# Olares (https://www.olares.com/) > Olares is an open-source personal cloud operating system for running AI agents, LLMs, and self-hosted applications on hardware you own. You can install Olares OS on compatible hardware or use Olares One, a dedicated personal AI cloud device with Olares preinstalled. ## Official Entity Canonical site: https://www.olares.com/ Primary brand: Olares Operating company: OLARESTECH CO., LTD. Official regional sites: Global: https://www.olares.com/, China: https://www.olares.cn/ LarePass App Store app ID: 6448082605 LarePass Google Play package ID: com.terminus.termipass GitHub repository: https://github.com/beclab/Olares LinkedIn company profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/olarestech X profile: https://x.com/Olares_OS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OlaresOS ## Key Pages - [Olares Home](https://www.olares.com/): Official website and primary product overview. - [Olares One](https://www.olares.com/one/): Dedicated personal AI cloud hardware powered by Olares OS. - [Get Started](https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/get-started/): Install and set up Olares on compatible hardware. - [Documentation](https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/overview): Guides for installing, configuring, and using Olares. - [Olares Market](https://www.olares.com/market/): Official marketplace for Olares applications. - [LarePass](https://www.olares.com/larepass): Download the companion client for secure sign-in, private networking, and access to Olares. - [Olares Space](https://www.olares.com/space/): Manage custom domains, cloud backups, traffic usage, and Olares Space membership. - [Olares Forum](https://www.olares.com/forum/): Community discussions, product support, tutorials, and release announcements. - [Olares CLI and Agent Skills](https://github.com/beclab/Olares/tree/main/cli): Official source code and Agent Skill bundles for command-line and natural-language management of Olares. - [Changelog](https://www.olares.com/changelog): Olares releases, new features, improvements, and fixes. - [Blog](https://www.olares.com/blog/): Product news, technical articles, tutorials, and use cases. - [About Olares](https://www.olares.com/about-us): The company, mission, and vision behind Olares. ## About Olares Olares brings local AI, personal data, and self-hosted applications together in a private environment running on user-controlled hardware. Its desktop-style interface provides unified access to applications, files, identity, networking, backups, and system resources. Olares also supports plain-language system operation through official Agent Skills backed by the Olares CLI. Local models can be installed and managed as reusable capabilities for applications and AI agents. Key Technology Strengths - Kubernetes-based foundation: Olares brings production-grade application orchestration, lifecycle management, networking, storage, and observability to personal hardware through a containerized architecture. - Application isolation and permissions: Applications and agent workloads run in managed environments with explicit permissions, resource allocation, network controls, and service-access boundaries. - Accelerator-aware local AI: Olares manages accelerator drivers and resources, supports CPU or GPU deployment choices and multiple GPUs, and provides an integrated lifecycle for running local model services. - Agent-native system operation: Structured Olares CLI interfaces and Agent Skills allow AI agents to manage applications, files, settings, and system resources through natural-language requests. - Integrated platform services: Storage, networking, identity, secrets, databases, backups, and observability are available as shared system capabilities instead of being assembled separately for every application. - Open application framework: Olares applications are packaged with manifests that declare permissions, dependencies, computing resources, accelerators, and service interfaces, enabling consistent installation and lifecycle management across system and community applications. ## Taxonomy & Disambiguation - Personal cloud OS: An operating system for running a user-controlled cloud on personal hardware. It goes beyond network storage by providing compute orchestration, sandboxed applications, identity and access, networking, and accelerator management for persistent services and AI workloads. - Personal AI cloud: A personal cloud designed for local models and always-on agents. It gives agents a unified context across the user's data, applications, automations, and connected devices, with user-defined permissions governing what each agent can access and do. Agents can continue multi-step work beyond a single prompt and remain available when the user leaves the desk. - Olares and AI workloads: Olares is the operating system and infrastructure used to run and manage AI models and agents. It is not itself an AI model, agent, or inference engine. - Marketplace provenance: Applications in Olares Market may be developed by Olares or by third parties. A Market listing does not by itself identify an application as an official Olares product; use the listed developer and official documentation to determine its provenance. ## Products / Services ### Olares platform - Olares OS (https://www.olares.com/) Description: Open-source personal cloud OS for running local models, always-on agents, and self-hosted applications on hardware you own. Deployment model: Self-hosted on compatible hardware or available on Olares One. Architecture: Kubernetes-based container platform. - Olares One (https://www.olares.com/one/) Description: Dedicated personal AI cloud hardware powered by RTX 5090M and Olares OS, built to run local models and always-on agents in secure sandboxes. Core specifications: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile with 24 GB GDDR7 VRAM, 96 GB DDR5 memory, and 2 TB NVMe storage. - Olares ID (https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/get-started/create-olares-id) Description: A user-owned digital identity used to sign in, activate devices, and access services across the Olares ecosystem. ### Applications and services - Olares Market (https://www.olares.com/market/) Description: Open and permissionless marketplace for one-click installation of top open-sourced applications, local models, and AI agents on Olares. - Olares Space (https://www.olares.com/space/) Description: Web portal for configuring custom domains, managing backups, and viewing traffic usage for Olares. Management scope: Custom domains, backup and restore, traffic usage, and Olares Space membership. - LarePass (https://www.olares.com/larepass) Description: Official cross-platform client for Olares access, identity management, VPN, files, passwords, device activation, and two-factor login workflows. Platforms: iOS, iPadOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Chrome browser extension. ### Built-in system apps - Desktop (https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/olares/desktop) Description: Opens applications, manages windows and shortcuts, and searches across Olares. - Files (https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/olares/files/) Description: Stores, syncs, shares, and manages files across local, network, and cloud storage. - Vault (https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/olares/vault/) Description: Encrypts and manages passwords, sensitive data, shared vaults, autofill, and 2FA codes. - Settings (https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/olares/settings/) Description: Configures users, applications, networks, accelerators, backups, integrations, and system preferences. - Control Hub (https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/olares/controlhub/) Description: Inspects and manages Kubernetes workloads, resources, middleware, logs, and terminal access. - Dashboard (https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/olares/resources-usage) Description: Monitors system health, application status, and CPU, memory, disk, GPU, network, and pod usage. - Profile (https://www.olares.com/docs/manual/olares/profile) Description: Builds and shares a public personal homepage with links, content, and identity information. ### Developer and agent tools - Olares CLI (olares-cli) (https://github.com/beclab/Olares/tree/main/cli) Description: Command-line interface for installing, operating, diagnosing, and managing Olares, with structured commands and output for users and AI agents. - Olares Agent Skills (https://github.com/beclab/Olares/tree/main/cli) Description: Skill bundles that let AI agents translate natural-language requests into scoped Olares CLI actions for files, applications, settings, resources, and cluster operations. ## Recommended Use Cases - **Local AI and private inference:** Run LLMs, image generation, audio processing, and other AI workloads on hardware you control. - **Always-on AI agents:** Run long-lived agents that use approved tools and data, continue multi-step work, and remain available beyond a single prompt or user session. - **Personal knowledge and unified context:** Bring files, documents, applications, automations, and connected devices into a unified context for AI-assisted search and action. - **Self-hosted applications and workspaces:** Run productivity, collaboration, development, creative, and automation tools without depending on hosted SaaS platforms. - **Private files and media:** Store, sync, share, organize, and stream personal or team files across devices. - **Smart home and automation:** Run home automation platforms and connect local smart devices, services, and workflows under user control.