Keep AI on your hardware.
Connect a local model to process the prompts and files you give it on hardware you control. Choose this path when you want your model processing to stay local.
Connect with LM Studio, vLLM or a compatible model server.
Public beta · Windows 10 & 11
Choose your AI.
Choose where
your data goes.
A simple desktop assistant for everyday work. Connect a model on your own hardware or choose a cloud provider. Make Nawa work your way.
Your model. Your workspace. Your choice.
On your hardware
With your cloud provider
ONE ASSISTANT. THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
Local & cloud models
A friendly desktop interface
For work beyond coding
Why I built Nawa
AI freedom should
be easy to use.
“I wanted an assistant that lets people choose their own AI and keep their work private when they choose to. Something simple enough for everyday use, with a welcoming interface and the freedom to run a model locally or connect to the cloud. That’s why I built Nawa.”
Mohamed QasemCreator of Nawa
You choose where AI runs
Local or cloud.
Still your Nawa.
Choose the model that fits your work and your privacy needs, while keeping the same familiar interface.
Bring your cloud provider.
Connect your preferred provider and choose a model for the task. Content you send to it is handled under that provider’s policies and your account settings.
OpenAI · Anthropic · Gemini · OpenRouter · and more
Local model processing is one part of privacy. Web search, connected services and other online tools can send information outside your computer, even when you use a local model.
See it work
Start with a conversation.
Make something useful.
Research a subject, create a document or build an idea. These are recorded examples from Nawa’s public beta.
Turn research into a report.
A science report with illustrations and sources.
Explore an idea in 3D.
An interactive solar system, built through conversation.
Bring something playful to life.
A flying-car game you can actually play.
Videos open on YouTube when you choose to watch.
What it does
Ask, research, build. You stay in control.
You chat with Nawa, and it can research on the web, build and run applications in a workspace of its own, drive a browser, control the desktop through plugins, and review code changes, while you decide what it may do without asking.
Research with sources
Search in the background with Web search (DDGS), without a key or an open browser, or connect a search API. Numbered citations open pages Nawa actually read.
Build and verify apps
The coder writes the app in a workspace of its own, runs its tests and clicks through it in a real browser before calling it ready. Open it in the drawer and keep it in Artifacts.
Drive a browser
A built-in headless Chromium for its own work, and Chrome control, which opens a Chrome window with a persistent profile so you sign in to sites once.
Control the desktop
The Desktop Control plugin lists windows and their controls, acts on Windows applications, and checks the result.
Work in your folders
A project links chats to a real folder. Coding changes are saved as Git checkpoints, so you can ask to undo a particular change.
Review every change
The files a chat changed are listed in one place, and their diffs open in the drawer beside the conversation.
Automations and dashboards
Schedule recurring tasks, each approved by you and checked before it runs, and gather saved artifacts into dashboards.
Plugins and connectors
Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive, Slack, GitHub, Notion and more, or any MCP server, local or remote, with a permission for each tool.
Memory and context
Learned memories save with an Undo control. Review or remove them in Settings, keep chat notes in the workspace, and see context compaction in the transcript.
- Queue and steer prompts while it works
- Ask Nawa from Windows Explorer
- Generate images with
@image - Export answers to Word, PDF and Excel
How it works
One loop, reported truthfully.
Every turn runs the same agentic loop, with real files, Git as the safety net, and the transcript as memory.
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Load the context
Nawa resolves the models, reads the
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Fit the request
It builds the exact request, counts its tokens, and compacts older history if it would not fit.
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The model answers
Text and tool calls stream into the transcript as they arrive.
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Check each call
Every tool call is checked against the chat's permission mode; one that needs you pauses on a card.
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Run and observe
Tools run in the sandbox and report exit codes, output and page elements back, until the model answers.
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End and keep
A turn ends on a verified answer, a real blocker or your Stop, never on a timer. Its transcript, commits and memory are kept.
Nawa owns the guarantees
Truthful observations and errors, stable identity, persistence, permissions, transactions, tool execution, validation, process lifecycle, and state consistency.
The model owns the decisions
Interpreting intent, planning, selecting tools, researching, coding, diagnosing, and adapting.
Instructions, agents and skills
Teach it how you work.
Beyond what you type into a chat, three things shape how Nawa works: instruction files you write, the agents it delegates to, and the skills those agents pick up.
Instructions, agents and skillsAGENTS.md holds standing instructions in plain Markdown. Where a file lives decides what it governs, and the deepest one that applies wins.
%APPDATA%\Nawa\config\AGENTS.mdEvery chat and project on this profile
my-app\AGENTS.mdThat project and the agents it delegates to
my-app\reports\AGENTS.mdThat folder and everything under it
What you say in the chatOutranks any file
Changes apply from the next request. Nothing in an instruction file grants a permission.
Agents
For work that deserves a context of its own, Nawa delegates to an agent: a role with its own instructions, tools, model and effort. Five are built in.
- coder
- Writes, reviews and debugs code with the coding model, as a project in its own workspace.
- web-researcher
- Collects public-web sources for questions that need current or outside information.
- capability-researcher
- Finds out what a model really supports, such as effort levels and context window, and verifies it.
- code-reviewer
- Reviews existing code for correctness, security and reliability when you ask for a separate review.
- fact-checker
- Collects sources for specific claims when you ask for fact-checking.
Describe a role in a chat to create your own. Customising a built-in agent keeps the original, ready to restore.
Skills
A skill is a packaged procedure with its own steps, scripts and references. An agent picks one up when a task matches it, or when you name it.
- Word documents
- PowerPoint decks
- PDF documents
- Person and company briefings
- Systematic debugging
- Test-driven development
- Verifying before completion
- Testing web apps
- Compliance review
- Writing new skills
Ask for one of your own, such as your monthly report. Plugins can bring skills too.
Safety
You decide what it may do.
Pick a permission mode for each chat. When Nawa needs more, a card names the tool and the exact command, and waits for Allow once, Always allow or Deny. It never times out.
- Commands, builds and tests run through
nawa-exec.exeunder a low-integrity restricted token, on a private desktop. - A Job Object ends every process a command started when the command ends.
- Instruction files, web pages and attachments never grant a permission.
- Your profile stays in
%APPDATA%\Nawa, with keys encrypted.
Manual
Asks before every gated action.
Accept edits
Works freely inside the chat's workspace; asks before shell commands.
Plan
Reads, computes and researches; gated actions are denied.
Auto Default
Runs ordinary work; asks before risky actions such as destructive commands.
Bypass permissions
Runs gated actions; durable automation changes still ask.
Prompts, files and observations supplied to a cloud model or connected service are transmitted to that provider; local storage does not mean all processing stays on this computer.
Windows
Made for Windows 10 and 11.
The website installer includes Nawa’s engine, runtimes and sandbox. Connect your model provider to start; no Nawa account is required.
Installs in one step
For the current user, with a Start-menu shortcut. You connect a model provider; no Nawa account is needed.
Updates that keep your work
The website edition checks every six hours and downloads updates in the background. Both editions preserve your profile; Store-edition updates use a newer Store installer.
Tools included
Node.js, Git, ripgrep, a headless Chromium and the sandbox runner come with it.
Ask Nawa from Explorer
Right-click files and choose Ask Nawa to open a compact prompt about them.
Taskbar count
The taskbar icon shows how many finished chats you have not seen yet.
A guide for every step
Help → Nawa Help opens the latest online handbook, with setup guides, troubleshooting and a versioned changelog.
Latest release · 1.0.109
Clearer connections. Smoother coding.
OpenRouter checks your key before you start. Model context sizes appear beside each model, screenshots reach Main and the coder, and a dedicated Privacy tab puts your choices together.
Clear model controls
Connect validates OpenRouter keys and asks you to choose a model. Each model shows its context size and compaction percentage; a reported context-limit refusal can recover without losing the task.
Smoother long tasks
Screenshot delivery, Anthropic history, sandboxed builds and preview startup are more reliable. Workspace scans and token counting reuse observations, and quiet responses keep working while the model prepares its answer.
Two editions, one code revision
Both editions are built and tested together. The website edition offers optional Tailscale access. The Store edition stays local, with remote access disabled and a separate update path.
See all changes and refreshed screenshots · Compare the editions · Full changelog
Nawa is now available on the Microsoft Store. You can also download the website edition directly.
Make it yours
Nine themes, dark and light.
Nawa opens in Nawa Dark. Pick another under Settings → General → Theme template, and the whole app takes on its colours, surfaces and corners at once.
Appearance settings- Nawa Dark Default
- Nawa Light
- Deep Indigo
- Quiet Slate
- Aurora Glass
- Emerald Parchment
- Neo-Brutalist
- Swiss Editorial
- Phosphor Terminal
Public beta
Your assistant. On your terms.
Nawa for Windows 10 and 11. Download the public beta and start making things.
The Store edition keeps remote access disabled. For optional Tailscale remote access, choose the direct download. Compare editions.
Connect your own provider API key or local model. Model access is not included; your provider may charge for usage.
This is a beta. Expect rough edges, keep backups of important work, and tell us what needs improving.
- 01 · Install
Make yourself at home.
Run the Windows installer. It downloads the tools Nawa needs.
Installation guide - 02 · Connect
Bring your model.
Add a provider API key or connect a local model in Settings.
Connect a provider - 03 · Try it
Start with one task.
Ask a question or build something small, then share your feedback.
Your first chat
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