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lobsterai
Electron desktop agent that edits files, drives a browser, and takes tasks from chat apps
- Stars
- 6.2k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
4,633 on 3 Apr 20266,160 on 30 Oct 2026
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Overview
LobsterAI is an Electron app for macOS and Windows where an agent works on a local folder: it reads and edits files, runs shell commands, drives a built-in browser and previews Office documents in a side panel. It runs on a bundled, pinned OpenClaw runtime, stores sessions in local SQLite, and can take tasks from WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram and other chat apps or from scheduled jobs. Models come from built-in providers after sign-in or from your own API keys.
Who it is for: Mac and Windows users wanting a local agent for files, Office work, chat tasks
Strengths
- Permission prompts gate file, shell and network actions; sessions stored locally in SQLite
- Built-in Word, Excel and PowerPoint editing and previews for HTML, PDF, images and video
- Eleven IM channels incl. WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Discord; bots can route to different agents
- Supports own keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio and OpenAI-compatible endpoints
Weaknesses
- Desktop only: macOS and Windows, no Linux build listed
- Built-in models require sign-in; the README does not say what account is needed
- Computer use limited to Windows x64 and macOS 13 or later
- Building from source needs Node 24.15+, npm 11.17+, pnpm and a fetched OpenClaw checkout
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs OpenClaw runtime (bundled), SQLite (local), Node.js >=24.15.0 <25 (build from source)
- Models: DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, Qwen, MiniMax
Quick answers
Is lobsterai open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
Does lobsterai need a GPU?
No, it runs without one.
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