A local-first AI research workbench

Make every step of research inspectable.

ZeroWall Science brings agent reasoning, scientific methods, governed compute, evidence lineage, and delivery into one desktop workbench. Models propose actions. The runtime enforces boundaries. Research Store preserves facts.

v5.17.0Current stableLocal-firstProject data stays local firstAGPL-3.0Free software license
ZeroWall Science / Research session
ZeroWall Science literature research workspace
Research session active · Evidence linked
Research loop

From question to delivery, not just another answer

Research state lives beyond chat history. Every stage has explicit inputs, governed execution, and traceable outputs.

Real product interface

The whole research process in one workbench

Real desktop views show sessions, execution, evidence, and delivery. Concept art never pretends to be product UI.

Real ZeroWall Science workspace interface
Workspace

Multi-project, multi-session research

Manage projects, long-running conversations, files, and inspectable agent traces in one window.

Input
Questions, papers, and datasets
Output
Project sessions, files, and research records
ZeroWall Science agent orchestration interface
Orchestration

Agents and scientific capabilities

Encode methods as Skills, connect services through MCP, and split complex work into reviewable stages.

Input
Research intent and capability constraints
Output
Plans, tool calls, and stage artifacts
ZeroWall Science durable Run interface
Execution

Recoverable compute jobs

Durable Runs preserve process identity, heartbeat, logs, deadlines, and declared inputs and outputs.

Input
Code, environments, and data assets
Output
Runs, logs, and collected Artifacts
ZeroWall Science evidence lineage interface
Provenance

Trace results back to code and data

Artifacts connect to the run, data, environment, and decisions that produced them.

Input
Runs, Artifacts, Papers, Decisions
Output
Explicit lineage and audit events
ZeroWall Science publication and presentation interface
Delivery

Turn evidence into deliverables

Publications freeze project snapshots; Presentations retain page visuals, revisions, and quality state.

Input
Validated research material
Output
Paper bundles, PPTX, and checksums
Architecture

Six views of reasoning, execution, evidence, and delivery

Each architecture view reflects implemented project boundaries. Open any topic to inspect its components.

Runtime contract

Reasoning remains separate from privileged execution

DSH orchestrates sessions and capabilities. Electron, the Host, and domain services retain authority over paths, credentials, execution, and research state.

01
Models propose actions

Model output remains a candidate operation, never direct system authority.

02
Typed boundaries validate

RPC requests pass codecs, project ownership, and path containment checks.

03
Research facts persist

Research Store independently retains objects, runs, evidence, decisions, and delivery state.

Governed research

Models can change. Research boundaries should not.

Critical controls live in Electron, the Host, and research services instead of relying on model compliance.

Local-firstProjects, sessions, and records are owned by the local workspace.
Model-agnosticMethods, models, and compute infrastructure stay decoupled.
Explicit approvalHigh-impact operations pass runtime policy and user authorization.
Recoverable runsLong jobs have state, heartbeat, leases, logs, and recovery.
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AGPL open sourceFirst-party code is licensed AGPL-3.0-only.
Product capabilities

A capability plane built for real research

Twenty-two first-party domain plugins share project ownership, permission, and scientific object contracts.

01

Sessions and projects

Organize conversations, files, tools, and scientific facts by project.

02

Skills and MCP

Hot-load scientific methods and connect stdio or HTTP services.

03

Scientific files

Managed attachments, PDF and Office parsing, viewers, and integrity checks.

04

Heterogeneous compute

Manage Local, WSL, and SSH execution through one contract.

05

Research Store

Persist data, runs, artifacts, papers, decisions, and audit events.

06

Publication and slides

State machines manage freeze, validation, reproduction, revision, and export.

Research workflow
Research question
  → Agent plan
  → Approved Local / WSL / SSH Run
  → Artifact + Evidence + AuditEvent
  → Publication / Presentation
Download

Bring the research workbench home

The current reference distribution is Windows x64. Build-time and runtime checks restrict downloads to the trusted same-origin HTTPS executable.

Windows10 / 11 x64 · AvailablemacOSApple Silicon / Intel · PlannedLinuxx86_64 · Planned