Osaurus ships Agent Channels, app-wide search, and 5 new models
The open-source macOS AI harness added dedicated agent threads (beta), instant search, and new models including GPT-5.6 Sol, Luna, Terra, plus Ornith 1.0 in 9B and 35B sizes. Community translations now cover Traditional Chinese (92%) and Russian (86%).
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The decision it puts on your desk
Install Osaurus for any workflow touching proprietary data, code, or customer PII. The local-only mode removes the compliance conversation that blocks cloud AI in regulated teams. If your engineering org runs on Apple Silicon with more than 5 developers, add it to the default toolchain by end of sprint.
Osaurus, the open-source macOS AI harness, shipped a feature-heavy update yesterday. Search now finds anything across the app instantly. Agent Channels - a dedicated thread per agent, now in beta. Five new models join the roster: GPT-5.6 Sol, Luna, and Terra, plus Ornith 1.0 in 9B and 35B sizes.
Osaurus is not just another chat client. It runs models locally on Apple Silicon (Ollama, MLX, LM Studio) with cloud fallback (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini). Agents get memory, tools, sandboxed code execution, and cryptographic identity - all on your machine. MIT licensed. 6.9k GitHub stars. Community translations now cover Traditional Chinese (92%) and Russian (86%), with Spanish and Japanese open for contributors.
The local-first architecture matters if you handle sensitive code, customer data, or internal docs. Nothing leaves your Mac unless you route to a cloud model.