Local AI orchestrator with computer and browser access

Zeus is a new open-source local AI agent orchestrator that provides a terminal-inspired web UI for controlling a computer, including file management, browser automation, and sub-agent delegation. It runs entirely on-device with no cloud dependency, supports local and cloud models, and can be accessed via phone through Tailscale. The project aims to replace fragmented agent tools with a single, self-contained application.

Zeus is a local AI agent orchestrator with a real UI. Install once, run zeus start , and you get a fast, terminal-inspired web app — on your laptop and your phone — where AI agents can actually do things on your machine : read and write files, run commands, drive a real browser, search the web, manage tasks, run scheduled jobs, and orchestrate teams of sub-agents. One tool for everything you need to control your computer. Everything lives in ~/.zeus . No cloud account, no telemetry, no lock-in — your agents, skills, memory, and workspaces are plain human-editable files on your own disk. ./install.sh one-time setup zeus start launch the server + open the web UI Most agent projects are a library or a terminal loop . Zeus is a complete application : It has a real, beautiful UI — a vanilla-JS, no-build web app with a command palette, theming, live streaming, and inline HTML/SVG previews. Not a CLI you squint at. It runs on your phone. The UI is an installable PWA with a mobile-first nav, and zeus start --tailscale puts it on your private tailnet so you can drive your computer's agents from anywhere — securely, never exposed to the public internet. Agents control the whole machine, with a UI for it. Files, shell, a dedicated automated Chromium the agent drives by vision, web search, an embedded terminal, a file explorer, a code editor, git — all in one place. It's an orchestrator, not just an agent. Sub-agent delegation with per-sub-agent stop , recurring workflows , scheduled jobs, MCP servers, to-dos, dashboards, widgets, timers, and a layered, self-curating memory system. Bring any model. Anthropic, OpenAI, Groq, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, AWS Bedrock — or fully local models via the built-in BYO Model app a self-contained Ollama that installs entirely inside ~/.zeus . Self-contained integrations. Need private web search or a managed browser? Zeus installs SearXNG, Chromium, and Ollama inside ~/.zeus — nothing touches your system. zeus start · stop · status · restart · logs -f · open · reset . Runs a detached local server uvicorn on 127.0.0.1:8756 and opens the UI. zeus reset wipes ~/.zeus and starts factory-fresh asks first . - One-URL web UI at http://127.0.0.1:8756 , served no-store so edits show up on reload. Installable PWA with an offline page, app-launcher nav, and a touch-friendly mobile layout centered popups, big tap targets, no horizontal scroll . Tailscale built in: zeus start --tailscale serves the app on your tailnet https://<machine .ts.net so your phone — logged into the same tailnet — can install and use Zeus from anywhere. Private by default. Cloud: Anthropic API key , OpenAI, Groq, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, AWS Bedrock — paste a key and go. One model switcher, with per-model type badges multimodal / text / tools and editable context windows. Local — the BYO Model app: browse the full Ollama library, favorite the models you like, pull any model with live progress + a stop button , and run them fully on-device. The Ollama binary and weights live entirely under ~/.zeus/ollama on a private port — your system stays untouched. Vision models e.g. qwen3-vl , llava can see image attachments. - Build specialized agents with their own prompt, tools, model, and permission mode. - Agents delegate to sub-agents configurable depth and you can stop a single sub-agent from the live dock while the parent keeps working. - A skills library the agent loads on demand; agents can even author new skills and sub-agents. - Built-in tools: Read / Write / Edit / Bash / Glob / Grep , web search + fetch, and a vision-driven browser a dedicated Chromium the agent clicks/types/scrolls by looking at screenshots . - A real embedded terminal PTY + xterm.js , file explorer , code editor , and git panel. Permission modes — default approve risky actions , plan read-only , acceptEdits , autopilot — plus lifecycle hooks for PreToolUse / PostToolUse / Stop / UserPromptSubmit. Workflows: multi-step agent pipelines on a cron schedule , on demand, or after every chat. To-dos & stickies , timers & alarms , world clocks , live widgets & dashboards , desktop push notifications , and a built-in location tool. MCP servers stdio + HTTP/SSE merge their tools into your agents. - Layered context — Soul / Steering / User / Project — loaded into every turn and prompt-cached so it's nearly free. Model-driven curation: a model periodically de-duplicates and prunes memory itself, keeping a small, high-signal core. Project memory follows your working directory; volatile state which tools/models are connected is never stored. Smart context management: dynamic per-model context windows, prompt caching, accurate token accounting, and in-turn compaction that clears stale tool outputs so long agentic runs don't blow past the window. SearXNG private metasearch , a managed Chromium, and Ollama — each installs and runs entirely inside ~/.zeus , controllable from Settings → Integrations. Nothing is installed system-wide. A live performance monitor, themeable UI, a ⌘K command palette, per-tab working directories, multiple workspaces, image/PDF attachments, and spec-driven development tooling. ./install.sh creates backend/.venv, installs deps, symlinks zeus onto PATH zeus start start + open the UI at http://127.0.0.1:8756 zeus start --tailscale also serve on your tailnet use it from your phone Then open the UI, connect a provider or install a local model in BYO Model , and start chatting. Backend changes need zeus restart ; the frontend is no-build — just reload. Requirements: Python 3.11+ and macOS/Linux. State lives in ~/.zeus override with ZEUS HOME . Huge thanks and inspiration to PewDiePie's Odysseus , openclaw , and hermes — projects that showed what personal, local-first AI agents can be. Zeus took the spark and ran in its own direction: a full app you can hold in your hand. And enormous thanks to the open tools Zeus stands on: — local models, installed and run entirely inside Ollama https://ollama.com ~/.zeus .— private metasearch, self-hosted in SearXNG https://github.com/searxng/searxng ~/.zeus .— the dedicated browser the agent drives by vision. Chromium https://www.chromium.org & FastAPI https://fastapi.tiangolo.com — the backend and the embedded terminal. xterm.js https://xtermjs.org - And every model provider Zeus connects to — Anthropic, OpenAI, Groq, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, AWS Bedrock . Zeus was vibe coded with passion — built for the joy of it. ⚡