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bitterbot-desktop

Active·★ 2.5k·MIT·Updated 2026-10-27

Bitterbot is an MIT-licensed personal agent that runs on your own machine and keeps context across conversations. It works through a real browser, code execution, scheduled jobs and durable tasks, and you talk to it through its Control UI or WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Signal, Slack or email. Its memory, identity and skills are stored in files and SQLite you can inspect, back up and correct, and you choose the model.

Between conversations a dream engine consolidates memories, prepares briefs and feeds a pipeline that proposes reusable skills, which have to pass tests before they are kept. Circles connect you with people you know and their own agents. Install with a one-line signed installer on macOS and Linux, through WSL2 on Windows, with Docker, or via npm. The README is candid about maturity: the native desktop shell is experimental, and an opt-in economic layer with USDC wallets, x402 payments and a skill marketplace is early and has not had a third-party audit.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool.

#personal-agent#long-term-memory#self-hosted#telegram#whatsapp#skills#local-first
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Memory stored as readable files and SQLite you can inspect and back up
02Dream engine consolidates memories between conversations
03Learned skills are proposed and tested before they are kept
04Chat through Control UI, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Signal, Slack or email
05Signed installer for macOS, Linux and Windows via WSL2, plus Docker
02

Why choose it

+Memory and skills are plain files and SQLite on your disk, so you can read, back up and correct them
+Talks to you through WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Signal, Slack or email
+New skills must pass tests before the agent keeps them
03

Trade-offs

!The native desktop shell is experimental by the README's own account.
!The opt-in wallet and payments layer is early and has not been third-party audited.
!Windows needs WSL2 rather than a native install.
04

Maintenance check

ActiveChecked: 2026-10-27
Last commit
2026-10-27
Commits, last 90 days
100+
Releases, last 90 days
22
Latest release
v1.11.0-beta.1 (2026-10-27)
Open issues
25
Recent issues with at least one comment
2/2

Status rule: archived on GitHub = Archived; last commit within 90 days = Active; 91 to 365 days = Slowing; older = Stale. All figures come from the GitHub API on the date shown.

Most discussed open issues

  • #21 Security: capability sandboxing for ingested P2P skills10 comments · 2026-04-26
  • #279 Safety-gate API for agent swaps (x402, free preview)1 comments · 2026-10-19
  • #277 Feature request: opt-in keyless Keenable provider for native web search1 comments · 2026-10-19
  • #138 Feature request: opt-in keyless Parallel Search MCP for native web search0 comments · 2026-10-02
  • #83 Known first-hour issues (v1.0.0)0 comments · 2026-08-28

Issue titles are quoted from GitHub. Open the link to check whether a problem still applies to the version you use.

05

Use cases

↳A personal assistant that remembers past project decisions
↳Scheduled reports sent to Telegram or other chat apps
↳Research and file analysis on your own hardware
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Self-hosted personal agent whose memory and learned skills live as files on your own disk

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