fantasylab-ai/emberos

EmberOS turns your phone into what the project calls a real computer in your pocket. It splits into two parts: a Head, which is the interface you see and touch, and an Engine, which is a Linux system with a small daemon called emberd that actually does the work. Both parts talk to each other using the same protocol whether they sit on the same device or are separated by an ocean. On Android, the phone itself can run the whole Linux system on-device with no other hardware needed, which the project treats as its main track. Apple does not allow a full Linux system to run directly on an iPhone, so on iOS the phone only runs the Head, and the Engine lives on separate hardware you own, such as a Raspberry Pi, a personal computer, a rented server, or even an old Android phone, reached over a secure connection. Any regular web browser can also act as a Head by pointing it at an Engine, giving you the same desktop experience. Once paired, EmberOS provides a two pane file explorer, a real terminal with multiple sessions, a code editor with a live preview and a coding agent that can edit files, a retro game emulator with save syncing, and an assistant called Ember that can look at photos and screenshots, read your notes, files, and calendar, and propose changes you approve or reject before anything happens. It can also connect to GitHub to clone and browse repositories, install curated apps, and manage mail, calendar, and notes, all backed by real accounts and files stored on the Engine, not in the browser. Security keeps every secret, such as API keys and tokens, stored on the Engine with restricted file permissions rather than in the browser, and every automated action is written to a local audit log. Running it yourself means building the emberd binary in Go and either running it directly for local development or installing it on a Raspberry Pi 5 with a provided install script.