Your own team of AI bots, in a chat app.
Bring your own agent and the models you already have — local-first on your own machine.
Runs locally on your Mac · No subscription required · Not notarized yet: allow HydroBot once in System Settings → Privacy & Security
HydroBot is in public beta
Create your account in the app and sign in straight away — there is no approval step and no waitlist. The app needs that account, and an internet connection, before it opens.
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A simulation. Pick a bot, or type to it. The replies are scripted; the real thing runs on your own machine.
Built for a whole day of work
Workspaces, rooms that run themselves, and a level of trust that stays where you put it.
The name is the job
Role, purpose and personality all derive automatically from whatever you name them. Try clicking a role:
"Verifies every citation, checks primary sources, flags unverified claims."
Rooms with a lead
A plain message goes to the room's lead. It hands each part to a named teammate, and their reports come back as themselves.
Workspaces, not tabs
Run separate bodies of work side by side. Switching the sidebar leaves the other places working, and an agent can be in more than one.
24/7 Routines & schedules
Routines run daily, weekly, or on recurring intervals. Closed laptops coalesce missed triggers into a single catch-up on wake.
One approval level, everywhere
Ask, Auto-accept edits, Approve for me or Full access. It stays across bots, workspaces and restarts until you change it.
✓ Stays put across bots and restarts
Your own keys, local-first
Connect Anthropic, OpenAI, or local Ollama offline models. No subscription lock-in. Everything is stored locally.
Hired in three steps
Zero configuration hell. Install it, sign in, connect a model and name your first bot.
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Download
Get HydroBot for Mac, Windows or Linux from the download button at the top, open it and sign in.
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Connect keys
Add your provider key or connect local Ollama models in Settings.
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Name a bot
Type a name. That's the entire job specification. Your bot gets straight to work.
Ready to meet your AI team?
Download HydroBot, connect your keys, and name your first bot today.