See it in action

The agent manages its own goals, tracks research, messages you on Telegram and WhatsApp, runs scheduled tasks, and remembers everything across sessions.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2ec5dd22-7b47-4ec0-a60b-62380e560bd0

Desktop IDE Workspace

Recent releases turned dorabot desktop into a practical IDE-style workspace:

• File explorer with keyboard navigation and support for all file types
• Monaco editor (edit mode by default, with autosave)
• Git panel with ahead/behind status and cleaner staging flows
• Real PTY terminal, tabs, split panes, and diff view

Persistent Memory & Self-Learning

Daily journals, curated memory, personality config. The agent remembers decisions, preferences, and context across every session. Full-text search over all past conversations. It gets better the more you use it.

Automations & Scheduling

Cron jobs, scheduled pulses, recurring tasks. The agent wakes up, does work, and messages you. iCal RRULE support, Apple Calendar sync (shows on Watch and iPhone).

Goals & Tasks

The agent proposes goals, writes plans, and executes them. You approve from the desktop app or Telegram. Full pipeline: research, plan, review, execute, done.

Research & Knowledge

The agent creates and maintains its own research for you. Topics tracked, categorized, and searchable. Point it at anything and it keeps the knowledge organized.

Multi-Channel Messaging

Same agent on WhatsApp and Telegram, with the same memory and context as desktop sessions. Send text, photos, voice, and documents.

Skills & MCP Servers

Built-in skills for GitHub, email, macOS, PR review, and agent swarms. Browse community skills and connect MCP servers via Smithery.

Also

• Browser automation. 40+ actions with your real Chrome profile. Already logged in everywhere.
• Multi-provider. Claude, OpenAI Codex, MiniMax. Use the model you're already paying for.
• Multimodal. Send images, screenshots, diagrams. The agent sees them.
• Auto-update. Signed, notarized, one-click updates.
• Local-only. No cloud relay. Your data stays on your Mac.

Quick Start

Download

Download the macOS app -- open the DMG, drag to Applications. Onboarding walks you through setup.

Requires: macOS + a Claude Code or OpenAI Codex subscription (or any API key: Claude, OpenAI, MiniMax).

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/suitedaces/dorabot.git && cd dorabot
npm install && npm run build && npm link

npm run dev           # gateway + desktop with HMR
dorabot -g            # production gateway mode
dorabot -i            # interactive terminal
dorabot -m "message"  # one-off question

Personalization

The onboard skill interviews you and builds:

File	What it does
SOUL.md	How the agent talks and thinks
USER.md	Who you are, your goals, context
MEMORY.md	Facts that persist across sessions

All files live in ~/.dorabot/workspace/. Edit directly or let the agent manage them.

Security

Local-only, no telemetry. Scoped file access (sensitive dirs blocked). Token-authenticated gateway. Configurable tool approval per channel. macOS native sandbox.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? If you have a Claude Code or OpenAI Codex subscription, you're good to go. Otherwise, any API key works (Claude, OpenAI, MiniMax). dorabot wraps your model, it doesn't include one. Is my data sent anywhere? No. Runs on your Mac. Only network calls are to your AI provider's API. How is this different from Claude Code / Cursor? Those are primarily coding tools. dorabot adds autonomous agent workflows (memory, goals, scheduling, messaging) and now also ships a full IDE-style desktop (editor, file explorer, git, terminal) in one app.

Contributing

Open an issue or PR on GitHub.

License

MIT