The Alive Computer

A living context system for your life and work. Your AI reads your emails, knows your people, tracks your decisions, and picks up exactly where you left off — every session, forever. Open source. Your machine. Any model. Nothing resets.

Recommended: Claude Code + Opus 4.6 + iCloud Drive · Works on any laptop · No server, no Mac Mini, no APIs

Get started in two steps

01.

Add the plugin

/install-pluginalivecomputer/walnut

02.

Run setup

/walnut:world

Your context structure is created. Your AI is alive.

Walnut v0.1 (beta)Read the paper

v0.1.0-beta · Open source · Your machine · Nothing resets

Everything you want to know

The basics

How it works

Privacy & ownership

Open source

The bigger picture

Who is this for

Anyone whose AI should know them by now.

Your computer should know you by now.

Open source. Your machine. From the first session you're compounding.

Walnut v0.1 (beta)Read the paper

The Alive Computer

What is The Alive Computer?

What does 'your computer is alive' actually mean?

How is this different from just using Claude / ChatGPT / any AI?

Do I need Claude Code? What if I use a different AI?

How does it actually work?

What's a walnut?

What connects to it? What can it read?

What happens in a session?

Does it replace Notion / Obsidian / my second brain tool?

Is my data private?

Do I need a server? Does this require a Mac Mini?

What if I want to stop using it?

What if the model changes or Anthropic changes things?

It's open source — can I fork it?

Why open source? What's the business model?

Do I need to be technical?

I'm a developer. How deep does it go?

How is this different from OpenClaw?

What's the long-term vision?

Why now?

Where do I start?

Anyone whose AI should know them by now.

Founders & solo operators

Developers & builders

Agency owners & consultants

Knowledge workers

People managing a complex life

Researchers & writers

Your computer should know you by now.