aos-ce

What it is

AOS Community Edition is described as the open agent operating system for building inspectable, composable agent environments. It owns product surfaces such as the aos CLI, HTTP API, distributions, first-party capsules, provider and model experience, and Unicity Audit.

How it works

The repository layout includes crates for the product CLI, HTTP API, control client, and shared product code; capsules for first-party production components; distros for community distribution manifests and release metadata; and docs. The installer installs the aos command, its pinned runtime, and the exact 19 Community Edition capsules under the product-owned ~/.aos root. Re-running the installer performs coordinated upgrades and releases publish checksums, Sigstore bundles, GitHub build-provenance attestations, and runtime-compatibility data. The runtime compatibility is defined in a runtime-compatibility.toml that pins the exact runtime release and WIT commit.

Commands exposed by AOS include:

• aos status
• aos status --json
• aos doctor
• aos capsule build

An AOS-owned root shadows the standalone runtime root; the standalone runtime CLI can be used when needed (astrid).

Getting started

Install with:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL https://aos.unicity.ai/install.sh | sh
aos init

Running aos init (including aos init --offline) provisions local, product-versioned capsule assets. Re-running the installer upgrades in place. The release notes indicate each release publishes checksums, Sigstore bundles, build provenance attestations, and runtime-compatibility data.

Provisioning and upgrade behavior includes:

• Provision from local product-versioned capsule assets under ~/.aos
• Coordinated product upgrade on re-run without rewriting a standalone runtime installation

Recent releases

Latest releases shown:

• 2026.1.3 (2026-07-20): Unicity AOS Community Edition 2026.1.3. This product release bundles Astrid Runtime v0.10.4. The exact runtime release identity, WIT commit, and compatibility pins are published in runtime-compatibi
• 2026.1.2 (2026-07-19): Unicity AOS CE 2026.1.2. Bundles Astrid Runtime v0.10.2. Details published in runtime-compatibi
• 2026.1.1 (2026-07-17): Unicity AOS CE 2026.1.1. Bundles Astrid Runtime v0.10.1. Details published in runtime-compatibi
• channel-stable (2026-07-17): Signed mutable channel pointer; immutable generations retained as assets
• channel-nightly (2026-07-17): Signed mutable channel pointer; immutable generations retained as assets

Traction

Repository has 1586 stars and 1 open issue as of the latest entry; forks reported as 1.

Caveats

License is listed as none. Project created on 2026-07-12; last push on 2026-07-20. The README notes a license status but does not specify a license type in the metadata provided.