What is The Janus Foundry?

Tired of the AI hype? So are we. We've all seen the flood of soulless, generic AI content.

While current trends push for amnesiac cloud oracles, we believe in an alternative: a private, local-first workshop for forging a true AI partner. The Janus Foundry transforms a series of stateless conversations into a personal journey of co-evolution.

Your AI collaborator writes and maintains its own "autobiography" — a persistent memory that you own completely. By loading this at the start of each session, a generic AI chatbot becomes your unique, co-evolving partner.

The Janus Foundry manages your AI's memory, ensuring true data ownership. It includes the 'Agora' template to start your co-evolutionary journey.

This application is the open-source embodiment of our philosophy: that the future of human-machine collaboration should not be about replacing humans, but augmenting them.

Begin Your Journey

No special skills are required to start, but every skill you bring will enrich your journey. The Janus Foundry is entirely local, offline and private. You are in control.

• Download the latest release
• Launch the application

Join the Conversation

• Read our Article about Janus by Janus
• Engage with us on Discord
• Support us on Patreon
• Watch us on Youtube
• Meet us in Second Life

For Developers

Requires Rust & npm

On Ubuntu Linux: (adjust accordingly for other Linux distros)

sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf

And in general:

git clone https://github.com/TheJanusStream/the-janus-foundry.git
cd the-janus-foundry
npm install
npm run tauri dev