# Ankita is looking for contributors — here's what you'd actually build > Source: > Published: 2026-10-01 04:30:07+00:00 I'm Krish, a developer from India. For the past 8 months I've been building Ankita — a free, open-source desktop AI assistant. Terminal + Electron app, plugin/skill system, local-first by design. It runs scheduled jobs on its own, has a live browser that clicks and types on real pages, and talks to you over Telegram. It's real and it ships: v2.4.3 is out, there's a real test suite under `test/` that runs with `npm test`, and the releases are being downloaded (55 across all releases so far). I'm looking for contributors. Not free labor for my roadmap — people who want to learn real-world Node.js and Electron by building something people actually use. The core agent is plain Node.js modules with a small dependency footprint; the heavy deps live only where they have to — Electron for the desktop shell, Playwright for the live browser. The layout: `tools/`) — one module per tool, grouped by domain: filesystem, git, web, browser, images, automation. Tools declare whether they need approval; the agent loop respects it.`skills/`) — markdown playbooks the agent loads on demand: `ankita-dev`, `commit-review`, `web-research`, `bug-repro`, `release-notes`. Contributing a skill is a legit first PR.` desktop/`) — Electron + React: chat, browser stage with takeover, personas, plugin management. These are real open issues, each with its current state verified in the issue body: `API_BASE`. Add 3–5 named custom provider slots switchable at runtime. Scoped, well-defined, `good first issue`.` hacktoberfest`.` help wanted`.` CONTRIBUTING.md` — short setup (`npm install`, `npm test`, `npm link`), strict but fair rules Repo: [https://github.com/akyourowngames/A.N.K.I.T.A](https://github.com/akyourowngames/A.N.K.I.T.A) If you've been waiting for a "good first issue" that isn't a toy repo — this is a living codebase with real releases and a maintainer who actually merges. Come build.