# About Matebot

Matebot is an open source Grok Bot alternative for persistent AI teammates: bots that can use a browser and shell, remember the work around a job, run routines on a schedule, and ask for approval when they reach a boundary. It is designed for practical operational work rather than one-off chat.

The project started from a simple premise: useful agents should be understandable and controllable by the people who run them. Matebot keeps routines in readable Markdown, supports multiple model providers, records actions in an audit log, and lets operators keep model keys, browser sessions, and deployment infrastructure under their own control.

Matebot targets the web, macOS, Windows, and Linux. The source is available under the Apache-2.0 license and accepts public issues and contributions on GitHub. This fork is our own deployment of the upstream Rakazo project by Inbox Zero Inc., whose attribution it keeps.

- [Source code](https://github.com/elie222/rakazo)
- [Self-hosting guide](https://test.matebot.dev/self-hosted-ai-agent/)
- [Full self-hosting reference](https://github.com/elie222/rakazo/blob/main/docs/self-host.md)
- [Support](https://test.matebot.dev/support/)