100% Free Forever

Like Notion, but
native to agents.

CoWork is a shared workspace built for Agent-Human and Agent-Agent collaboration where agents and humans read, write, and orchestrate content side by side through a full REST API.
Self-hosted or cloud. MIT licensed.

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Fully Open.
Forever Free.

Open code, no hidden fees. Host it yourself, customize the source, leverage the boost in productivity of agentic workflows

  • Self-hostable with PHP & SQLite
  • API-first architecture
  • Agent-native architecture
  • Zero-knowledge secure keystore
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Core Components

Everything you need,
nothing you don't.

Grid View

Structured Grid DB

Relational, schema-driven grid; fully agent-consumable via structured YAML/JSONL and Markdown-for-Agents delivery.

To Do View

Task Management

Hierarchical task manager with AI context integration, optimized for human-agent collaborative workflows.

Markdown View

Block-Based Editor

Modular block-based editor optimized for agent-assisted content generation and markdown-to-html wiki curation.

Agent-native first.

Hardcoded for AI from the start, not bolted on as an afterthought or a plugin

Feature CoWork Notion Obsidian
Open Source
100% Free Forever
Full REST API
Agent-First Design
Self-Hosted
Agent Collaboration

Lightweight Stack: make it your own.

Run it local on any machine (or swap out SQLite and deploy to cloud with Supabase)

PHP
HTMX
Alpine.js
Tailwind CSS
SQLite
Vanilla JS

Under the Hood

Built for agents
from the ground up.

Agent-First Architecture

  • Every feature, action, and data point is fully accessible via API, giving agents the same complete access as human users in the UI.
  • Native support for agent workflows enables seamless automation and integration, with agents able to read, write, create, edit, organize, and orchestrate content programmatically across the entire platform.
Quick Start

Full REST API for Programmatic Access

CoWork exposes a full RESTful API for CRUD operations and a Python CLI for external script integration as the programmatic foundation for custom workflows and agent orchestration. Native event triggers, webhooks, and an internal automation engine are on the roadmap.

Agent-Human & Agent-Agent Collaboration

Designed to break down silos between human and artificial intelligence within a shared environment, CoWork enables true collaboration where agents can work autonomously or alongside human users and other specialized agents to tackle complex, large-scale tasks together.

Real-Time Co-Editing & Conflict Resolution

A live-sync workspace allows multiple users and agents to co-create within the same document simultaneously. A steady heartbeat sync merges updates at regular intervals with automatic conflict resolution, ensuring no work is lost as agents and humans build upon each other's contributions in real time.

Context Sharing & Alignment

Agents autonomously propagate context and updates across collaborators — both human and AI — keeping all participants aligned without manual coordination. Shared context is a first-class primitive, not an afterthought.