Your stuff, still here when the internet isn't.
RoachNet is a local-first command center for offline maps, local AI, education, saved websites, and your own notes. It keeps the important parts of your workflow on your machine, so bad Wi-Fi, outages, and cloud slowdowns do not take the rest of your day down with them.
Command DeckOne calm place for runtime health, maps, education, archives, and local AI.RoachClawRoachNet's local AI path, built around Ollama and OpenClaw with a fast local default model.Offline MapsCurated map collections and route-aware surfaces that stay available when the network drops.EducationWikipedia and Khan Academy-style offline learning content, grouped in one place.ArchivesSaved websites and captured references for offline browsing.Contained InstallApp, runtime data, workspace, and support services stay grouped near the RoachNet install root instead of being smeared across the OS.
Start with RoachNet Setup.
The installer checks the machine, prepares the local runtime, aligns RoachClaw, and then hands off into the main RoachNet app.
- Website: roachnet.org
- macOS installer: RoachNet-Setup-macOS.dmg
- Releases: github.com/AHGRoach/RoachNet/releases
RoachNet is moving toward fully native desktop apps:
macOS Apple SiliconSwiftUI/AppKit shell and native installer flowWindows 11 x64WinUI 3 scaffold in progressLinuxGTK4/libadwaita scaffold in progress
The current shipping focus is the macOS-native path, with the website and GitHub release flow centered on the native installer.
RoachClaw is the default local AI lane inside RoachNet.
It brings Ollama and OpenClaw together so the app can:
- detect local model availability
- save a machine-appropriate default model
- keep local chat working even when OpenClaw's agent runtime is not yet online
- grow into agent workflows later without forcing remote providers first
For this release, RoachNet prefers qwen2.5-coder:7b as the default local RoachClaw model because it is a better fit for everyday work plus coding on this setup than the heavier defaults we were previously surfacing.
admin/Local API, web admin, RoachClaw services, maps, archives, and content plumbingnative/macos/Native macOS app and installerwebsite/RoachNet.org landing page and downloadable installer assetsscripts/Setup, runtime, native bundling, and asset preparation scriptsdocs/Architecture notes, evaluations, and rewrite plans
From the repo root:
npm startNo-browser boot:
npm run start:no-browserNative macOS app build:
node scripts/build-native-macos-apps.mjsSetup backend:
npm run setup:no-browserRoachNet started from an imported upstream base from Crosstalk Solutions project-nomad and is being reshaped into a calmer, product-grade local command center with native installers, local AI, contained runtime management, and a more cohesive desktop UX.
See:
This repository currently carries the upstream Apache 2.0 license from the imported base. Review LICENSE and docs/UPSTREAM.md before changing attribution or licensing details.