# StarFerret

> StarFerret is local AI for small enterprises. It is three things sold as one: preloaded Mac Studios that sit on a shelf in your building, open source software that runs on them, and a support team that sets it up and picks up the phone. The software is free on one Mac, with no account and no credit card.

StarFerret is for companies with a growing AI bill and no platform team. Everyday AI work (drafting, summaries, searching files, routine workflows) runs on Macs the company owns instead of a metered cloud API. The hardest requests can stay with a frontier provider. Local open models trail frontier models on the hardest reasoning, and StarFerret says so.

## What is included

- **LibreChat**: private chat for everyone in the company. Each person signs in and keeps their own conversations.
- **n8n**: automations that let AI do the repeat steps, such as sorting the inbox, filling a sheet, or filing a report.
- **Board**: a shared drive with AI agents in it. Agents read, write, and organize files in a folder while the team works beside them.
- **Control**: one admin panel in the browser. Start, stop, and open the three apps; add a model from a list; see who is using it and how busy the AI is; update with one button and go back if needed.
- **API for code editors**: an OpenAI compatible endpoint on the Mac, so developers can point their editor at local models.
- **Hardware**: Mac Studio, M5 Max, 128GB unified memory, built in Ethernet. Runs on a wall outlet and one network port. No server room.
- **Support**: setup in your building, connecting your tools through MCP, keeping models and apps current, training, and a team that picks up the phone during US Eastern business hours.

## What is not built yet

- Linking several Macs so they share requests
- Smart routing of hard requests to Claude or GPT on the customer's own key
- The editor API from other computers on the network
- Company sign in (SSO) and team management

## How to try it

- Download the free installer for one Apple silicon Mac from the open source repo: https://github.com/StarFerret/board-admin (Apache 2.0)
- For a pilot or a quote for the whole company, email logan@starferret.com. Pricing is quoted per company after a load test.

## Pages

- [Home](https://local.starferret.com/): the full product page, savings calculator, comparison, and FAQ
- [Source code](https://github.com/StarFerret/board-admin): installer, Board, and Control
- [Privacy](https://local.starferret.com/privacy.html)
- [Terms](https://local.starferret.com/terms.html)