AI-first desktop agent that talks, thinks, and builds — in 16 languages.
🔱 Forked from Open Cowork · Built on Claude · Runs locally · Stays private
- ✨ Key Features
- 🗺️ Voice Orb
- 🚀 Quick Start
- 📦 Installation
- 🛡️ Security
- 🧰 Built-in Skills
- 👥 Who's it for?
- 🤝 Contributing
- 🙏 Thanks
- 🔗 Links
| 🗣️ Voice-first | WebGL status orb · push-to-talk · Edge TTS · auto-speak in 16 languages |
| 🧩 Skills | PPTX · DOCX · PDF · XLSX generation — prompt → finished document |
| 🖥️ Computer use | Control any desktop app directly by voice or text |
| 🤖 Any model | Claude · OpenAI · GLM · MiniMax · Kimi · Ollama · any OpenAI-compatible API |
| 🔒 VM Sandbox | WSL2 (Win) / Lima (macOS) — all agent commands isolated in Linux |
| 🔌 MCP Connectors | Chrome devtools · Notion · Feishu · and custom desktop integrations |
| 🧠 Memory | Persistent session memory · workspace experience · core preferences |
| 🌐 i18n | English · 中文 · Español · Français · Deutsch · 日本語 · 한국어 · Português · Русский · العربية · हिन्दी · Italiano · Nederlands · Polski · Türkçe · Tiếng Việt |
| ⏰ Scheduled prompts | Alarm-style automation — run any task on a cron schedule |
| 📡 Remote control | Use Necter from Feishu, Slack, Telegram, and other channels |
The header orb shows Necter's real-time state:
| Color | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 💤 Idle | 🟡 Cyan | Waiting for input |
| 🤔 Thinking | 🔵 Blue | Reasoning through a problem |
| 🔧 Tool | 🟢 Green | Running a tool or command |
| 🔍 Searching | 🟡 Yellow | Web search in progress |
| 🔊 Speaking | 🟣 Magenta | TTS audio playing |
| 🟠 Orange | Something went wrong | |
| 💾 Memory | ⚪ White | Reading or writing memory |
| 💻 Coding | 🟣 Purple | Writing or editing code |
Push-to-talk · TTS auto-speak · independent mic + TTS mute controls.
1. Open the app
2. Settings → paste your API key → set Base URL + model
3. Pick a workspace folder
4. Start chatting
Recommended API setups:
| Provider | Base URL | Model |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | https://openrouter.ai/api |
claude-4-5-sonnet |
| Anthropic | (default) | claude-4-5-sonnet |
| Zhipu AI | https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/anthropic |
glm-4.7 |
| MiniMax | https://api.minimaxi.com/anthropic |
minimax-m2 |
| Kimi | https://api.kimi.com/coding/ |
kimi-k2 |
brew tap Snapwave333/tap
brew install --cask --no-quarantine necterDownload the latest .exe from Releases →
git clone https://github.com/Snapwave333/necter.git
cd necter
npm install
npm run dev| Layer | Platform | How |
|---|---|---|
| 🛡️ Basic | All | Path guard — file access restricted to workspace folder |
| 🔒 Enhanced | Windows | WSL2 VM — all agent commands run in isolated Linux |
| 🔒 Enhanced | macOS | Lima VM — all agent commands run in isolated Linux |
WSL2 and Lima are auto-detected. Falls back to native execution with path restrictions if unavailable.
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
pptx |
Generate PowerPoint presentations from a prompt |
docx |
Create or edit Word documents |
pdf |
Handle PDFs, fill forms, extract text |
xlsx |
Build Excel spreadsheets with formulas |
skill-creator |
Create your own custom skills |
| 🧑💻 Developers | Offload boilerplate, automate terminal tasks, control dev tools by voice |
| 🔬 Researchers | Search papers, summarize to Notion, crunch datasets |
| ⚡ Power users | Automate desktop workflows without writing scripts |
| 👥 Teams | Shared skills, scheduled prompts, remote control via Feishu |
Contributions welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before submitting PRs.
Necter is built on the shoulders of giants — specifically the Open Cowork project by the OpenCowork team. If Necter is useful to you, please star ⭐ their repo too!
MIT — see LICENSE