About Companion Hub
Companion Hub is self-hosting software built by Companion Intelligence and licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License. It makes running local services as simple as installing an app, while keeping you in control of your data.
Our mission
Your files, photos, communications, and AI context should live on your hardware, governed by your rules. Companion Hub makes that practical, not aspirational. We believe powerful software should be democratized; individuals and small teams should be able to one-click install the same tools enterprises pay thousands for, run them locally, and own the results completely.
What makes Companion Hub different
Companion Hub runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Companion Core hardware runs CI-OS, the Companion Intelligence Linux distribution, which uses Ubuntu as its reference base. Hub is derived from Runtipi , an open-source self-hosting project, and has grown into something distinct:
- CI Account: sign in at hub.ci.computer to control your Hub from anywhere, without exposing ports or setting up VPNs manually
- Managed Cloudflare Gateway: pairing your Hub with your CI Account provisions a tunnel and DNS, so apps you set to Public Web get a public HTTPS address without an open port
- First-party apps: a growing suite of apps purpose-built for Companion Hub, including Companion Memory, with archive importing built in
- Companion agents: local agent frameworks (OpenClaw and Hermes) that plug into Companion Memory via MCP, so your assistant knows you without sending anything to OpenAI
The Companion Intelligence vision
Companion Hub is the infrastructure layer of a larger bet: a future where communities and individuals run their own stacks, own their own intelligence, and stop renting their digital lives from corporations. Companion Memory is the consumer heart of that vision — it imports your life’s data and lets you query it like a database of your own history.
It is not anti-technology; it is pro-ownership.
Source and license
The Companion Hub source code is public on GitHub , and each release’s installers are published there. It is licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 , so it is source-available rather than open source. You can use, modify, and redistribute it for personal and nonprofit purposes at no cost. Selling Hub, including hosted instances or hardware that ships Hub, isn’t permitted under that license. Contact Companion Intelligence about commercial terms. Companion Memory, Companion Capture, Companion Marketplace, Companion OS, and the Companion Browser Extension use the same terms. Your CI Account, run by Companion Portal, is a separate commercial service.
The underlying technology is standard Docker, so your services are never locked in. If you decide to move on, your apps keep running with docker compose up.