What you can do with Open Ghost

4 use cases

• Explain a topic with drawings beside the text

  Get a reply to a how-it-works question with a scheme, chart or table next to the words.

  • Open Ghost
  • Research
  • Beginner
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  Using the OpenGhost desktop app from https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, ask the agent to explain <topic> with drawings. Expected output: a reply that includes at least one drawing beside the text. Verify that the drawing responds to pointer input and can be edited.

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• Review your account activity through the agent's browser

  Have the agent open your signed-in account, read stats and pull out key comments.

  • Open Ghost
  • Research
  • Intermediate
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  In the OpenGhost app from https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, with the browser panel signed in to <site>, report the view counts of my three most recent posts and list the comments that contain suggestions or bug reports. Expected output: a short list with each count and each relevant comment. Verify each number against the page before you report it.

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• Save notes the agent raises when the topic comes up

  Write a reminder once and let the agent bring it back when a chat reaches that subject.

  • Open Ghost
  • Research
  • Beginner
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  In OpenGhost from https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, add the note '<note text>' and confirm it appears in the notes list beside the chat. Expected output: the saved note and, in a later related chat, a reply where the agent raises it and asks whether to act. Verify that the agent does not act on the note without asking.

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• Build Open Ghost installers from source for your platform

  Run the app from code and produce an installer for Windows, macOS or Linux.

  • Open Ghost
  • Research
  • Advanced
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  Clone https://github.com/ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost, run `npm ci`, then run the dist command that matches this operating system: `npm run dist` on Windows, `npm run dist:mac` on macOS or `npm run dist:linux` on Linux. Expected output: an installer in the dist folder whose name starts with OpenGhost. Verify that the file exists and that `npm start` launches the app.

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How to use Open Ghost

1. Check you have what it needs: A computer running Windows, macOS or Linux; A ChatGPT account sign-in, or an API key for OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek or OpenRouter; Node.js 22 or newer, only if you build from the source code.
2. Open ANDRETRIPOL/OpenGhost on GitHub and read the README and license.
3. Download the installer for your system from the release links in the README: the Windows Setup.exe, the Linux tar.gz or the macOS dmg.
4. Open Open Ghost and connect a provider: sign in with your ChatGPT account, or add an API key for OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek or OpenRouter.
5. Ask a question that is better shown than told, for example how a four stroke engine works.
6. Check the reply for the drawing beside the text, then open it and change the layout or the blocks in the table.

These steps come from our top use case, Explain a topic with drawings beside the text, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

• Who it is forLearners, professionals and developers who want an AI agent that explains topics with drawings or acts inside their own accounts on their own computer.
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• LanguageJavaScript
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Requirements

• A computer running Windows, macOS or Linux
• A ChatGPT account sign-in, or an API key for OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek or OpenRouter
• Node.js 22 or newer, only if you build from the source code

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