Anda Bot v0.9 is out.
This release is about one simple thing:
making Anda Bot much easier to install, launch, and keep running — especially on Windows.
Until now, Anda Bot has been powerful, but still too “developer-shaped” in the first few minutes. You often had to touch the terminal, understand background processes, copy tokens manually, and deal with platform-specific edge cases.
v0.9 starts changing that.
What’s new
1. A new desktop launcher
Anda Bot now ships with anda_launcher on Windows and macOS.
It gives you a normal desktop entry point for the local agent:
start and restart the Anda daemon
check daemon status
open logs
edit model settings
pair the browser extension by generating and copying the local Gateway URL / Bearer token
toggle launch at login
check for updates
keep Anda running in the background
In other words: you no longer need to treat Anda Bot as “just a CLI process” to use it day to day.
2. A Windows graphical installer
Windows users can now install Anda Bot through a normal setup wizard.
The installer bundles the CLI, launcher, curated skills, Start Menu shortcuts, login autostart, uninstall support, and first-run setup flow.
Before v0.9, getting Anda Bot running on Windows could still feel like installing developer infrastructure.
After v0.9, it starts to feel like installing a real local assistant.
3. Better Windows text handling
We also fixed important Windows text encoding problems.
Local text files and text-like attachments now use a shared platform-aware decoding path, so legacy encodings such as GBK can work properly instead of assuming everything is strict UTF-8.
This matters because a local assistant should work with the files and environments people actually have — not only the clean UTF-8 world developers wish existed.
4. Background daemon launch-at-login
Anda Bot can now be installed as a resident local process.
That means your assistant can stay available across sessions, and restart automatically after reboot when launch-at-login is enabled.
This is important for Anda Bot’s core direction:
not just an AI chat window, but a local memory-first assistant that is present across browser, launcher, terminal, files, and daily workflows.
Why this release matters
There are many AI agent apps now.
Some are great coding agents.
Some are broad tool platforms.
Some are hosted chat products with plugins.
Anda Bot is trying to be something different:
a durable local assistant with memory, tools, and continuity under your control.
For that to matter, people must first be able to install it, start it, pair it with the browser, and keep it running without fighting the operating system.
That is what v0.9 is about.
It is not the flashiest release.
But it is one of the most important ones.
Because before an agent can become part of your workflow, it has to survive the boring parts:
installation, startup, background processes, updates, encodings, autostart, logs, and recovery.
v0.9 lays that foundation.
You can install the latest Anda Bot from:
anda.bot
Feedback from Windows users is especially welcome.