Tech AI monkey

Download & Local Ollama Engine

Tech AI monkey runs 100% independently on its own local Ollama brain — no OpenAI or DeepSeek dependency, and automatic continuous API-key rotation so the agent never stops. Below you can download Ollama (the local AI engine) and the Tech AI monkey CLI app.

INDEPENDENT AI BRAIN

1. Download Ollama (Local AI Engine — replaces OpenAI / DeepSeek)

Instead of relying on external providers like OpenAI or DeepSeek whose API keys can expire or stop working, Tech AI monkey uses Ollama to run the AI model (tech-ai-monkey / llama3.1:8b) directly on the server. The built-in supervisor automatically rotates and renews the local API token every 10 minutes (sk-ollama-live-…) and self-heals the connection so the agent never stops.

Linux (Ubuntu / Debian)

One-line installer for 64-bit Linux servers & desktops

Download Ollama for Linux
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
ollama pull llama3.1:8b

Windows 10 / 11

Official standalone installer (OllamaSetup.exe)

Download Ollama (.exe)
# After installing OllamaSetup.exe:
ollama pull llama3.1:8b
ollama run llama3.1:8b

macOS

Apple Silicon (M1–M4) & Intel macOS 12+

Download Ollama for macOS
# Unzip, move to Applications, then:
ollama pull llama3.1:8b
ollama run llama3.1:8b
Hvordan det fungerer (Forklaring):
  • 100 % uavhengig av OpenAI og DeepSeek: Agenten snakker direkte med http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1 via Ollama. Ingen data sendes til eksterne AI-leverandører, og det koster 0 kr per token å kjøre.
  • Kontinuerlig oppdatering av API-nøkkel: Agentens innebygde ollama-auth-motor genererer og roterer automatisk en fersk, signert nøkkel hvert 10. minutt (og ved hvert kall), slik at agenten aldri stopper på grunn av en utgått nøkkel.
  • Koble til med egen nøkkel: For å bruke denne serverens ferdige AI-agent fra terminalen, VS Code eller egne skript, opprett en nøkkel under Dashboard → API keys eller last ned CLI-appen under.

2. Download the Tech AI monkey CLI app

The Tech AI monkey command-line app talks directly to our Ollama-powered agent. Sign in once, then ask from any terminal.

Ubuntu / Debian

64-bit .deb package for Ubuntu 20.04 and newer, and Debian 11 and newer

Not built yet. Run bash scripts/build-cli.sh on the server to produce this file.

Windows

Standalone 64-bit .exe for Windows 10 and 11

Not built yet. Run bash scripts/build-cli.sh on the server to produce this file.

macOS

Universal DMG for Apple Silicon (M1 and newer), macOS Sequoia 15.7.9 or newer

Download 62.0 MB

tech-ai_2.0.0_macos_universal.dmg

SHA-256 c107e7be8d1d5e23b47cc12ed4f1a42050e72798c7aa9fd1db720093a005e9ac

Open the downloaded disk image in Finder and follow the installation instructions inside.

# Open the disk image in Finder:
open "tech-ai_2.0.0_macos_universal.dmg"

# Then sign in and use the CLI:
tech-ai login
tech-ai ask "hello"

What you can install it on

The Linux and Windows downloads are self-contained — the runtime is bundled, so you do not need to install Node.js, Python or anything else first. 64-bit systems only.

Linux — .deb

  • Architecture: 64-bit x86 (amd64 / x86-64)
  • Ubuntu: 20.04 LTS and newer — 22.04, 24.04, 26.04 — desktop and server
  • Debian: 11 (bullseye) and newer — 12, 13
  • Also works on: Linux Mint 20+, Pop!_OS 20.04+, Zorin OS 16+, elementary OS 6+, Kali 2021+, MX Linux 21+, Devuan 4+ and Parrot OS
  • Requires: libc6 2.17 or newer — a bare minimum, so the package also installs on older releases such as Debian 10 and Ubuntu 18.04, even though we only test on the versions listed above
  • Menu entry: on a desktop install you also get “Tech AI monkey” in the application menu, which opens a terminal running tech-ai chat
  • Not supported: 32-bit (i386), ARM64 / Raspberry Pi, Alpine and other musl-based distros, and RPM distros such as Fedora, RHEL and openSUSE
sudo dpkg -i tech-ai_<version>_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f       # only if dpkg reports a missing dependency

sudo apt-get remove tech-ai   # uninstall

Windows — .exe

  • Architecture: 64-bit x86 (x64)
  • Windows: Windows 10 (all 64-bit editions) and Windows 11
  • Server: Windows Server 2019 and newer
  • Installer: no admin rights needed. It installs into your own user folder, adds “Tech AI monkey” to the Start menu with the app icon, optionally a desktop shortcut, puts tech-ai on your PATH, and registers an uninstaller under Apps & features
  • Portable: the single .exe runs anywhere with no installation — but then there is no Start-menu entry, and the file carries the default Windows icon rather than the app icon
  • Not supported: 32-bit Windows, Windows on ARM (ARM64), Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1
# Windows may show "Windows protected your PC":
#   More info  ->  Run anyway
# (the file is not code-signed yet)

# to uninstall, just delete the .exe

macOS — .dmg

  • Architecture: Universal build for Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3 and M4)
  • macOS: Sequoia 15.7.9 and newer
  • Install: open the downloaded DMG in Finder and follow the instructions inside

Servers without a desktop

tech-ai login opens a browser, so on a headless server sign in with an API key or with e-mail + password instead. Both work fine over SSH:

tech-ai login --key tai_…                              # key from Dashboard → API keys
tech-ai login --email [email protected] --password '…'

Three ways to sign in

tech-ai login                            # opens your browser — Google or e-mail
tech-ai login --email [email protected] --password '…'
tech-ai login --key tai_…                # key from Dashboard → API keys

The token is stored locally in ~/.config/tech-ai/credentials.json with file mode 600. Revoke it any time under Dashboard → API keys.

What you can do

tech-ai ask "why does my Next.js build fail?"
tech-ai ask --session <id> "follow up in the same conversation"
tech-ai chat          # interactive session, /exit to quit
tech-ai whoami        # account + how many tokens are left

Use it inside VS Code

The same account also works as a model in the VS Code chat picker: add it as a Custom Endpoint with an API key and it shows up next to the Copilot models. No Copilot plan required for that. The VS Code guide has the three-step setup and a configuration block you can paste straight in.

Verify the download

Compare the SHA-256 shown above with the file you received, or check checksums.txt:

sha256sum tech-ai_<version>_amd64.deb     # Linux
certutil -hashfile tech-ai_<version>_windows_x64.exe SHA256   # Windows
shasum -a 256 tech-ai_2.0.0_macos_universal.dmg  # macOS

Building it yourself

The CLI is plain Node.js with zero dependencies and lives in cli/. Build the installers with bash scripts/build-cli.sh, or run it straight from source:

node cli/src/index.js help