rowboat

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A self-hosted alternative to Notion, Evernote

Apache License 2.0Open Source — No Paywall9 ContainersBinaryNeeds MongoDB5+ active committers (12mo)

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Rowboat is a desktop AI coworker for people who want an assistant tightly integrated with their own work context. It stores data locally in Markdown and builds a long-lived knowledge graph from...

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Features

living knowledge graph
built-in email client
automatic email drafting
background agents
built-in browser
meeting note-taking
parallel coding agents
custom work surfaces
one-click integrations
MCP tool connections

Details

Last Updated: Aug 23, 2026
Created: Jan 13, 2025
Install Methods: binary
Requirements: Mac/Windows/LinuxGoogle services (Gmail, Calendar, Drive) for Google setupDeepgram API key for voice input and voice notesElevenLabs API key for voice outputExa API key for web searchMCP server or Composio tools for external tools
Backup & Export: file-backup
Privacy & Independence: Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
User Model: Multi-User
Deployment: Deployment: Docker Compose ✓9 Containers — heavy hosting footprintRuns as 9 containers

Docker Compose

9 services · database: mongo · infra: mongo, redis

no resource limits declared

needs persistent storage (4 volumes)

docker-compose.yml · @ 057fea9 · scanned Jul 8, 2026

version: '3.8'

volumes:
  uploads:
    driver: local
    driver_opts:
      type: none
      o: bind
      device: ./data/uploads

services:
  rowboat:
    build:
      context: ./apps/rowboat
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    ports:
      - "${PORT:-3000}:3000"
    environment:
      - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
      - MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb://mongo:27017/rowboat
# ...

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