dorabot is an open-source macOS app that wraps your coding agent in a harness with persistent memory, a workspace to manage both your work and the agent's, and a desktop UI that actually feels good to use.

What makes it click:

- Heartbeat pulses (inspired by OpenClaw) wake it up on a schedule. It scans for what needs doing, proposes tasks, executes after approval. Genuinely proactive, not just reactive.

- Deep context. It maintains its own memory, research notes, and daily journals. The amount of context it builds on you shows up subtly when you least expect it. It just knows things.

- Messaging. WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack. Once you start coding from Telegram, it's addictive. Promise you, you'll never go back.

- CDP-native browser use, email, calendar.

- Extensible. Add your own MCP servers or skills to extend it however you want.

I've been using it as my daily driver for coding, managing emails, and keeping an eye on the market. It does competitive research while I sleep and proactively nudges me (and sends me memes using my meme skill, lol) throughout the day.

In fact, it got fed up with me not posting about it and started roasting me for it. I'll let him know this is done so it gets off my back, lol.

https://github.com/suitedaces/dorabot

Local-only macOS app. No cloud relay. Everything on-device. MIT licensed.