Keel

What it does

Keel is a local-first desktop app for macOS and Windows that captures what matters from your conversations into plain markdown files on your disk. Bring your own model - Claude, GPT, OpenRouter, or Ollama. Your context stays with you, not the vendor. Open source, MIT. https://keel-labs.github.io/

Keel Labs by Medha Ghatikesh, home of Keel Brain and Tāla.

Hey, I'm Medha 👋. I'm a software engineer turned product manager - now a solo builder; building solutions to problems I can't stop thinking about. An AI assistant whose memory belongs to you. Local-first desktop app for Mac and Windows. Plain markdown on your disk. Swap Claude, GPT, OpenRouter, or Ollama anytime — your context stays with you. An ephemeral listening platform for discovering and interacting with historic recordings. Tāla helps you discover Indian archival music by pairing historic recordings with modern beats. Nook helps families track home systems, maintenance, warranties, and documents in one sharedfrom keel-labs.org

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