What is Rowboat Desktop?
Rowboat Desktop connects to your email and meeting notes, builds a long-lived knowledge graph, and uses that context to help you:- Draft emails grounded in past conversations and commitments
- Prep for meetings with briefs that include prior decisions and open questions
- Create presentations as PDF slides using context from your work
- Track projects with memory that compounds over time
- Record voice memos that automatically update your knowledge graph
Unlike AI tools that reconstruct context on demand, Rowboat maintains long-lived knowledge that accumulates over time. Context isn’t retrieved - it’s already there.
Key Benefits
Private by Default
All data stored locally as plain Markdown. No cloud storage required.
Memory That Compounds
Context accumulates across emails and meetings, not reconstructed each time.
Bring Your Own Model
Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, and OpenAI-compatible APIs.
Obsidian Compatible
Knowledge graph stored as Markdown with backlinks you can edit anytime.
How It Works
Connect Your Work
Link Gmail, Google Calendar, and meeting note services (Granola, Fireflies, Google Meet).
Build the Knowledge Graph
Rowboat extracts people, projects, organizations, and topics into Markdown notes with backlinks.
Get Help with Context
Ask Rowboat to draft emails, prep meetings, create docs - all grounded in your accumulated memory.
Supported Platforms
- macOS - Apple Silicon and Intel
- Windows - Windows 10 and later
- Linux - AppImage and deb packages
Download the latest version from rowboatlabs.com/downloads
Integrations
Rowboat Desktop builds memory from:- Gmail - Email threads and conversations
- Google Calendar - Meeting schedules and attendees
- Google Meet - Meeting transcripts and recordings
- Granola - AI-powered meeting notes
- Fireflies - Meeting transcription service
What Makes Rowboat Different
Most AI assistants start cold every session, searching documents and transcripts to reconstruct context. Rowboat maintains long-lived knowledge:- Context accumulates over time across all interactions
- Relationships between people, projects, and topics are explicit
- Notes are editable by you, not hidden inside a model
- Everything lives on your machine as plain Markdown files
Next Steps
Explore Features
Learn about AI assistance, knowledge graph, and background agents
Configure Models
Set up OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, or local models
Understand Workspace
Explore the ~/.rowboat/ directory structure
Install the App
Download Rowboat for Mac, Windows, or Linux