Open Science Desktop
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✦Local-first AI research desktop
Open Science Desktop
Local-first, model-agnostic AI research workbench for macOS, Windows & Linux.
✓Installers available✓macOS 13+ / Windows 10/11✓Linux deb / rpm✓Latest GitHub Release
macOS 13+ · Windows 10/11 x64 · Linux deb/rpm
A complete research workbench.
Open Science Desktop turns research requests into explicit plans, local execution, traceable outputs, and reviewable evidence.
Plan
The agent states sources, steps, expected artifacts, and risky actions before any execution.
Execute
Literature search, code, notebooks, figures, and reports run against the current local workspace.
Review
Outputs link back to the code, data, citations, environment, and conversation that produced them.
Every result keeps its evidence.
A publication figure carries the script, input data, model context, and version history that produced it.
✓Inputs and data sources✓Generating code✓Conversation provenance
Literature to reports
Search papers, parse sources, draft manuscripts, and keep citation limits visible.
Code-backed analysis
Run Python and notebooks locally, then preserve the scripts behind every scientific result.
Artifact provenance
Figures, tables, PDFs, and notebooks keep their generating steps, inputs, and versions.
Approval by default
Command execution, dependency installs, deletion, and network access require explicit consent.
One prompt to a traceable analysis
Simulate data, fit a model, save a figure, and write a report with the evidence path intact.
Inspect the evidence chain
Open a figure and see the code, inputs, and conversation that produced it.
Manuscripts that can be audited
Draft manuscripts, resolve citations, and flag unsourced claims before export.
Built for sensitive research work.
The desktop app keeps project files local by default, isolates the bundled runtime, and asks before high-risk actions.
✓Local workspace✓BYOK providers✓Approval gates
The open alternative for AI-assisted science.
Download the latest desktop installer, inspect the source, or compare it with browser-workspace alternatives.