Keel

Keel is a local-first AI desktop assistant for macOS and Windows that keeps all your context in plain markdown files on your own machine. It acts as a personal chief-of-staff — surfacing tasks, generating daily briefs, transcribing meetings, and writing structured notes back to disk. You can swap between Claude, GPT, OpenRouter, or a local Ollama model at any time without losing your context. Keel is open source (MIT licensed), requires no account, and sends no telemetry.

• Markdown workspace — All notes, projects, logs, and tasks live in a plain folder (~/Keel) you own and can edit in any editor.
• Keel context engine — Indexes your workspace, assembles relevant context for every conversation, and writes captures, decisions, and tasks back as markdown automatically.
• Multi-model support — Switch between Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI), OpenRouter (300+ models), or Ollama for fully local/offline inference at any time.
• Auto-capture — When a chat produces a decision, fact, or task worth keeping, Keel quietly saves it back into your workspace.
• Wiki bases — Turn any project folder into a structured, queryable knowledge base using /create-kb and /refresh-kb; supports markdown and PDFs.
• Dashboard — Launches with open tasks, reminders, a morning brief, weather, and recent activity so you start the day with momentum.
• Tasks & reminders — First-class to-dos backed by markdown with due dates, project tagging, and desktop notifications.
• Meeting transcription — Record or import audio; local Whisper transcribes and Keel writes decisions, action items, and attendees back into the right project.
• Voice input — Speak instead of type using local Whisper or OpenAI's API.
• Scheduled jobs — Run any prompt or workflow on a recurring schedule — daily digests, weekly reviews — with results captured back to disk.
• Google & X integrations — Sync Calendar events, read/export Google Docs, sync X bookmarks into a wiki, or publish posts from chat.
• Privacy-first — No server, no telemetry, no account required; your workspace never leaves your machine unless you explicitly ask it to.