Rise clean. Leave no ashes. 🔥
Your own AI assistant, in a single file you can carry on a USB stick. No Node, no Python, no runtime to install, nothing phoning home. It talks to you in the terminal, on Telegram and eight other chat apps, runs real tools on your machine, and remembers only what you tell it to keep.
phoenix # chat, right here, right now
phoenix serve # go live on your chat apps
phoenix run "task" # one shot, zero residue
- It sets itself up. First run hunts for API keys you already have, tests them against live models, keeps the one that answers.
- You choose what survives. Ghost forgets everything, session remembers until restart, recall keeps plain text notes you can read and delete yourself. No hidden database.
- Every door starts locked. Empty allowlist means nobody gets in. No web password means no web UI. You open doors on purpose.
- Small enough to trust. Six dependencies, no async runtime, no build scripts. You can read it before handing it a shell.
- One config file. Plain TOML, mode 600. Secrets can stay in env vars and never touch disk.
Grab your file from
Releases: static
binaries for Linux (x86_64 and arm64), macOS (Apple silicon and
Intel), Windows, plus .deb packages and SHA256SUMS.
sudo dpkg -i openphoenix_0.0.1_amd64.deb # debian/ubuntu/kali
docker run --rm -v phoenix-data:/data ghcr.io/paulus1337/openphoenix init
cargo build --release # from source
Coming from OpenClaw? Phoenix spots your old setup on first run and asks whether to bring it along or start fresh. Your answer decides; saying no leaves OpenClaw completely untouched. See Migration.
Everything lives in the wiki:
| Install · Quickstart | binaries, docker, first flight |
| Chat-Commands | the slash commands you will actually use |
| Configuration | the one TOML file, every knob |
| Providers | claude, gpt, gemini, openrouter, ollama, failover, key rings |
| Channels | telegram, whatsapp, discord, slack, signal, imessage, irc, matrix, mattermost |
| Web-UI | browser chat, HTTP API, webhooks, websocket, canvas |
| Tools | shell, files, browser, media, child agents, task board |
| Memory | privacy modes, recall, compaction, dreaming |
| Skills | markdown instruction packs, ClawHub |
| Security | the model, approvals, doctor |
| Migration | bring your old gateway across, or do not |
| Service-and-Updates | run it forever, update it safely |
| Building | cross builds, tests, release flow |
| Roadmap | the way to 1.0 |
Every major version is a molt: burn what aged badly, keep the flame.
MIT. See LICENSE.