sametbasbug/equinox-local

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## What you can do
Equinox Local brings ChatGPT to your computer through an outbound OpenAI Secure MCP Tunnel. The native Control Center stays on your machine, and Equinox Browser provides the only supported browser-automation bridge.
| Capability | What it does |
| 🗂️ Projects, files & terminal | Explore and edit local files, work in repositories, run platform-appropriate shell commands, and manage bounded processes with your account's permissions. |
| 🌐 Two browser contexts | Use a separately isolated Agent Browser by default, or explicitly allow Your Browser (your signed-in Chrome profile). No silent context switching. |
| 🖥️ Desktop automation | Interact with approved desktop apps through the platform's native desktop bridge: Peekaboo on macOS and pinned Microsoft winapp on Windows. |
| 🔁 Long-running tasks | Task Capsules, Auto Continue, Turn Budget and Fresh Chat Resume preserve checkpoints and support intentional continuation across ChatGPT conversations. |
| 💬 Optional Telegram | Pair your own private bot, create or switch tasks, send messages to a chosen bound ChatGPT conversation, and receive task updates. |
| ⌨️ Agent CLI (eqlocal) | Use the same authenticated local capabilities from a JSON-first terminal client: inspect status/tools, manage Task Capsules, and start/send/read/wait for task-bound chats. |
| 🛠️ Native Control Center | Configure access, review status and diagnostics, manage tasks, use Emergency Stop, and install verified updates on macOS or Windows. |
| 🔐 Signed Main delivery | Receive verified, source-SHA-specific native builds for four platform/architecture targets. The installed runtime and extension have separate update channels. |
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Local-first is not a sandbox. Enabling Terminal allows an agent to run commands with the permissions of your signed-in operating-system account, potentially outside configured project folders. Review the security model and use Agent Access controls or Emergency Stop when appropriate.
## Install Equinox Local
### macOS — Apple silicon & Intel
Run as your normal user, without sudo:
bash
curl -fsSL https://local.sametbasbug.dev/downloads/updates/install-equinox-local.sh | /bin/bash
### Windows — ARM64 & x64
Run in native 64-bit Windows PowerShell as your normal user (no Administrator elevation):
powershell
irm https://local.sametbasbug.dev/downloads/updates/install-equinox-local.ps1 | iex
You can inspect the official PowerShell installer before running it, or follow the Windows installation guide.
On macOS, use Start at login in the Equinox Local menu bar to enable or disable automatic launch at the next sign-in (the current session continues running). Windows has the same option in its tray menu.
Both installers download the latest production-signed Main for your platform, validate its signed identity and archive, and install only the product's program files. You do not need to preinstall Node, Git, Homebrew or compiler tools. Running the installer again is also the supported repair/reinstall path; existing user settings and personal data are preserved. The Control Center Update action uses the same signed OS installer; no separate Stable/Main enrollment is required.