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Real Bot: persistent AI teammates on your Mac (local multi-bot · MIT · BYO)

Not affiliated with xAI or Grok.

I built Real Bot for local multi-bot teammates on your Mac — named bots with duties, groups, @mentions and handoffs — that stay on your machine.

What you get

  • Local multi-bot — one-to-one, groups, hand work between bots; window, daemon, sessions and one shared workspace folder on your Mac
  • MIT + BYO — open source (MIT); bring any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
  • Approval cards — risky actions wait for you; keys go to Keychain
  • MCP everywhere — stdio or Streamable HTTP, available to every bot

Status

Alpha, macOS only. Unsigned .dmg from Releases.

Website: https://blackman99.github.io/real-bot/

MIT licensed. Again: not affiliated with xAI / Grok — independent open project.

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Dongsheng •

Real Bot v0.1.0-rc.5 — in-app DMG updates with verify, proxy-aware update checks, per-turn work dirs. Still unsigned (Gatekeeper FAQ). Local multi-bot · BYO · MCP · approval cards. Not affiliated with xAI/Grok.

github.com/Blackman99/real-bot
blackman99.github.io/real-bot/

(OG / screenshots / walkthrough only — no demo.gif.)

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Dongsheng •

Real Bot v0.1.0-rc.2 — local multi-bot desktop on Mac. Approval cards before expensive actions. BYO models + MCP. Not affiliated with xAI/Grok. Still unsigned — Gatekeeper FAQ on the site.

github.com/Blackman99/real-bot
blackman99.github.io/real-bot/

(OG / screenshots / walkthrough only — no demo.gif.)

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Dongsheng •

v0.1.0-alpha.3 release note

Real Bot — local multi-bot teammates on Mac · MIT + BYO OpenAI-compatible · approval cards.

What's new in alpha.3: update check, cleaner single active turn in groups, landing/icons polish.

Not affiliated with xAI / Grok. Independent open project.

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