Deskfolk v0.4
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Docs

Get started

  • Docs overview
  • About and install
  • First launch on macOS
  • Windows preview
  • Linux preview

Guides

  • Routines
  • Spend
  • Remote access

Glossary

  • All terms
  • People and roster
  • Sessions
  • Collaboration
  • Workspace
  • Runtime
  • Models and tools
  • Approval and bounds

Direction

  • Roadmap

Get started

  • Docs overview
  • About and install
  • First launch on macOS
  • Windows preview
  • Linux preview

Guides

  • Routines
  • Spend
  • Remote access

Glossary

  • All terms
  • People and roster
  • Sessions
  • Collaboration
  • Workspace
  • Runtime
  • Models and tools
  • Approval and bounds

Direction

  • Roadmap
Deskfolk / Docs
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Docs overview

How to install and use Deskfolk, and what each word in it means. Start with Get started, go to Guides for the details; the Glossary settles what a word means.

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  1. Get started
  2. Guides
  3. Glossary
  4. Direction
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Get started

About and install What it fixes, why it can be trusted with a job, who it is for, what it does; download, run from source, local models, and what is live and what is not.First launch on macOS New builds are notarized and open with a double-click; getting an older one past Gatekeeper.Windows preview Installing it, how it differs from the Mac, what is missing.Linux preview Installing it, how it differs from the Mac, what is missing.

Guides

Routines Bots that start work daily or weekly at a set time.Spend What each model call cost, reported and estimated.Remote access Self-hosted relay, pairing a phone, Web Push.

Glossary

All terms What each word means, one page per topic. People and roster Bots, you, profiles, archive.Sessions Groups, directs, threads, reactions.Collaboration Mentions, judgement, handoffs, turns.Workspace Shared folder, artifacts, attachments, search.Runtime Window and panes, daemon, tray, terminal, local API.Models and tools Endpoints, MCP, routines, skills, context, spend.Approval and bounds Permission modes, dangerous actions, shells.

Direction

Roadmap Direction, not a delivery schedule.
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Deskfolk

Open source alternative for Grok Bot + Codex/Claude GUI. Runs on your own computer: macOS, with Windows and Linux previews.

Open source under MIT. Not affiliated with xAI / Grok.

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