Bits

Bits is an open-source personal AI agent that runs entirely on the local machine and is designed to work around the clock.

Bits received 77 upvotes and 5 comments on Product Hunt, ranking 14th on the day's list.

At the core of Bits is a small background daemon that routines wake on a schedule, and tasks continue executing after the app is closed.

Bits saves the execution state at every step, so even if the program crashes, tasks can resume from where they were interrupted rather than starting over.

Developer Harsh Patel describes Bits by emphasizing that it "runs on your own machine, and never sleeps."

Bits's long-term memory is stored as plain Markdown files, and users can directly open the files to read, modify, or even delete the memory contents.

Bits has a built-in reviewer called Sentinel; when risky operations are involved, Sentinel trusts only the user's own exact words rather than letting the model judge on its own.

Bits uses live cards and mini-apps to present results, supports voice conversation, and offers a global shortcut ⌥Space for quick invocation.

Bits claims it can work with any model, including locally running models.

Bits's differentiators can be summarized in three points: the continuous execution capability brought by the local daemon, the transparency brought by Markdown memory, and the controllable safety brought by Sentinel.

As an early-stage project, Bits's ecosystem and integration richness cannot yet compare with mature platforms, and the engagement of 77 upvotes and 5 comments on Product Hunt shows it is still in the community validation stage.