# osaurus shipped an update > Source: > Published: 2026-07-17 23:27:36+00:00 # osaurus Own your AI. The native macOS harness for AI agents -- any model, persistent memory, autonomous execution, cryptographic identity. Built in Swift. Fully offline. Open source. ## About osaurus Own your AI. Agents, memory, tools, and identity that live on your Mac. Built purely in Swift. Fully offline. Open source. Models are getting cheaper and more interchangeable by the day. What's irreplaceable is the layer around them -- your context, your memory, your tools, your identity. Others keep that layer on their servers. Osaurus keeps it on your machine. Osaurus is the AI harness for macOS. It sits between you and any model -- local or cloud -- and provides the continuity that makes AI personal: agents that remember, execute autonomously, run real code, and stay reachable from anywhere. The models are interchangeable. The harness is what compounds. osaurus is an open-source project written primarily in Swift, with 7.2k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in July 2026. ``` brew install --cask osaurus ``` ## osaurus vs. the alternatives [All 22 alternatives →](/alternatives/osaurus)