rowboatlabs/rowboat: Local-First AI Coworker with Knowledge Graph from Communications — 11K Stars, +1,325 Today

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Rowboat surged +1,325 stars today, building a persistent knowledge graph from Gmail, Google Calendar, and meeting notes — all stored locally as Obsidian-compatible Markdown. Y Combinator-backed (S24), it supports voice I/O via Deepgram/ElevenLabs, MCP tool integration, and 'live notes' that auto-update on tracked topics. Unlike chat-based AI assistants, Rowboat builds cumulative context about your relationships and work over time, making it a genuine AI coworker rather than a stateless helper.