Walrus

The composable agent runtime. Compact daemon core. Memory, channels, tools — all hooks. Use what you need, skip what you don't.

curl -fsSL https://openwalrus.xyz/install.sh | sh

Or cargo install openwalrus. See the installation guide for details.

Quick Start

# Start the daemon
walrus daemon install

# Chat with your agent
walrus attach

Full config reference: configuration.

How It Works

Walrus is a daemon that runs agents and dispatches tools. The daemon ships with built-in tools (shell, task delegation, memory), MCP server integration, and skills (Markdown prompt files).

Heavier capabilities live outside the daemon as extensions — managed child processes you add or remove in config:

| Service | What it does | | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------- | | | Meta-search aggregator | | | Telegram adapter |