OPEN SOURCE · DESKTOP INTELLIGENCE

Not thinking for you.Thinking beside you.

A mind beside yours. An intelligence that truly lives on your desktop.

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LOCAL-FIRSTMULTI-MODELOPEN SOURCE

THE DESKTOP WORKSPACE

Chat, files, and logs in one window.

ACTUAL APP INTERFACE

AthenaAgent three-pane desktop workspace

Direct actionPersistent memoryParallel delegationBrowser actionImage creationProactive follow-up

BUILT FOR DEEP WORK · 01—06

Six things
it's good at.

Every Athena capability serves one purpose: reduce friction between tools so your attention can return to the problem that matters.

#01DIRECT ACTION

Reads files and runs commands

The main model calls built-in and MCP tools directly to work with files, run commands, parse documents, and retrieve information. Every real action stays visible.

#02PERSISTENT MEMORY

Remembers what you told it

AthenaAgent knowledge base with local Markdown files and a document preview

Local Markdown storage, hybrid vector and BM25 retrieval, and background maintenance keep your knowledge useful—and on your device.

#03OWL VILLAGE

Splits big jobs and works in parallel

Isolated sub-agents research, execute, and organize in parallel. Each works independently toward one clearly shared outcome.

#04VISION BROWSER

Clicks through sites and fills in forms

A vision-guided browser agent understands pages, clicks controls, completes forms, and returns evidence—not just a list of links.

#05CREATE & UNDERSTAND

Handles images, speech, and documents

AthenaAgent skills and connectors interface

Image generation maintains continuity across turns, speech plays naturally, and Office and PDF documents yield both structure and content.

#06PROACTIVE PRESENCE

Reminds you when it's time

AthenaAgent scheduled tasks with instructions, Cron expression, and upcoming runs

Create reminders, follow-ups, and recurring tasks in natural language. Athena does not require you to remember every next step.

ATHENA IN ACTION · 02:46

Watch it build a deck from scratch.

Watch Athena use skills, organize research, create a file, and present the result right on your desktop.

2 min 46 sec · Silent screen recording. Follow a presentation about Odysseus’s journey home, from the initial request and PPT skill to gathering materials, creating the deck, and previewing the result.

YOUR MODELS · YOUR PREFERENCES

Set it up the way you work.

AthenaAgent provider connections and model assignments

The right model for each role

Connect providers and assign models to conversations, retrieval, browser tasks, and sub-agents.

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AthenaAgent app settings with themes, language, and interaction preferences

Your desktop. Your preferences.

Adjust themes, colors, language, and interaction preferences in one place.

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PARALLEL SUB-AGENTS

Big job?
Send more owls.

Research, file work, and general tasks are distributed across isolated sub-agents. Watch them arrive, work, finish, and return one coherent result.

WorkingCompleteWaiting

ATHENA

RESEARCHReading sources

PLANNINGPlanning the next step

TOOLSRunning tools

DONEHanding back results

STANDBYWaiting for work

LOCAL
FIRST

PRIVACY IS ARCHITECTURE

Memory and files
stay local.

Configuration, logs, history, and knowledge stay inside the local AthenaData sandbox. File-system protection, size quotas, and sensitive-path blocklists enforce the boundary by design.

01Local knowledgeMarkdown stays readable, portable, and under your control.

02Visible executionEvery tool call leaves evidence you can inspect.

03Open sourceMIT licensed—trust built through code, not vague promises.

DESKTOP · CROSS PLATFORM

Free and open source.
Give it a try.

Choose your system and open the latest release, or start from source and extend Athena your way.

Windows 10 / 11

Not thinking for you.Thinking beside you.

Chat, files, and logs in one window.