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holaOS

Electron desktop workspace that, per its README, opens apps beside an AI agent and can run Claude Code, Codex or its own agent over shared memory, skills, MCP servers and integrations.

Reviewed by the Termdex team · facts checked 2026-10-21 against 14 vendor sources · how we check

Official site

holaOS review

holaOS is an Electron desktop app from Holaboss that puts an AI agent next to the apps it works on. The README says apps open as live panels beside the agent.

This review covers the desktop app, not Holaboss's hosted platform. We read the vendor site, README, licence, release listings and two source files on 2026-11-12. We did not install or run holaOS.

What runs inside it

The README says you can use Claude Code, Codex CLI or a built-in holaOS agent in one workspace, sharing memory, tools, skills and apps. The repository contains runner code for both CLIs. The README lists MCP servers, 50+ OAuth integrations and chat tools such as Slack and Feishu. Neither the README nor the site describes a terminal emulator, SSH or git worktrees.

Licence and builds

The licence is Apache 2.0 with extra conditions. Hosting holaOS for third parties, or embedding it in a product or service sold or licensed to them, needs written permission from Holaboss, and the app's logo and copyright notice must stay. Internal use within one organisation needs no commercial licence. The site calls it open source; GitHub lists the licence as "Other".

Open questions

The pricing page lists plans for Holaboss's hosted platform. We could not tell which apply to the desktop app, which the README calls free to start.

A comment in the Claude Code runner source says it auto-approves tool calls and leaves gating to a runtime policy, while the README says every action is approved by the user. We did not check how the two fit. The docs pages need JavaScript and did not load.

holaOS at a glance: on macOS, Windows, freemium, Modified Apache 2.0 licence.
Platforms, price and licence at a glance, from the vendor pages we read.

Facts: platforms, price and licence

platforms
macOSWindowsThe releases repository (holaboss-ai/holaOS-releases, latest holaOS-2026.822.1) has macOS dmg files for Apple Silicon and Intel and a Windows x64 setup exe. The website says macOS and Windows. The README badge also lists Linux and the install script supports macOS, Linux and WSL, but that is a build-from-source path; the only Linux release asset is a runtime tarball (holaOS-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz), and the electron-builder config has mac and win sections only.
price
FreemiumREADME says the desktop app is 'free to start' with frontier models built in, and that bring-your-own-key models run on your own account, not your holaOS plan (seen 2026-11-12). The website's /holaos page says 'Free to self-host' and 'BYOK'. The /pricing page lists plans for Holaboss's hosted platform (Starter, Growth, Scale) with credits; it does not say whether the desktop app is covered by those plans, so no desktop price is recorded.
source
?Licence: Modified Apache 2.0 (Apache 2.0 plus a hosted/embedded-service condition and a logo/copyright condition, per the LICENSE file); GitHub API reports NOASSERTION (listed as 'Other'). The README and website call the project open source; we did not assess it against any open source definition.
github
holaboss-ai/holaOS 11.4k stars, seen 2026-11-13

holaOS features

✓ documented · – absent or not in its feature list · ? not verified

holaOS strengths

  • README lists Claude Code, Codex and a built-in agent in one workspace sharing memory, tools, skills and apps; the repo has separate runner code for both CLIs (claude CLI and codex app-server)
  • README describes apps opening as live panels beside the agent, with MCP servers, 50+ OAuth integrations and chat tools (Slack, Feishu, DingTalk, WeChat) pluggable
  • README says workspace files, memory and session history are stored locally as readable files (vendor claim, not verified)
  • Installers for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows are published in the releases repository, and the README describes a bring-your-own-keys option

holaOS weak points

  • The licence is a modified Apache 2.0: hosting it as a service for third parties or embedding it in a product or service sold or licensed to them needs written permission from Holaboss, and the logo and copyright in the frontend must not be removed or modified
  • No official Linux desktop installer was found; the README lists Linux, but the releases offer only a runtime tarball and the website names macOS and Windows
  • The holaOS repository's own release is a single tag named latest with no files; installers live in a separate releases repository
  • A comment in the Claude Code runner source says it auto-approves tool calls and leaves gating to the runtime policy, while the README says every action is approved by the user; how the two fit together was not checked

Who holaOS is for

best for
People who want a local desktop workspace where a general-purpose agent, or Claude Code or Codex, works beside apps, chat tools and MCP servers rather than only in a terminal.
look elsewhere if
Users who want a terminal emulator, an SSH or SFTP client or a git worktree manager (none is described in the README or site), or a Linux desktop installer.

Lists that include holaOS

Sources and what we could not verify

Checked 2026-10-21. Prices and features change; the vendor's page is the authority.

Not verified