Rowboat

Rowboat reimagines how AI assistants understand your work by maintaining a persistent, editable knowledge base rather than starting fresh with each query. The desktop application indexes multiple work streams—emails, meetings with live transcription, Slack messages, and coding sessions—into a markdown-based knowledge graph with bidirectional links that you can inspect and edit directly.

Highlights

• Email client with smart prioritization and response drafting built in
• Live meeting transcription and note-taking with automatic summaries
• Integrated browser for collaborative web research and task execution
• Multi-agent code mode for parallel pair programming and debugging
• Background agents that trigger on schedules or events to automate workflows
• Flexible model support: run local models via Ollama and LM Studio, or use hosted providers
• Full data ownership with plain-text Markdown storage on your machine

Rowboat works with local or cloud-based AI models, letting you choose the right model for each task while keeping your work data local. The core app is free and open-source (MIT licensed), with optional paid integrations for advanced features like voice APIs and external tool connectors. Ideal for knowledge workers, developers, and teams who want an AI assistant that truly remembers context across projects.