hertz-ai/HARTOS
An AI-native OS. Models run on your own hardware, nodes federate peer-to-peer with no broker, and the API is OpenAI-compatible. Boots, has its own Wayland compositor, and runs on 8GB. Apache 2.0.
- Stars
- 51
- Forks
- 7
- Open issues
- 23
- Last push
- today
HARTOS star history
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About HARTOS
HARTOS is a free, open-source AI agent tool by hertz-ai, written mainly in Python. An AI-native OS. Models run on your own hardware, nodes federate peer-to-peer with no broker, and the API is OpenAI-compatible. Boots, has its own Wayland compositor, and runs on 8GB. Apache 2.0. It has 51 GitHub stars and 7 forks, and was last updated today. It's released under the Apache-2.0 license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it runs on a regular CPU without a GPU.
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Commercial use
- Commercial OK
- Language
- Python
- Stars
- 51
- Last update
- today
- Runs on Mac
- Not stated
- GPU
- Not needed (runs on CPU)
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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HARTOS FAQ
Can I use HARTOS commercially?
Yes. Apache-2.0 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 HARTOS free?
Yes. HARTOS is open source and free to use. It's released under the Apache-2.0 license, a standard open-source license.
Does HARTOS run on a Mac?
The project doesn't say. Check its installation guide before you start.
Does HARTOS need a GPU?
No. According to the project, HARTOS runs on a regular CPU.
Is HARTOS still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated today and has 23 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to HARTOS?
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