elizaOS is an open-source TypeScript framework and product stack for autonomous
AI agents. This monorepo contains the core runtime, the Eliza app, the CLI,
cloud services, native bridges, and first-party plugins. Linux and Android
distribution tooling lives in packages/os.
Choose a starting point
| Goal | Start here |
| --- | --- |
| Use Eliza | Open the web app, visit Eliza downloads, or use a published GitHub release |
| Run this repository | Follow Run Eliza from source |
| Build an agent or plugin | Start with the runtime and the developer docs |
| Contribute | Read the required contribution rules and AGENTS.md |
| Run a whole device as elizaOS | Start with the build requirements and target guides in packages/os |
Run Eliza from source
The repository pins Bun and Node versions in package.json.
Install those versions, then:
git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/elizaos/eliza.git
cd eliza
bun install
bun run dev
bun install also prepares submodules and patches, provisions supported host
build prerequisites, and builds or verifies the staged desktop
libelizainference. The embedding GGUF remains runtime-managed and downloads
automatically during local-inference warmup. Fetch archived artifact fixtures explicitly with
bun packages/scripts/fetch-archive-artifacts.ts when needed.
Common repository commands:
bun run dev:local # app + API with the runtime chooser (local agent, own provider keys; Cloud sign-in not required)
bun run start # run the standalone agent host (API only, no UI; use bun run dev for the app)
bun run build # build the workspace with Turbo
bun run verify # dependency, type, lint, and audit gates
bun run test # repository end-to-end test lane
bun run test:e2e # end-to-end lane
bun run cloud:mock # local Eliza Cloud stack with mocks
Package build/test commands are in each package's README. Use
bun run --cwd to scope a command.
Benchmark
Use Python 3.11+ and install the dependencies required by the selected suite, then run from the repository root:
PYTHONPATH=packages python3 -m benchmarks.orchestrator list-benchmarks
PYTHONPATH=packages python3 -m benchmarks.orchestrator run --benchmarks <id> --provider <provider> --model <model>
See benchmarks for setup. Live benchmarks require the selected provider's credentials and may incur usage costs.
What is in the stack?
Eliza
Eliza is the user-facing agent app for web, desktop, and mobile targets. Its capabilities are supplied by the runtime and installed plugins, including:
- chat, voice, memory, knowledge, and document workflows;
- messaging and workspace connectors;
- calendar, reminders, inbox, goals, health, and other personal-assistant
- browser and desktop automation;
- camera, phone, messages, contacts, location, and other native device bridges;
- non-custodial EVM and Solana wallet operations with approval boundaries; and
- scheduled workflows, coding-agent orchestration, and installable app views.
The framework
The framework is model-agnostic and extended through plugins:
@elizaos/coredefinesAgentRuntime, the canonical types,
@elizaos/agentassembles a standalone agent and HTTP
@elizaos/appprovides shared application hosting,
@elizaos/uicontains the shared React UI used by app
A plugin exports a Plugin object. Plugins can register actions, providers,
evaluators, services, model handlers, routes, events, tests, and app views. See
the plugin component guide and
the first-party implementations under plugins/.
Local inference
@elizaos/plugin-local-inference provides the
Eliza-1 on-device path. The current Eliza-1 registry contains 2B, 4B, 9B, and
27B text tiers based on Gemma 4, plus local embeddings, speech, vision, and
image-generation assets. Hardware detection and model routing select supported
backends; after the required assets are downloaded, eligible operations can run
without a network connection.
Local inference is not forced on hardware that cannot support it. Eliza can route each model capability to local, direct-provider, or Eliza Cloud backends.
Eliza Cloud
Eliza Cloud is optional. It provides account and authentication services, hosted model routing, application and agent deployment, remote connectivity, and cross-device product services. The local runtime and direct model-provider configuration remain first-class paths.
elizaOS distributions
packages/os owns bootable Linux and AOSP distributions,
installers, release manifests, and OS toolchains. Application shells and native
runtime bridges live in their owning app and plugin packages.
Build an agent
To embed the runtime directly without an application host, import
@elizaos/core. The scenario runner provides executable integration coverage
against a real runtime and, when configured, live models.
Repository map
packages/ runtime, hosts, UI, CLI, docs, cloud, native code, and tooling
plugins/ first-party model, connector, domain, app, and device plugins
packages/scripts/ repository-wide checks, test orchestration, and release tools
patches/ dependency patches applied during installation
Every maintained package or plugin should explain its public surface, scripts,
configuration, and local constraints in its own README.md. Read that README
before making changes. The root AGENTS.md is the only repository
agent guide; do not add nested AGENTS.md files.
Contributing
[!IMPORTANT]
The contribution rules are required for all issues and PRs.
Stay within the approved minimum viable product (MVP) and product requirements
document (PRD). Maintainers will close unnecessary work and apply contributor
penalties.
- Contributors must write and submit issues by hand on GitHub. Agents must not
- Report real bugs or missing approved MVP requirements. Link the PRD and MVP
- Prove a useful improvement with before-and-after behavior or relevant scores.
- Do not add unnecessary tests, defensive code, validation, or truncation.
- Every UI PR needs an uploaded MP4 explainer and walkthrough, video evidence of
- Write issues and PRs in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English. Use short,
- Slop bounty work: star and fork the repository first, use real LLM calls,
elizaOS focuses on its first-party runtime, applications, and maintained integrations. We no longer accept third-party plugins or registry items, including new listings, listing updates, and registry submission tooling. Related issues and pull requests will be closed as out of scope.
Submit changes through a pull request against develop; follow
AGENTS.md and the owning package's README. Include verification of
the changed behavior.
Report vulnerabilities privately through
GitHub Security Advisories
or security@elizalabs.ai.