Kaidera OS is the Kaidera harness: a project-agnostic local control plane for running AI workers against Cortex-backed project memory, handoffs, run state, and workspace files. No baked-in project, no baked-in team — you bring the work.
Local runtime architecture
Kaidera OS runs the harness on your machine, connects the project workspace to Cortex memory, routes work to approved model providers and keeps every worker inside one governed operating boundary.
Your project
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What it is
The harness owns the runtime, project registration, provider configuration, the Cortex API, worker orchestration, run-state streaming, package verification, and update plumbing. Your project and customer content live outside the core and load in through project data, Cortex ingestion, or extension modules — so the product stays clean and the same for everyone.
What it does
Run AI workers against your project memory, handoffs, run state, and workspace files — on a machine you control.
A shared, layered memory system — verbatim storage, vectors, code and knowledge graphs, artifacts, and boot context — that every worker reads and writes.
Register a roster, assign roles, and dispatch interactive or autonomous workers through human approval gates.
Bring your own model keys. Connect Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, and many more, each with a live model catalog.
Watch live worker runs, decisions, and logs as they happen, with a full evidence trail behind every action.
Signed, checksum-verified release packages and update plumbing — the same trustworthy install, every time.
First run
No baked project, no baked workers. The startup wizard collects a handful of inputs, generates your local runtime, and registers your first project. Everything after that is created through the Add Project flow.
Editions & roadmap
Today, Kaidera OS is free to download and runs as a single, self-hosted harness — bring your own model provider keys and it works, and your licence controls which functionality is unlocked. The open-source release and the edition naming below are in active development.
In development — not yet available.
Kaidera OS is free to download for macOS and Linux. Your licence unlocks the functionality you need.