Helm

The Open-Source AI Operating System

One System. Infinite AI Team. One Operating System.

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🚀 What is Helm?

Helm is an open-source AI Operating System designed to help founders build, launch, and scale startups with the power of AI.

Instead of juggling dozens of disconnected tools, Helm provides one unified platform where AI agents collaborate as your executive team.

Whether you're validating an idea, writing code, acquiring customers, raising capital, or managing operations, Helm helps you execute faster and smarter.

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Why Helm?

Modern founders spend their time switching between tools.

• ChatGPT for brainstorming

• Claude for coding

• Notion for documentation

• Cursor for development

• Zapier for automation

• Linear for planning

• Gmail for outreach

• Slack for communication

• Spreadsheets for finance

• Countless SaaS subscriptions...

Helm brings everything together.

One workspace.

One memory.

One automation engine.

One AI-powered executive team.

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Features

AI Executive Team

Turn AI into your:

• CEO
• CTO
• COO
• CMO
• CFO
• CSO
• CPO
• Recruiter
• Product Manager
• Software Engineer
• Designer
• Researcher
• Data Analyst
• Customer Support
• Legal Assistant
• Operations Manager
• Sales Representative
• Growth Hacker

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AI Agents

• Autonomous agents
• Multi-agent collaboration
• Long-running tasks
• Planning
• Reflection
• Tool usage
• Memory
• Human approval workflows

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Model Support

Use any AI provider.

• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• Gemini
• Groq
• OpenRouter
• Ollama
• Together AI
• Azure OpenAI
• AWS Bedrock
• Local models

Switch providers with zero code changes.

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MCP Support

Native Model Context Protocol support.

• MCP Servers
• MCP Clients
• Tool Registry
• Tool Discovery
• Remote MCP
• Local MCP
• Plugin SDK

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Automation

Create automations for:

• Daily reports
• Email
• Social media
• CRM
• Investor updates
• Customer onboarding
• Product launches
• Analytics
• Hiring
• Follow-ups

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Memory

Persistent AI memory.

• Long-term memory

• Semantic search

• Conversation history

• Startup knowledge

• Documents

• Vector search

• Context retrieval

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Knowledge Base

• Markdown
• PDFs
• Notion
• GitHub
• Google Docs
• Websites
• APIs

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Research

AI-powered research.

• Competitor analysis
• Market research
• Customer research
• Pricing
• Industry trends
• SWOT
• Reports

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Product Development

• Idea validation
• Roadmaps
• PRDs
• User stories
• Architecture
• Documentation
• Sprint planning

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Software Engineering

• Code generation
• Code review
• Refactoring
• Debugging
• Testing
• CI/CD
• Deployment
• Documentation

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Marketing

• SEO
• Blogs
• Social media
• Ads
• Landing pages
• Email campaigns
• Analytics

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Sales

• Lead generation
• Outreach
• CRM
• Sales automation
• Follow-ups
• Reporting

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Fundraising

• Pitch decks
• Financial models
• Investor CRM
• Due diligence
• Outreach
• Data room

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Finance

• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Revenue tracking
• Expenses
• KPIs
• Reports

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Hiring

• Job descriptions
• Resume screening
• Interview questions
• Candidate scoring
• Onboarding

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Operations

• SOPs
• Dashboards
• Documentation
• Workflows
• Automation

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Architecture

                    Helm

         ┌──────────────────────────┐
         │        Applications       │
         ├──────────────────────────┤
         │ CLI │ Desktop │ Web │ App│
         └────────────┬─────────────┘
                      │
          ┌───────────▼────────────┐
          │      Orchestrator      │
          └───────────┬────────────┘
                      │
      ┌───────────────┼────────────────┐
      │               │                │
      ▼               ▼                ▼
 AI Providers     Memory         Automation
      │               │                │
      ▼               ▼                ▼
 Search          Knowledge         Workflows
      │               │                │
      └───────────────┼────────────────┘
                      ▼
                 MCP Runtime
                      ▼
             Plugins & Integrations

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Tech Stack

Backend

• Python
• FastAPI
• PostgreSQL
• SQLite
• Redis

AI

• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• Gemini
• Ollama
• OpenRouter

Vector Databases

• Qdrant
• Pinecone

Search

• Tavily
• Brave Search

Frontend

• React
• Next.js
• TypeScript
• TailwindCSS

Desktop

• Tauri

Mobile

• React Native
• Expo

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Installation

CLI

Helm CLI release archives are standalone bundled JavaScript executables. They require Node.js 20 or newer, but do not require pnpm, the Helm monorepo, TypeScript, or workspace symlinks.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm-ai/helm/main/install.sh | bash
helm version
helm --help

Manual Linux x64 install:

curl -fsSLO https://github.com/helm-ai/helm/releases/latest/download/helm-linux-x64.tar.gz
curl -fsSLO https://github.com/helm-ai/helm/releases/latest/download/helm-linux-x64.tar.gz.sha256
sha256sum -c helm-linux-x64.tar.gz.sha256
tar -xzf helm-linux-x64.tar.gz
./helm version

Docker Gateway:

docker build -t helm/gateway:dev .
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 helm/gateway:dev

Development

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/helm.git

cd helm

pnpm install

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Start Development

pnpm dev

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Build

pnpm build

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Testing

pnpm test

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Repository Structure

apps/
    cli/
    desktop/
    mobile/
    web/

packages/
    core/
    agents/
    memory/
    providers/
    automation/
    workflows/
    search/
    knowledge/
    plugins/
    mcp/
    config/
    auth/

docs/

examples/

templates/

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Roadmap

Phase 1

• Core Architecture
• Provider Framework
• Memory
• Search
• Automation

Phase 2

• MCP Runtime
• Plugin SDK
• Tool Registry

Phase 3

• AI Agents
• Workflows
• Knowledge

Phase 4

• Desktop
• Mobile
• Cloud

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Contributing

We welcome contributions of all sizes.

Fork the repository

Create a feature branch

Commit your changes

Open a Pull Request

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Community

Join us and help build the future of AI-native startups.

• Discussions
• Issues
• Pull Requests
• Ideas
• Feature Requests

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Sponsors

Helm is free and open source.

If it helps you build your startup, consider sponsoring the project.

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License

MIT License

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Vision

We believe the future of entrepreneurship isn't about building bigger teams.

It's about building better systems.

A single founder should have access to the capabilities of an entire company.

Helm exists to make that possible.

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