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.
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.
