Holt

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Holt is ranked #18 of 54 in AI personal assistants on Inferse. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

Facts

What it does
Holt is an open-source personal agent OS that runs on your machine and keeps readable, editable memory of your work.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
LLM choices
It supports Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Kimi, Grok, and local models, and lets you switch brains while keeping conversation context.productsdecoded.com · 5 Oct 2026
Memory
Holt stores per-folder conversations and distilled facts locally, with semantic recall through a local Ollama embedding model or keyword matching as a fallback.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Knowledge views
It can turn memory into a cross-linked wiki and an interactive knowledge graph.productsdecoded.com · 5 Oct 2026
Integrations
Holt provides an MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, plus ambient memory hooks for Claude Code.productsdecoded.com · 5 Oct 2026
Skills
Thirteen skills are built in, and users can search and add skills from a community registry.productsdecoded.com · 5 Oct 2026
Automation
Users can run tasks once, schedule them with native operating-system timers, or package tasks as named routines.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Phone access
Holt can run as a Telegram bot so users can message it from a phone and receive scheduled notifications.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Writing
Holt can learn a user's writing style from an interview or samples and draft content with anti-AI checks.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Privacy
The maker says memory is local and per-folder by default, and that local-model recall works offline so data stays on the machine unless the user sends it elsewhere.productsdecoded.com · 5 Oct 2026
Credentials
The README says Holt does not store credentials used to sign in to supported brain CLIs.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Supported systems
The installation guide lists macOS 13+, Windows 10 build 1809+, Ubuntu 20.04+, and Debian 10+ as supported minimum operating systems.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Requirements
The installation guide specifies 4 GB RAM minimum and Node.js 20 or newer when installing through npm.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Known limit
On Windows, scheduled jobs missed while the machine is asleep or off are skipped rather than run later.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Maker and license
The repository identifies Debashis Nayak as the copyright holder and says Holt is MIT licensed.github.com · 5 Oct 2026

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