Rowboat
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what it is
Rowboat is an open-source AI coworker that remembers things between sessions. not a chatbot with context — a persistent assistant with memory as its core architecture.
built by rowboat labs, ships with memory out of the box. no cloud dependencies, no plugin ecosystem, no “configure your vector database.” just memory that works.
why it matters
most AI assistants treat every conversation like the first one. you re-explain your preferences, your constraints, your history. Rowboat assumes you shouldn’t have to.
this is the shift from “tool you invoke” to “coworker who was there yesterday.”
pattern
Rowboat is part of a broader pattern: SQLite-based local-first memory for AI agents. same substrate as Clawlet, AgentKV, and other projects converging on persistent memory without cloud dependencies.
if you’re building personal AI infrastructure, this is the architecture to study.
status
active development, growing community, 6K+ stars in first month.