LobsterAI
Open-source, desktop-grade AI agent that gets real work done — data analysis, slides, docs, video & web research.
Desktop work across local files, terminal, browser, documents, spreadsheets and scheduled jobs, with local persistence and permissions held in the product layer.
You want a self-contained tool; it is a product and session layer over the separate OpenClaw runtime and gateway.
About LobsterAI
All-scenario office assistant Agent. The first open-source desktop-grade Agent among major Chinese tech companies, built by NetEase Youdao.
LobsterAI is a desktop Agent that can operate in your real working environment: local files, terminal commands, browser workflows, documents, spreadsheets, slides, IM channels, scheduled jobs, and project workspaces.
Cowork is the LobsterAI product/session layer. OpenClaw is the runtime and gateway underneath it. That split lets LobsterAI keep local persistence, permissions, UI state, artifacts, agents, memory, and IM bindings in the desktop app while using OpenClaw for agent execution.
LobsterAI is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 6.1k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.
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