AI at work, data kept in
Bolt is a desktop AI assistant behind one hotkey. It keeps your data on your device and masks secrets before any cloud model sees them. Free on Mac, Windows and Linux, and self-hosted for teams that need it inside their perimeter.
Capabilities
Core capabilities that drive measurable enterprise impact.
Your data stays on your infrastructure.
Two cost levers most platforms don't give you. You spend tokens where they create value, on a defensible, predictable cost base.
The One Thing™ patent-pending priority engine tells you the single most important thing to do right now.
Built on the open Model Context Protocol.
Type or paste any value: a secret, a standard format, or your own proprietary record. Nothing is fetched or run until you choose it.
Extend Bolt without giving up the keys.
Agentic Desktop Agent
Most AI assistants stop at "here's what I found." Bolt reads, writes, and executes across your entire stack: from email to your local file system.
"Reply to John's proposal and CC the legal team."
"Set up a 30-min sync with Sarah tomorrow at 2pm."
"Mark the auth PR task as done and create a follow-up for testing."
Bolt's native desktop agent gives AI direct access to your machine, sandboxed and permission-controlled.
On the train? A secure encrypted tunnel keeps your desktop connected.
"On my Windows PC, find the contract PDF."
FAQ
Yes. Every Bolt tier (Authorize, Backbone, and Certify) is self-hosted: Docker Compose for staging, Kubernetes for production HA, inside your own perimeter. Sparcle never hosts your data. All three expose the same platform; you choose by capability (governance, orchestration, compliance), not by who operates it.
Bolt eliminates context-switching across email, calendar, tasks, docs, tickets, and code, collapsing tool-hopping into a single agent surface. Per-seat ROI scales with the number of systems your team uses daily and is most measurable as recovered productive time. Detailed ROI methodology available on request.
No. Bolt connects to your existing systems through open MCP integrations and direct connectors. Teams keep working in their existing tools; Bolt is the unifying agent layer above them, not a replacement.
Bolt's security pipeline applies PII detection, policy guardrails, audit logging, and privacy-preserving context handling before any prompt leaves your perimeter. With BYOK and a covered LLM provider (DPA + zero-retention), you get the upside of frontier models without your IP entering training data. With BYO self-hosted LLM, nothing leaves at all.
Bolt Authorize: 10 seats. Bolt Backbone: 25 seats. Bolt Certify: 50 seats. Annual contracts. Below those minimums, Bolt is free to download for individuals, with no account and no time limit. It works out of the box on a free model, or point it at your own key or your own provider.
First 50 customers get 25% off published pricing locked for 24 months, direct founder access, weekly office hours, and roadmap influence. Open through end of 2026 or until 50 customers are signed.
Yes, under NDA. Detailed architecture briefs, security posture documentation, and patent claim summaries are shared during the pilot evaluation. Schedule an architecture review and we'll cover what's relevant to your environment.