pawwork: free, open-source desktop AI agent for macOS and Windows, built on DeepSeek Harness (DSH)

by Astro-Han · Codex Skill · ★ 204

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How to install pawwork

git clone https://github.com/Astro-Han/pawwork.git

Taken from the project's README on GitHub.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 65/100

None of the 42 rules matched — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against 42 published rules built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours.

The quality score combines nine heuristic checks of the repo and its README: completeness, clarity, specificity, examples, structure, agent readiness, step-by-step content, instruction quality and security notes. It rates how well the project explains itself to an agent, not the code.

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Quick Facts

Stars204
Forks24
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryCodex Skill
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score65/100
Open Issues10
Last Updated2026-10-31
Created2026-04-14
Platformsbrowser, claude-code, codex, node
Est. Tokens~15k

About pawwork

PawWork PawWork is a free, open-source desktop AI agent for macOS and Windows that handles documents, spreadsheets, research, writing, code, and local file tasks using 75+ AI model providers. Open-source alternative to Codex App and Claude Cowork. Bring your own key. Works with any model — including ChatGPT OAuth.

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with pawwork for enhanced workflows:

  • apps-sdk-template — semantic(0.20)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (57%)

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How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy: 42 published rules, covering credential harvesting, data exfiltration, curl | sh installers and more. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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