AGNT

AGNT is a local-first agent operating system built by Nathan Wilbanks, available as a desktop app and self-hostable backend. It brings agents, workflows, goals, memory, plugins, evaluations, and APIs into one unified local workspace, running on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The project is hosted on GitHub under a custom license and is currently at version 0.5.17.

What It Is

AGNT positions itself as a full agent operating system rather than a single-purpose automation tool or chatbot. It combines three core execution modes — Agents (for judgment and reasoning), Workflows (for repeatable automation via a visual DAG engine), and Goals (for long-running autonomous objectives) — into one local runtime. The backend runs on Express with SQLite storage, the frontend is built in Vue 3, and the desktop shell uses Electron. All data stays on your infrastructure by default.

Architecture and Runtime Model

AGNT's architecture is a layered stack: an Electron shell wraps a Vue 3 frontend, which communicates over HTTP, SSE, and WebSocket with a local Express backend on port 3333. The backend hosts the agent runtime, workflow engine, goal engine, plugin loader, MCP client, provider auth dispatcher, and SkillForge system, all backed by SQLite and the local filesystem.

• Agents provide persistent chat, memory, tools, skills, streaming, and token/cost accounting.
• Workflows offer a visual DAG engine with 60+ built-in nodes, triggers, branches, checkpoints, and nesting.
• Goals support planning, task decomposition, execution, evaluation, re-planning, pause/resume/revert, and golden standards.
• SkillForge converts execution traces into reusable, improvable skills.
• Plugins are .agnt packages with tools, triggers, widgets, hot reload, and marketplace distribution.

Supported AI Providers and Integrations

AGNT uses a pluggable provider layer supporting 15+ AI providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Grok, Groq, Cerebras, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Together AI, Kimi, MiniMax, Z.AI, Claude Code CLI, OpenAI Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, and custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Integration reach extends to 10,000+ services via MCP Protocol, plus Zapier/n8n integrations and 120+ native connectors. Built-in workflow triggers and actions cover Discord, Slack, Gmail, GitHub, Notion, Stripe, Google Sheets, Google Drive, Dropbox, Twitter/X, YouTube, Firecrawl, Unsplash, and more.

Deployment and Setup Paths

AGNT supports multiple deployment modes to fit different infrastructure needs:

• Desktop binaries: Pre-built installers for Windows 10/11, macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon and Intel), and Linux (Debian/Ubuntu .deb, AppImage, Red Hat/Fedora .rpm).
• Source install: git clone + npm install + npm start; backend runs on port 3333.
• Docker: Full image (~1.5 GB, includes Chromium for browser automation) and Lite image (~715 MB, without browser automation), pulled from GHCR.
• Headless/VPS/Raspberry Pi: Lite Docker image recommended for $5 VPS or Raspberry Pi 4/5 (64-bit OS required); Node.js 18+ and npm 9+ are prerequisites.

Update: Version 0.5.17

The latest release is v0.5.17, published on May 29, 2026. The GitHub repository was created in March 2025 and has accumulated 352 stars and 50 forks as of the latest data. The project uses tag-driven releases with CI publishing multi-arch Docker images to GHCR. The README describes an active release cadence with patch, minor, and major release scripts. The product direction signal is toward a comprehensive local agent OS that can self-improve through SkillForge and support delegation graphs across agents, workflows, tools, plugins, and MCP servers.

Who It Is For

The homepage states AGNT is designed for developers, DevOps/Ops teams, and founders/CTOs who need local-first automation with full data sovereignty. The README identifies good fits as single users, small teams of 2–10, developers wanting an inspectable local agent backend, and automation builders needing visual workflows plus AI judgment. It explicitly notes it is not designed for public multi-tenant SaaS, large enterprises with 50+ concurrent users, or zero-trust tenant isolation requirements.