The messaging layer
Unified incoming comms and identifying what needs a reply.
RafeOS
19Building a personal operating system in public
One API, one MCP, one CLI
The one-ness at the heart of RafeOS is a shared API, MCP and CLI that make it surface agnostic.
The Cockpit
An introduction to Cockpit, the personal app that is the face of RafeOS.
What is RafeOS?
An introduction to RafeOS: the parts, what they look like, and how they fit together.
Why I built a personal operating system
The why of RafeOS, the agentic edge, AI engineering, and what it's taught me so far
Screen Time + Digital Wellbeing Score
I wanted to know whether my digital life was actually healthy, not just how many hours I'd racked up — so I built a digital wellbeing score into RafeOS.
Running a Personal Server Without Thinking About It
The question that matters for a personal server: what happens when you stop paying attention? The monitoring and maintenance stack that answers it.