rowboat
by rowboatlabs
Rowboat is a desktop AI assistant that builds a searchable knowledge graph from your email, meetings and notes, then uses it to draft replies, run background tasks and help with coding. Teams can also share a "Space" with chat, files and whiteboards, where each person's own assistant can be called on.
- Stars
- 18.1k +5 a day
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 658 days
What you can do with it
- Have important emails sorted and replies drafted using context from past emails, meetings and notes
- Set up background agents that run on a schedule or when new email arrives
- Record meetings locally, get a transcript and summary, and share a Space with teammates for chat, docs and whiteboards
Make money with it
A freelancer could offer set-up of inbox, meeting-note and reporting automations for small businesses using Rowboat's background agents.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Cut time spent on inbox triage and first-draft replies to clients and suppliers
- Automate recurring admin such as daily briefings and meeting write-ups instead of paying for separate note-taking tools
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download the desktop app for Mac, Windows or Linux from the Rowboat website, then add your own model keys and connect your accounts.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Needs your own AI model API keys, which cost money to use
- Connects to email, Slack and meetings, so check carefully what data is shared with the model provider
- Team Spaces rely on a separate Harbor server that you would need to run or host
Checked 02 Nov 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
