Observed arrival · 2026-08-31
Astravia, the AI assistant that stays on your desktop
An open-source, local-first desktop assistant for coding, documents, data work, automation, plugins, and custom models.
Field notes
The application organizes model-assisted work as visible stages: input files become a plan, tool calls execute against files or databases, and generated artifacts remain available for review. Its stated local data directory is ~/.astravia, while the extension model uses an explicit plugin.json permission declaration and a TypeScript SDK example. The page also lists retryable batch jobs, system-tray Cron scheduling, and support for local inference endpoints including Ollama, vLLM, and LM Studio.
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