Stram: An Open-Source, Local-First Desktop Agent With Human Approval Gates

A developer has released Stram, an open-source, local-first desktop agent with human approval gates, designed to act as an always-available assistant that can take safe actions on its own. The agent, named Janus, runs against the user's own model provider key and includes a runtime, desktop app, and release surface, with native macOS and Windows shells available.

Most "AI agents" I've tried are prompt-first: you type something, they answer, they stop. I wanted something closer to an actual assistant — one that notices what's happening on my machine and decides whether to act, without me opening a chat window first. That's why I built Stram . Repo: https://github.com/CodeInfinity1/Stram https://github.com/CodeInfinity1/Stram MIT licensed, v1.0.1 Stram is the runtime, desktop app, and release surface for Janus , the agent that lives inside it. Janus isn't a chatbot waiting for your next message — it's designed to be always-available, context-aware, and able to take the next safe step through governed tools on its own. The flow looks like this: \ text stimulus - interaction harness - compact local context - model-led attention/planning - schema-validated tool calls - policy and approval gates - execution and audit timeline - memory, learning, recovery, and response synthesis \ \ Broken down: Everything runs against your own model provider key — OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, local Ollama, whatever you point it at. No hosted backend of mine sits in the loop. \ bash git clone https://github.com/CodeInfinity1/Stram.git cd Stram python3 -m pip install -e ". browser,pdf,ocr,office,test " python3 -m stram run "system status {}" --workspace . --planner explicit \ \ Or start the local API + dashboard: \ bash python3 -m stram serve --workspace . --port 8765 \ \ Native macOS Swift and Windows .NET desktop shells are also available in the repo under apps/\ . I'd rather be upfront about this than have you find out the hard way: CONTRIBUTING.md https://github.com/CodeInfinity1/Stram/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md has contribution priorities and PR expectations, SECURITY.md https://github.com/CodeInfinity1/Stram/blob/main/SECURITY.md covers the safety model in depth. Feedback - especially critical feedback, is genuinely welcome in the comments.