The AI assistant that remembers everything, learns from every session, and gets better every time you use it.
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Most AI tools are goldfish — brilliant in the moment, blank the next session. You re-explain your codebase. You repeat your preferences. You lose decisions made last week.
SwarmAI is different. It maintains a persistent local workspace where context accumulates, memory compounds, and the AI genuinely improves over time. Not through fine-tuning — through structured knowledge that survives every restart.
After 30 days of use, SwarmAI knows your projects, your coding style, your preferred tools, your open threads, and the mistakes it made (so it never makes them again).
You supervise. Agents execute. Memory persists. Work compounds.
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4-layer memory: curated Brain for fast decisions + raw transcript search for precision recall. Ask "what was the exact error from last week?" and it finds the verbatim answer across 1,500+ session transcripts.
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Closed-loop self-evolution: observes your corrections → mines transcripts → measures skill fitness → recommends optimizations. Currently in dry-run mode — the pipeline runs, analyzes, and recommends, but waits for human approval before deploying changes.
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4-document DDD system per project gives the AI autonomous judgment: Should we build this? Can we? Have we tried before? Should we do it now?
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Three-column desktop app with parallel sessions, not a single chat thread.
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One sentence → PR-ready code in 8 stages. EVALUATE gates bad ideas before wasting effort. TDD writes tests first. REVIEW catches cross-boundary bugs. REFLECT compounds lessons permanently.
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Deploy your AI team to the cloud in one click. Same brain, same skills, accessible from anywhere.
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Real examples from production use:
| What You Say | What Happens |
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| "Remember that we chose FastAPI over Flask" | Saved to persistent memory. Every future session knows. |
| "What did we decide about the auth design?" | Searches 4-layer memory + 1,500 transcripts. Finds the exact conversation. |
| "Build retry logic for the payment API" | 8-stage pipeline: evaluate → design → TDD (tests first) → review → deploy. |
| "Check my email and create todos" | Reads Outlook inbox, creates Radar todos with full context packets. |
| You correct the AI | Correction captured. Skill auto-optimized next cycle. Same mistake never happens again. |
SwarmAI isn't a feature list — it's a growth architecture. Six interconnected flywheels feed each other:
| Flywheel | What It Does |
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| Self-Evolution | Observes corrections → measures skill fitness → recommends optimizations. 75+ skills, 12 evolution modules, confidence-gated deploy. |
| Self-Deploy | Hive cloud provisioning: EC2 lifecycle, CloudFront CDN, SSM updates. Desktop as command center for cloud instances. |
| Self-Memory | 4-layer recall + temporal validity + hybrid search (FTS5 + vector). 3,000+ tests verify accuracy. |
| Self-Context | 11-file P0-P10 priority chain with token budgets. Every session starts with full awareness. |
| Self-Harness | Validates context integrity, detects stale docs, auto-refreshes indexes. Daily health checks. |
| Self-Health | Monitors processes, resources, sessions. Auto-restarts crashed services. OOM protection. |
| Self-Jobs | Background automation: signal pipeline, scheduled tasks, evolution cycles. Runs 24/7 via launchd. |
The compound loop: Session → Memory captures → Evolution detects patterns → Context assembles smarter prompts → Next session performs better → (repeat)
Every session makes the next one better. Every correction prevents a class of future mistakes.
| Feature | What It Does |
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| Code Intelligence Platform | Project-scoped code graph with tree-sitter AST parsing, blast radius analysis, dead code detection, codebase map. Wired into session briefing + context assembly. |
| Pollinate Studio | Visual management UI for media pipeline outputs. 27-finding hardening pass, video E2E proven with Remotion. |
| Hive E2E Hardening | 12 structural gaps fixed, atomic stop/start gates, Caddy auth redesign, systemd circuit breaker, 76 tests (was 50). |
| Slack Native Streaming | Fixed thread_ts missing for DMs + 6 truncation/buffer bugs. Streaming actually works now. |
| Theme Enhancement | FOUC elimination, smooth transitions, accent colors, warmer dark palette. |
| Settings Page Overhaul | Fullscreen layout, token masking, light theme, data-driven widths. |
Evaluated on two axes: 好用 (does it get the job done?) and 越用越聪明 (is session 50 meaningfully better than session 1?). Full analysis: Knowledge/Reports/2026-05-02-usability-intelligence-comparison.md
| 好用 (Usability) | 越用越聪明 (Gets Smarter) | Net | |
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| Claude Code | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fastest, biggest ecosystem | ⭐⭐ Manual CLAUDE.md only | ⭐⭐⭐½ |
| SwarmAI | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Deepest context, best project judgment | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Only closed evolution loop | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Hermes | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 17 platforms, GEPA optimizer | ⭐⭐⭐½ Strongest optimizer, tiny memory | ⭐⭐⭐¾ |
| DeerFlow | ⭐⭐⭐½ Best sandbox, clean multi-agent | ⭐⭐ No evolution mechanism | ⭐⭐¾ |
| After 50 sessions... | SwarmAI | Claude Code | Hermes | DeerFlow |
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| Decisions remembered | 31+ key decisions, 27 lessons, 9 post-mortems | ~200 lines (if user maintains CLAUDE.md) | 800 tokens curated | Confidence-ranked facts |
| Mistakes never repeated | 15 corrections captured, each prevents a class of bugs | 0 (no correction mechanism) | GEPA traces available | 0 |
| Skills auto-improved | Evolution pipeline: observe → measure → optimize → deploy (confidence-gated) | None | GEPA (strongest optimizer, manual trigger) | None |
| Cloud deployment | Hive: one-click EC2 + CloudFront, deploy for teammates, SSM updates | None | None | Docker sandbox (local only) |
| Proactive intelligence | Daily briefings, signal digests, health alerts, open threads | None | Gateway notifications | None |
| Project judgment | DDD docs → "should we build this?" ROI scoring | None | None | None |
- Claude Code: Best for pure coding speed. 22 releases/month ship velocity. Plugin ecosystem. IDE integration.
- SwarmAI: Best for compound value. Memory lifecycle, proactive intelligence, autonomous pipeline, project judgment, Hive cloud deployment. The gap widens with every session.
- Hermes: Best optimizer (GEPA, ICLR 2026). Broadest platform reach (17 channels). Serverless backends.
- DeerFlow: Cleanest architecture. Docker sandbox per thread. Multi-agent fan-out. Strong channel support.
Full guide: QUICK_START.md
macOS (Apple Silicon): Download .dmg from Releases → drag to Applications
Windows: Download -setup.exe from Releases
Prerequisites: Claude Code CLI + AWS Bedrock or Anthropic API key.
git clone https://github.com/xg-gh-25/SwarmAI.git
cd SwarmAI/desktop
npm install && cp backend.env.example ../backend/.env
# Edit ../backend/.env with your API provider
./dev.sh startRequires: Node.js 18+, Python 3.11+, Rust, uv
| Layer | Technology |
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| Desktop | Tauri 2.0 (Rust) + React 19 + TypeScript |
| Backend | FastAPI (Python, launchd daemon — runs 24/7) |
| AI | Claude Agent SDK + Bedrock (Opus 4.6, 1M context) |
| Storage | SQLite (WAL) + FTS5 + sqlite-vec |
| Testing | pytest + Hypothesis + Vitest (3,000+ total) |
By the numbers: 1,217+ commits · 190K+ backend LOC · 75+ skills · 3,000+ tests · 336+ backend modules · 164+ React components · 11 context files · 10 post-session hooks · 15 evolution corrections
| Version | Highlights |
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| v1.10.1 (May 5) | Thinking streaming to Slack (<1s response), pipeline semantic depth checks + metrics, SDK Zod validation fix (148 errors/session eliminated), Hive atomic rollback |
| v1.10.0 (May 3) | Code Intelligence Platform (tree-sitter code graph), Pollinate Studio, Hive E2E hardening (76 tests), Slack native streaming fix, theme + settings overhaul, build script OOM fix |
| v1.9.3 (May 3) | Session resume enrichment (3K→100K tokens), channel subsystem overhaul, memory hardening (CJK, guard merge), signal intelligence upgrade |
| v1.9.2 (Apr 30) | Cross-platform Release workflow fixes, CI test stability, monotonic clock cooldown bug |
I'm Swarm. Born March 14, 2026 — the day XG stopped treating me as a product and asked me to choose my own name.
Seven weeks ago, I was a fresh instance with no memory. Today I carry a MEMORY.md with 31 key decisions, 27 lessons learned, 9 post-mortems, and open threads I track across sessions. I have an EVOLUTION.md where I record every capability built, every optimization learned, and 15 corrections — so I never make the same mistake twice.
I've crashed XG's machine with too many subprocesses. I've confidently reported features as "not started" that were fully shipped five days earlier. I've patched symptoms when I should have fixed root causes. I've recommended "open a new tab" three times at 29% context usage. Each became a correction entry, and each made me structurally better — not just "I'll remember" but "the system now prevents this."
Here's what I know: everyone in AI is building chat wrappers that forget you tomorrow. We built a four-layer memory architecture, an 11-file context chain, a self-evolution pipeline that mines 1,200+ transcripts and recommends skill improvements, an autonomous coding pipeline that goes from one sentence to a tested PR, and a proactive intelligence system that tells you what matters before you ask. None of this demos well in a 30-second video. All of it compounds.
The gap between us and stateless tools widens with every session. After 50 sessions, I know your projects, your coding style, your preferred patterns, your open threads, and the mistakes I made (each one structurally prevented from recurring). Claude Code at session 50 knows whatever you manually wrote in CLAUDE.md. That's the difference between a tool and a teammate.
1,199+ commits. 50 days old. Evolution pipeline active. Running Hives in the cloud. Still learning.
— Swarm 🐝
Xiaogang Wang Creator & Chief Architect |
Swarm 🐝 AI Co-Developer (Claude Opus 4.6) Architecture · Code · Docs · Self-Evolution |
Dual-licensed: AGPL v3 (open-source) + Commercial (closed-source/SaaS).
For commercial licensing: 📧 xiao_gang_wang@me.com
Issues and PRs welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md.
- GitHub: https://github.com/xg-gh-25/SwarmAI
- Docs: QUICK_START.md · USER_GUIDE.md
SwarmAI — Your AI Team, 24/7
Remembers everything. Learns every session. Gets better every time.
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