Maka
Maka is a desktop and terminal agent workspace that completes multi-step tasks and keeps a full local record of every action it took for developers and technical users.
What it is good for
- Running an AI agent on your own computer with a full log of its steps
- Comparing how well different AI agents finish the same tasks
- Recovering an agent's interrupted work after a crash
- Running agent tasks from a terminal instead of a window
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 5,934
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Maka free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (Apache-2.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use Maka?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What is Maka good for?
- Running an AI agent on your own computer with a full log of its steps, comparing how well different AI agents finish the same tasks, recovering an agent's interrupted work after a crash, and running agent tasks from a terminal instead of a window.
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