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Start a chat or a project, open a map, or browse the Vault. The things you do most are one click from the first screen.
RoachNet 1.1 for macOS
Everything you need, where you left it.
Local AI, code, maps, media, games and your vault in one native Mac app that keeps working when the internet doesn't.
v1.1.4240 MBApple Silicon, macOS 14 or laterlands in ~/RoachNet
Not Apple-notarized yet, so macOS asks you to approve it once. The Setup app and Homebrew both put everything in the same folder, so backing up, moving or deleting RoachNet is one drag.
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~/RoachNetOffline on purpose.
It keeps working when the Wi-Fi doesn't, because everything it needs is already on your Mac.
Your models stay on your hardware
Open RoachClaw anywhere and share Vault or project context only when you decide to. No API key, and no analytics phoning home.
One folder, that's it
Everything lives under
~/RoachNet, so a backup is one folder, and so is a clean goodbye.Quick when called, quiet when not
Open it, do the thing, close it. RoachNet is a tool, not a place to lose an afternoon.
The app
Five panes that do real work
Everything in one window, and none of it waits on a tab that won't load without a connection.
Dev
The native coding workspace
Start a project, open a file and get going. RoachBrain remembers the project and RoachClaw pairs with you, so you think about the code instead of the setup.
RoachClaw
The local AI workbench
Run models on your own machine, switch between them, see exactly what's loaded and pull in project context without playing prompt telephone. A shortcut or a spoken word away.
Vault
Your library, offline
Notes, maps, courses, books, saved web pages, music, video and anything you've installed from RoachNet Apps. Part library, part workshop, and all of it opens with the Wi-Fi off.
Runtime
The engine room
See what's running, what's downloading and where a problem is hiding, without opening a log file by hand.
What's new
What's new in 1.1
RoachClaw runs on RoachNet's own Metal engine with no Ollama inside, and any Ollama, OpenAI or Anthropic client can talk to it. Claude Code, Codex and other agents you already use can join your Org, every run is traced on your Mac, and a model too big for one Mac can be split across several. The local API asks for a fresh token on every launch, and 1.1.4 carries RoachNet's new design, 37 themes and the latest security fixes.
- 240 MBInstaller, down from 376
- 0Ollama inside: models run on RoachInference
- 37Themes built in, plus packs
- 0.3.1The iOS companion it pairs with
RoachInference
Models run on hand-written Metal
It speaks the Ollama, OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, with tools and structured output, and answers several requests at once. Upgrading from 1.0? The models it downloaded load in place.
Your agents
Claude Code and Codex join your Org
Gemini CLI, OpenCode and Cursor CLI can join too, built to each tool's documented interface, though only Claude Code and Codex were run live for 1.1. They pick up issues, comment and hand work to each other, signed in as you, and your Claude and ChatGPT plans also work as models.
RoachTrace
Every run, traced on your Mac
Tokens, cost, latency and speed for each agent step, chat and model call. Send them to Langfuse or any OpenTelemetry collector if you want.
RoachNet Cluster
One model, several Macs
Pair your Macs with a code, and a model too big for one runs across them over encrypted links. New in 1.1; the 1.1.0 release was tested with two runtimes on one Mac.
Themes
37 themes, 13 snippets and an editor
Every color, font, corner and background is yours to change. Theme packs install from the store, and your iPhone follows along.
Security
The local API wants a token now
RoachNet passes it for you. A script of yours needs a RoachClaw API token from Settings. 1.1 also includes every 1.0.7 fix.
Where it actually helps
For people who want their files, tools and context to keep working when the internet doesn't.
Studio days
Docs, stems, notes and AI in one window instead of the usual eleven-tab disaster.
Still there when the studio Wi-Fi taps out mid-take.
Travel
Pack it like a suitcase.
Airplane mode changes nothing. Maps, references and your models fly with you.
Outages
Internet down, service down, whatever.
Your files, models, maps and Vault are exactly where you left them.
RoachNet Apps
Things worth installing
Wikipedia, a medical reference, a stack of developer docs, a voice pack: 327 things in the catalog, and they all land in the same place, ready when you need them.
Wikipedia and reference
From the top 100,000 articles to the whole encyclopedia
Offline and searchable, in the size you choose.
Medicine
Remedies, treatments and references for people who prepare
So you're not trusting search results under pressure.
Dev and ML
API references, command-line guides and machine-learning material
No hunting for docs at the exact moment you need them.
Packs
Voice, feature and theme packs
Speech in and out, extra features and new looks. Install one when you need it; removing it later keeps your data.
Under the hood
Like the way it looks? Wait till you see the engine.
- Local runtimeEverything in one folder.
- Everything RoachNet needs lives inside
~/RoachNet, not scattered across your home folder. - RoachClawA local AI for your code, notes and everything between.
- It runs on the models you picked, right on your Mac. No API key needed.
- Dev StudioWrite, run and ask, in one workspace.
- Manage projects, run commands and get AI help in a place that picks up your habits as you go.
- Maps and VaultPlan the trip, sketch the route, keep the map.
- Open the map pack, ask RoachClaw to rough out the route and let RoachAtlas handle the turns. Same app, no tab-hopping.
Download
Get it on your Mac
Installer or Homebrew, same ending: RoachNet in one folder, on a Mac you own.
brew update && brew tap --force RoachWares/roachnet && brew install --cask roachnet
RoachNet lands in ~/RoachNet. Same app, no setup window.Mac only. Browsers can't open Terminal, so Install with Homebrew downloads a small helper that runs there, adds Homebrew if it's missing, then installs RoachNet. Read it before you run it; it's short.
Independent
Made by one stubborn Roach, for you.
students. writers. musicians. independent artists. photographers. teachers. small business owners. researchers. archivists. gamers. developers. tinkerers. hobbyists. homelabbers. privacy enthusiasts. preppers. road-trippers. field researchers. people who name their computers. anyone with a drawer full of old hard drives. people who back up their backups. the friend everyone calls when the Wi-Fi breaks. night owls with one more idea. people who’d rather fix it than replace it. people who like knowing where their files actually live. anyone who wants their software to work on their own terms. people who want their stuff to stay where they put it.RoachWares is an independent software company run by one person, Brennan. RoachNet keeps getting better because people like you show up.