AI That Remembers, Understands, and Acts
The first personal AI assistant with Arch Linux integration, emotional intelligence, and cognitive memory. Your AI that doesn't forget, adapts to your mood, and can actually do things on your system.
Unlike other AI assistants that forget everything when you close the tab
Remembers conversations across sessions, your preferences, system state, and registered CLI tools using OpenMemory + SQLite.
Analyzes your sentiment and adapts its tone. Frustrated? It offers step-by-step guidance. Excited? It matches your energy.
First AI assistant built for Arch users. AUR support via yay, pacman integration, and system-aware operations.
Auto-discover and register CLI tools with deep documentation crawling. openaur learns your entire toolchain.
Tmux-based non-blocking command execution. Run long tasks in the background while continuing your conversation.
Drop-in replacement for OpenAI API endpoints. Use with any OpenAI-compatible client or tool.
OpenClaw pioneered local-first AI agents—openaur extends that vision
| Capability | OpenClaw | openaur |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Local-first AI agent | Personal AI with memory + Linux tools |
| Cognitive Memory | Limited session context | ✓ Persistent SQLite-backed memory |
| System Access | Basic file operations | ✓ Full Arch Linux + AUR package management |
| Terminal Integration | Standard CLI | ✓ Tmux-based async execution |
| Emotional Adaptation | — | ✓ Sentiment-aware empathy engine |
| Package Management | — | ✓ Native AUR integration via yay |
| Action Discovery | Manual tool registration | ✓ Auto-crawl CLI documentation |
| Sandboxing | Local execution | ✓ Docker container isolation |
Choose OpenClaw if: You want a lightweight, general-purpose local AI agent.
Choose openaur if: You want an AI that knows your Arch Linux system, remembers everything about your setup, and can actually manage packages and run commands for you.
One command and openaur is running
# One-line installer (interactive) curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattstyles333/openaur/master/install.sh | bash # The installer will: # - Check prerequisites # - Ask for your OpenRouter API key # - Clone, build, and start everything # - Verify the installation
Or install manually:
# 1. Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/mattstyles333/openaur.git cd openaur # 2. Set your API key (get free at openrouter.ai) cp .env.example .env # Edit .env: OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_key_here # 3. Start openaur docker-compose up -d # 4. Test it make test # ✅ Health check passed # 5. First chat make chat MSG="What can you help me with?"