# Keel

> A local-first AI desktop assistant whose memory lives in plain markdown files on your disk, with support for Claude, GPT, OpenRouter, and Ollama.

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.*

## Features
- Local-first markdown workspace
- Multi-model support (Claude, GPT, OpenRouter, Ollama)
- Auto-capture of decisions and tasks
- Wiki knowledge bases from project folders
- Dashboard with morning brief and open tasks
- Tasks and reminders with desktop notifications
- Meeting transcription via local Whisper
- Voice input
- Scheduled recurring jobs
- Google Calendar and Docs integration
- X (Twitter) bookmarks sync
- No telemetry, no account required
- MIT open source license

## Integrations
Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI), OpenRouter, Ollama, Google Calendar, Google Docs, X (Twitter), Whisper

## Platforms
WINDOWS, MACOS, WEB, API

## Pricing
Open Source

## Version
0.2.0

## Links
- Website: https://keel-labs.github.io
- Documentation: https://github.com/Keel-Labs/keel
- Repository: https://github.com/Keel-Labs/keel
- EveryDev.ai: https://www.everydev.ai/tools/keel