SmartBrain_3000

A personal AI assistant that runs entirely on your own machine — your knowledge, your AI models, and your credentials stay on your hardware, encrypted at rest under a passphrase only you hold. Your data never leaves your hardware — the one exception is optional remote phone access: if you turn it on, your Desktop connects to a content-blind signaling node to set up an end-to-end-encrypted link to your phone (the SecureCloudGroup-hosted rtc.securecloudgroup.com by default, or your own via SMARTBRAIN_SIGNALING_URL). It only ever relays encrypted connection setup — it cannot read your data.

From one command to your unlocked Chat.

What it is

SmartBrain_3000 is a fully local, single-user AI assistant you run in Docker on your own computer — macOS, Linux, or Windows.

• Your choice of AI. Bring your own API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google — or run fully local models with Ollama or Apple MLX. A built-in gateway routes between them.
• Your data, encrypted on-device. Your knowledge base, notes, plans, and secrets live in a local database, encrypted at rest under a passphrase only you hold.
• Chat with tools, under your control. The assistant can search your knowledge, track tasks, and act on your behalf — but anything that changes data or reaches out parks for your approval first, and every attempt is audited.

Quickstart

You need Docker (Desktop, Engine, or Colima), Python 3 (just to run the installer), and git (to clone the repo).

One line (macOS / Linux) — clones and installs:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecureCloudGroup/SmartBrain_3000/main/installer/bootstrap.sh | sh

Or do it by hand (any OS, including Windows PowerShell):

git clone https://github.com/SecureCloudGroup/SmartBrain_3000.git
cd SmartBrain_3000
python3 installer/install.py install

The installer checks prerequisites, builds the image locally, starts the stack, and waits until the app is healthy — then opens it for you. The first run builds the image, so it takes a few minutes (quick after that). In the app:

1. Set a passphrase and save your Emergency Kit (a one-time Recovery Key). There is no password reset — the Recovery Key is the only way back in if you forget your passphrase, so store it somewhere safe and offline.
2. Connect a model under Settings: add a cloud provider API key, or run a local Ollama model (any OS). If Ollama is already running, SmartBrain detects it and offers a one-tap connect right on the Chat screen.
3. Start chatting.

If anything looks off later, run python3 installer/install.py doctor — it can restart the stack and pull the embedding model for you.

See it in action

Short, silent clips (~15s each) for every step — the five Quickstart clips take you from install to fully working; the rest are optional power-ups:

Quickstart	Then
1 · Install → unlocked	6 · Planner
2 · Connect a model	7 · Schedules
3 · Your first chat	8 · Pair a phone
4 · Add knowledge & search	9 · Backup & recovery
5 · Approve an action

Updating

python3 installer/install.py update backs up your encrypted data, pulls the latest version, rebuilds the image, restarts the stack, and verifies it's healthy. It prompts before making changes, and runs from your machine (the host), never from inside the container.

Going further (optional)

These are advanced tiers — none are needed for the Quickstart above:

• Gmail — connect a Gmail account (your own Google OAuth client, loopback flow) so the assistant can read and draft mail. See the docs.
• Your phone, from anywhere — pair a phone to reach your assistant on Wi-Fi or cellular over an end-to-end-encrypted WebRTC link, with no router port-forwarding. Off by default. See Remote access.

Full guide: docs/ (also available in-app under Help).

License — source-available (not open source)

SmartBrain_3000 is licensed under the Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2). It is source-available, not OSI "open source." In plain terms:

• ✅ You may use, self-host, and modify it for free — including inside a business, for your own use.
• ❌ You may not offer it to others as a hosted or managed service, resell it, or ship a competing product built from it.

See LICENSE for the full terms.

© 2026 The Frels Holdings LLC. "SmartBrain", "SmartBrain_3000", and "SmartBrain AI" are trademarks of The Frels Holdings LLC.

Security

Please report security issues privately — see SECURITY.md (contact: info@securecloudgroup.com). Do not open public issues for vulnerabilities.