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A planning app made for students

Your semester, on your computer.

Keep your applications, classes, study, documents, and routines in one daily list. It runs on your computer. No account to make. Free during early access.

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Five parts share one to-do list, so every deadline is in one place, not three.

Stop 01 · Applications

All your applications in one place.

Keep colleges, scholarships, grad programs, and exchange programs in five simple columns: researching, preparing, submitted, interview, and decision.

Stop 02 · Courses

Courses and grades, from Canvas, Moodle, or by hand.

Add them yourself, or connect Canvas or Moodle to pull in your courses, assignments, and grades.

Stop 03 · Calendar

Every deadline in one place.

Application deadlines, assignments, study tasks, and exams sit in one calendar and a seven-day to-do list. On a Mac, you also get a daily reminder.

Stop 04 · Essays

An essay coach that helps, but never writes it for you.

Write your drafts in the app. Every earlier draft is kept, with transcripts, certificates, and PDFs beside them.

Stop 05 · Assistants

Assistants ask you before changing things.

A scholarship scout and a deadline watcher run on a schedule. They can look, but any change to your information waits on a list for you to approve.

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Download v0.6.9 for Mac, Windows or Linux.

Free during early access. No account to make.

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Preparing campus

How it works

A little setup, then a calmer morning.

  1. Download it and open it.

    Nothing else to set up. Pick your school stage. You can change it later.

  2. Add what matters to you.

    Type in your classes and the places you are applying, or pull your courses in from Canvas or Moodle.

  3. Start with today.

    Open the dashboard in the morning. It shows what is due and what to do today.

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The Academic OS dashboard shows deadlines, a daily to-do list, applications, courses, and study tasks in one view.

Who it is for

For you, and whoever helps.

  • For students

    Keep applications, classes, essays, and deadlines in one place, on your own computer.

  • For parents

    Sit beside your student and look at the same screen. Nothing to sign up for, and their information stays on that computer.

  • For counselors

    In a meeting, a student can open their list and you can go through the deadlines together. Then they keep going at their own pace.

Nothing leaves your computer.

Your information stays in one folder, as simple files. The AI runs on your computer too. No cloud copies, and no company server.

Questions.

Short answers here. The long ones are in the privacy policy and terms.

Is it free?

Yes, free during early access. There is no account and nothing to pay today. Installers come from GitHub under the Business Source License 1.1, for personal, non-commercial, and educational use.

Does it need the internet?

Not after setup. The AI on your computer is a one-time download in Settings: 2.5 GB is recommended, or 400 MB for older computers. Canvas and the scholarship scout use the internet only while they run.

Where does my information go?

It stays on your computer, in a folder called ~/.academic-os by default, as simple files. Backup copies it to any folder you pick. Restoring saves a safety copy first. Deleting the folder deletes everything.

Why does my computer show a warning?

That is normal. The app is not yet registered with Apple or Microsoft, so you see a warning once. On a Mac, close it, then open System Settings, Privacy & Security, and choose Open Anyway. On Windows, click More info, then Run anyway.

Do I need Canvas?

No. You can add courses and assignments yourself, paste a school calendar link, or connect Canvas or Moodle. Synced records never overwrite the status, grade, or notes you set yourself.

Does it work with Blackboard, Moodle, or Brightspace?

Canvas and Moodle sync fully: courses, assignments, quiz deadlines, grades, and what you have turned in. For Canvas you paste a personal access token (a code you copy from Canvas). For Moodle you sign in once with your school username and password; the app swaps them for a token and never keeps the password. Blackboard, Brightspace, Schoology, and Google Classroom (through Google Calendar) can share due dates through the private calendar link each of them gives students. Those schools open their systems only to apps the school approves, so grades from them are not available yet.

What school stage is it for?

Any of them: high school, college, a gap year, grad school, or beyond. Pick one when the app first opens. You can change it later in Settings.

Do reminders work on Windows or Linux?

Reminder notifications are Mac only today. On every platform, your dashboard, calendar, and to-do list show the same deadlines.

Will an update erase my information?

No. New versions install over older ones, and your information folder stays as it is.

Download v0.6.9.

Free during early access. The app is not yet registered with Apple or Microsoft, so Mac and Windows show a warning the first time you open it. That is normal. The steps below show you what to do.

The AI is optional. To use it on your computer, download it once in Settings: 2.5 GB is recommended, or 400 MB for older computers. After that, it works offline. If you already use Ollama, the app uses it.

All releases and notes

  • Mac

    AcademicOS.dmg

    83 MB

    Download for Mac
    1. 1.Open the DMG, then drag Academic OS into Applications.
    2. 2.You will see a warning once. That is normal: the app is not yet registered with Apple. Double-click it, close the warning, then open System Settings, Privacy & Security, and choose "Open Anyway".

  • Windows

    AcademicOS-windows.zip

    117 MB

    Download for Windows
    1. 1.Download the zip, extract it, then open academic-os.exe.
    2. 2.If SmartScreen stops it, that is normal. Click "More info", then "Run anyway".

  • Linux

    AcademicOS-linux.tar.gz

    156 MB

    Download for Linux
    1. 1.Download the tarball, extract it, then open academic-os.
    2. 2.It also works in Crostini on a Chromebook.

From source

Python 3.14, then Node for the app screen.

Repository
python -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
ACADEMIC_OS_DATA=~/.academic-os .venv/bin/uvicorn backend.app:app --port 7878

cd webui && npm install && npm run dev

What leaves the machine, and what never does.

Files, notes, grades and the local AI stay on disk. Dashed lines run only when you turn that feature on. The solid line is the license check, which carries no identifier. The privacy policy covers each one.

What leaves the machine, and what never does Academic OS keeps course files, notes, grades and the local AI on disk. Five outside services are reached only when you turn on the feature that uses them, and search terms are the only content sent out. A once-a-day license check to academicos.net is automatic and carries no identifier. ON YOUR COMPUTER OVER THE NETWORK COURSES IN DUE DATES IN MODEL FILE IN SEARCH TERMS LATEST RELEASE STATUS FILE IN ~/.academic-os course files · notes grades · attachments Local AI downloaded model file or Ollama on localhost Academic OS 127.0.0.1:7878 no server of ours School Canvas Canvas API · your own token School calendar ICS link you add huggingface.co one-time model download DuckDuckGo scholarship scout · web search api.github.com update check · macOS build academicos.net license status · once a day Files, notes, grades and the AI never cross this line. STAYS ON DISK ONLY WHEN YOU TURN THE FEATURE ON AUTOMATIC, NO IDENTIFIER

Scroll sideways to see the network side.

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