open Source)

Persistent Memory (12,500+ LOC) — Remembers everything across every interaction with hybrid SQLite FTS5 + pgvector search, auto-capture, entity tracking, and embeddings

Consciousness Kernel — Autonomous cognition with curiosity threads, Upper Confidence Bound thread selection, delta scoring, and self-regulation

Voice & Presence — Real-time conversation with AEVP (Agent Expressive Visual Presence) emotional visual feedback via WebGL particle rendering

Always-On Thinking — Contemplation loop runs every 30 minutes when idle, generates unique follow-up prompts, journals episodes

Tasks & Automation — 50+ agent tools, full CRUD task system with priorities and dependencies

Self-Improving System (SIS) — Extracts lessons from episodes, consolidates patterns, evaluates performance

Local & Frontier LLMs — 15+ providers with smart model routing (local Ollama to Opus), complexity scoring, cross-provider fallback

7+ Channels — Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Chat, Signal, iMessage

Business Features

Intent Governance — Three-tier hierarchical policy engine (Global, Department, Agent) with monotonic inheritance and simulation gates

Execution Approvals — Command gating and approval workflows for autonomous operations

Autonomous Worker — Background task processor with configurable intervals, evidence validation, and no-progress blocking

SpecForge — 5-stage project management conductor (type gate, interview, draft, approval, execution)

Knowledge ACL — Collection-level permissions with PG-backed RAG, hybrid vector + BM25 search

Accountability — Heartbeat contracts with periodic scoring, active hours gating, and promise tracking

ArchitectureArgentOS runs on your hardware — macOS or Linux. Built with TypeScript (ESM), PostgreSQL 17 + pgvector, Redis, and SQLite. The dashboard is React with WebGL. Supports local inference via Ollama (Qwen3, Llama) and 15+ cloud providers.Links

GitHub: github.com/ArgentAIOS/core

Discord: discord.gg/argentos

Documentation: docs.argentos.ai

Created by Jason Brashear. Contact: jason@argentos.ai