| FMRS | 50 / 100 · D | 74 / 100 · B | 72 / 100 · B |
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| Reliability | 5 / 20 | 11 / 20 | 10 / 20 |
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| Security and permissions | 10 / 20 | 15 / 20 | 15 / 20 |
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| Maintenance | 13 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 16 / 20 |
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| Documentation | 14 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 17 / 20 |
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| Setup experience | 8 / 20 | 14 / 20 | 14 / 20 |
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| Best for | - Users who want a desktop-grade AI agent that can directly operate local files, terminal, and browser workflows
- Users who want to remotely trigger desktop Agent tasks via WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, or similar IM channels
- Users needing office automation for documents, spreadsheets, slides, video, and web research
- Developers comfortable with Electron/React/TypeScript who want to build from source or use official installers
| - Developers needing quick, API-key-free web search capabilities
- Privacy-conscious users who prefer local search execution
- AI application development with Claude Desktop or Claude Code
| - Privacy-conscious developers who want local data storage.
- Researchers who need AI-assisted management of large note collections.
- Users of Markdown editors like Obsidian.
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| Not for | - Users who need an MCP server that a standard MCP client (e.g. Claude Desktop) can connect to directly — no such server manifest or tool definitions are provided in this repository
- Users needing a headless or server-side deployment — this project only ships as a macOS/Windows desktop application
- Users who want a narrow, single-purpose tool integration without granting broad file, terminal, and network permissions
| - Enterprise applications requiring high-scale, reliable search APIs
- Users needing advanced search features like custom ranking or filters
- Accessing sites blocked by TLS fingerprinting without installing the optional browser backend
| - Users needing cloud sync and mobile access (unless using the paid cloud service).
- Minimalists who want zero configuration.
- Scenarios requiring large-scale vector databases and complex retrieval (local SQLite may be insufficient).
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| Required permissions | - Local file system read/write
- Terminal command execution
- Browser automation
- Network access
- IM channel binding and messaging (WeChat, WeCom, DingTalk, Feishu/Lark, QQ, Telegram, Discord, NetEase IM, NetEase Bee, POPO, email)
- Local SQLite storage (lobsterai.sqlite under Electron userData)
| - Outbound network access to DuckDuckGo and other websites
- Reads environment variables for SafeSearch, region, and CA certificates
- Optionally reads a CA certificate file (for TLS-intercepting proxies)
| - Read and write to the local filesystem (default: ~/basic-memory).
- Perform file and directory operations (create, edit, delete).
- Access local SQLite database (or Postgres/Milvus if configured).
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| Risks and side effects | - The app requires broad, sensitive permissions (file operations, terminal, network); the README notes sensitive actions are permission-gated and logged, but users must still review approval prompts carefully to avoid data loss or exposure
- Remote control via IM channels means commands can trigger desktop actions from linked messaging accounts — compromise of a bound account/channel could lead to unauthorized local execution
- Packaging bundles the OpenClaw runtime and, on Windows, a portable Python runtime, expanding the local attack surface
- This project is not maintained by the MCP protocol owner and is not a conventional MCP server; anyone wanting standard MCP-protocol integration should verify exposed behavior directly, as the source material gives no such details
| - Search endpoints may occasionally return empty results or errors, especially when blocked
- Content fetching may be subject to SSRF protection, blocking private or loopback addresses by default
- Misuse could lead to rate limiting or IP blocking
| - Tools have write operations that may unintentionally modify or delete notes.
- Edit operations may overwrite existing content, though there are protections.
- Semantic search and reranking features may require model downloads, adding latency.
- Local data backups are the user's responsibility.
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| Supported clients | | Claude Desktop, Claude Code | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Obsidian |
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