woodls

Your own AI, on computers you already have.

A coding agent on your own computer, or a friend’s. No card, and no invite to start.

Install in one command 
curl -fsSL https://woodls.com/install.sh | sh

In Terminal. Apple silicon, macOS 11 or later. Lending needs macOS 15. Read the script first if you like. woodls uninstall takes it away.

irm https://woodls.com/install.ps1 | iex

In PowerShell. Windows 10 or 11 on an x64 PC, through WSL2, which it sets up after asking. Not yet run on a real Windows PC: tell us how it goes.

curl -fsSL https://woodls.com/install.sh | sh

In a terminal. x86-64 or ARM, a system from 2018 on, with bubblewrap for the sandbox. Read the script first if you like. woodls uninstall takes it away.

Then, whichever fits:

Model in Ollama or LM Studio?
woodls code
A friend sent a link?
woodls group join LINK
No model yet? 5.0 GB:
woodls models get qwen3-8b
An invite code?
woodls init --invite CODE
None of these?
woodls.com/invite

The first three need no account. woodls studio shows it all in a window.

Qwen3 8B is that 5.0 GB model: we haven’t run our test tasks on this model yet.

woodls code

In your project’s folder, it reads and edits your code, runs commands in a sandbox, asks before anything that changes your files, and says what each step spent.

woodls studio following a woodls code task in a folder called counter: Build the counter page, on Qwen3.6 35B on your server, free, asking before each change. Two steps: 3 helpers sent out, and write index.html, which asks you. A card marked Needs you says: It wants to create index.html. Nothing changes until you answer, here or in the terminal. Buttons: Yes, Every edit in this task, No and say why, Stop. Under them, the first 8 of the new file’s 27 lines, and All 27 lines.
woodls code, at work A task followed in the browser with woodls code --watch: it wants to create index.html, shows the file, and changes nothing until you answer. The real window, build 76a4f0b5, on a small example project with example figures, .

36 to 39 of our 40 small test tasks, on one Mac, on builds of 12 and 13 October, on a model that needs 48 GB. The tasks are ours and small, and a smaller computer gets a different model. No pass has run through Ollama or LM Studio yet.

It runs on a model on your own computer or your own server, on a computer in a private group, or on the public network. Use AI, in full.

Friends’ computers

Put your own computers in a private group, and invite a friend’s. They answer each other, with no credits.

Encrypted between your computers. woodls can’t read it. A relay, woodls’ or n0’s, sees their IP addresses, when they’re online and how much passes. A friend’s computer that answers can read what you ask. A group hasn’t yet been run across two real networks.

A birch, sitting: your Mac, which you’re using.

Your Mac

Asha, 22:40

Leaving the desktop on tonight.

Encrypted between the group’s computers

A birch, standing on lit roots: Asha’s Mac, answering.

Asha’s Mac

A group of two. Your Mac asks, and a friend’s Mac answers while they sleep; their note came through the group.
woodls group create home
woodls group invite home --friend asha

Private groups, in full. woodls studio shows it all in a window.

When you want more: lend, earn, spend

  1. Lend

    While you’re away, your computer runs open models for other people, in a sandbox that can’t open your files. Touch the keyboard and it steps aside.

  2. Earn

    Every job it finishes earns credits. They can’t be bought, sold or cashed out.

  3. Spend

    Spend them from any computer, on a chat, a question or woodls code. A computer that’s free answers.

To earn credits: a Mac with 24 GB or more and macOS 15, for now. At first a computer may earn nothing, and what it earns waits 14 days while the computer is new, then 7.

New accounts start with some credits, so you can try it before your computer has earned any.

Limits

  • Credits are for AI on woodls. They aren’t money.
  • The computer that answers can read your request. For private work, use your own computers.
  • You lend your computer’s time and your electricity.

How it works, in drawings.

Trust, and its limits

Computers that lend aren’t told who you are, though what you write can still say who you are. Secrets, email addresses and your home folder’s path are taken out on your computer before anything leaves it, though nothing catches everything.

A new computer’s finished jobs are all picked for a check, and a share after that. If the checking computer is away for 6 hours, the job is marked unchecked and still paid. Every credit is written on a ledger that witnesses sign. For now, woodls runs both witnesses.

In our test, a computer that ran a cheaper copy of a model than it claimed was caught on four of its five jobs, paid back, and suspended.

One MacBook Pro (M5 Max), with two hosts and two checkers on it, . How jobs are checked.

Trust, in full: every promise, its limit, and what we never claim.

The network, now

The network page shows the public network as it is right now, read from woodls’ server when you open it.

In a terminal, woodls public shows the same.

Questions

Which computers can lend?

To earn credits: a Mac with 24 GB or more and macOS 15, for now. Other computers are built to lend free to your private groups. No real Windows PC or NVIDIA card has run woodls yet. The public network takes Macs for now. A Mac with 16 to 23 GB lends to your private groups too.

Is it free?

There’s no money in it. New accounts start with some credits; after that, your computer earns them while it’s idle, and everything in a private group is free. You lend your computer’s time and your electricity.

Can the computer that answers read my question?

On the public network, yes. It isn’t told who you are, and secrets and common personal data are taken out on your computer first. Nothing catches everything: names other than your git name, street addresses, card numbers and a password in a sentence, among others, are sent as you typed them. In a private group, a friend’s computer that answers can read it too. For private work, use a private group of your own computers.

Is every job checked?

No. A new computer’s finished jobs are all picked for a check, and a share after that. If the checking computer is away for 6 hours, the job is marked unchecked and still paid.

Will it slow my computer down?

It works only while you’re away, and steps aside when you touch the keyboard. On a Mac it also lets the model go when a game needs the graphics chip. On Windows, run woodls pause before you play.

Is this crypto?

No. Credits pay for AI on woodls and nothing else. There’s no blockchain, and they can’t be bought, sold or traded.

How do I get in?

woodls code on your own computer and private groups need no invite. The public network opens by invitation, in small waves. Ask for an invite; your code comes by email, from a person.