# K-Dense-AI/k-dense-byok

An AI co-scientist running on your desktop. Claude Science but better.

Repository: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/k-dense-byok
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/k-dense-byok
Homepage: https://k-dense.ai
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: agentic-ai, ai-agent, ai-assistant, bioinformatics, byok, drug-discovery, google-adk, litellm, local-first, mcp, ollama, openrouter, research-assistant, scientific-computing
Last push: 2026-09-02T17:26:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 88, longevity 11
- inputs: {"age_days": 167, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 0, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 65}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1126, forks 143 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:06.339729+00:00)

## What it is
K-Dense BYOK is a free, open-source desktop application providing 'Kady', an AI research assistant (co-scientist) that runs locally and uses the user's own API keys (OpenRouter, Ollama, subscriptions). Users describe research tasks in plain language and Kady inspects files, writes and runs analysis code, searches literature, creates figures and reports, and maintains a living lab notebook.

## Use cases
- analyze a single-cell RNA-seq dataset from plain-language instructions
- review my manuscript with an AI assistant
- search and summarize scientific literature
- build publication-quality figures from my data
- run bioinformatics analysis without writing code
- keep an AI-maintained lab notebook of analyses
- use local Ollama models so data never leaves my machine

## When to choose
- you want an AI research agent that runs on your own desktop with your own API keys
- you need data privacy and want to use local Ollama models
- you're a scientist who wants code execution, literature search, and figure generation without coding
- you want a local-first workspace where projects stay in ordinary folders on your machine

## When to avoid
- you want a fully hosted, managed research platform with no local setup (use K-Dense Web instead)
- you need enterprise compliance, audit logging, or private data connectors
- you're unwilling to pay provider API charges or manage your own keys
- you need a lightweight CLI tool rather than a full desktop application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, llm-inference, mcp, chatbot, data-science, nlp, machine-learning
- domain: artificial-intelligence, bioinformatics, data-science, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: ai-research-assistant, byok, local-first, co-scientist, ollama, openrouter, drug-discovery, scientific-computing, research-workspace, lab-notebook, ai-agents, desktop, macos, linux, typescript

## Member repositories
- K-Dense-AI/k-dense-byok (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:06.339729+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:59:47.299862+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/k-dense-byok (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:06.339729+00:00, sha 53c6c3855f54)
  - homepage: https://k-dense.ai (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:19.619410+00:00, sha 1ada73af7833)
  - site_page: https://www.k-dense.ai/about (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:19.630925+00:00, sha d2ae8a64ebdc)
  - site_page: https://www.k-dense.ai/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:19.632634+00:00, sha b19d8a17bdaf)
  - site_page: https://www.k-dense.ai/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:19.629035+00:00, sha 447642fdaf5e)
  - site_page: https://www.k-dense.ai/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:19.634219+00:00, sha c2c243ce74d7)
  - site_page: https://www.k-dense.ai/blog/introducing-waypoint-agent-skill (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:19.636050+00:00, sha 15c385b655ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.