Aleph Documentation

Aleph is a local-first, model-agnostic desktop environment. A model performs inference; Aleph supplies the runtime around it: agents, context, tools, execution, memory, artifacts and work surfaces. These pages describe the public architecture and the boundaries between those parts.

System overviewComponents, responsibilities and process boundaries.

Local runtime & dataLocal state, sessions, memory and artifacts versus network calls.

Models & agentsInference, providers, BYOK, agents and available tools.

Security modelThe guest, browser, filesystem, OAuth and artifact boundaries.

Work surfacesThe Workshop and six specialized workspaces.

Distribution & validationmacOS packaging and the release checks that matter.