Kestrel-Foundry/KestrelAI
Long-term Research Assistants with Self-Scheduling
- Stars
- 53
- Forks
- 13
- Open issues
- 2
- Last push
- 7mo ago
KestrelAI star history
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About KestrelAI
KestrelAI is a free, open-source LLM chat app by Kestrel-Foundry, written mainly in Python. Long-term Research Assistants with Self-Scheduling. It has 53 GitHub stars and 13 forks, and was last updated 7mo ago. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it runs on a regular CPU without a GPU and works on macOS.
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use
- Commercial OK
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 53
- Last update
- 7mo ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not needed (runs on CPU)
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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KestrelAI FAQ
Can I use KestrelAI commercially?
Yes. MIT is a permissive license: commercial use is allowed as long as you keep the license notice. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is KestrelAI free?
Yes. KestrelAI is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does KestrelAI run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, KestrelAI works on macOS.
Does KestrelAI need a GPU?
No. According to the project, KestrelAI runs on a regular CPU.
Is KestrelAI still maintained?
It was last updated 7mo ago. Check recent issues on GitHub to judge how active it is.
What are alternatives to KestrelAI?
Similar free, open-source tools include ollama, local-deep-research, khoj, chinese-llm-benchmark.
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