PI-Desktop
Your local-first desktop workspace for AI coding agents
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About the startup
PI-Desktop is an open-source, local-first desktop workspace for AI coding agents. Bring your own model, open any local project, run Agent/Plan/Goal workflows, review changes, and extend it with Skills, MCP, Subagents, and Plugins.
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