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Leon

Leon is your open-source personal assistant.
17,501 stars1,470 forksTypeScriptUpdated 9/10/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Leon is an open‑source, self‑hosted AI assistant you can talk to via the web UI or CLI.

When to use it
  • You need a privacy‑first personal assistant that runs on your own server.
  • You want to add custom “skills” (e.g., fetch stock prices, send Slack messages) without vendor lock‑in.
  • You prefer a free alternative to ChatGPT that you can extend with TypeScript code.
Ready-to-paste prompt
In the web UI, type: **"Create a Trello card for our next sprint with the title ‘User onboarding flow’ and assign it to @alice"** – Leon will call the Trello API (once you configure the Trello skill) and confirm the card creation.
Heads up: Leon won’t work until you provide a valid LLM API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) in the .env file; missing or wrong keys cause the server to start but all assistant requests fail with 401 errors.
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/e7392fc5-7a5c-4a24-a871-98e918c3f283 && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/e7392fc5-7a5c-4a24-a871-98e918c3f283/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/e7392fc5-7a5c-4a24-a871-98e918c3f283/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

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How Leon works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Leon is a very large TypeScript project (~105k lines across 832 code files, plus 38 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~105k lines · 832 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Node.js
Needs API keys (.env)
TypeScript 72%Python 15%JavaScript 9%Sass 3%SCSS 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    .env.sample
    The API keys and settings you must provide
  5. 5
    skills/agent/live-tutorial/SKILL.md
    Inside skills/ — an example of what the AI is told to do
What's in each folder
skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions247 files
app/Core code — the actual logic42 files
core/Core code — the actual logic22 files
server/Backend / API243 files
bin/Command-line entry points11 files
tools/Helper scripts232 files
web-app/Folder148 files
aurora/Folder116 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
leon-ai
Language
TypeScript
Category
automation
Published
2/10/2019

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