The Platform — Free AI Software (Dockbox & Warden) | AiOn Systems
Two editions

One platform, two ways to run it.

Same engine, same AI crew. Pick by where your data needs to live.

Dockbox — the cloud edition

The collaboration suite we engineered in-house. One workspace, six apps — chat, projects, files, automations, calendar, and vault — with an AI crew built in: specialist agents coordinated by one orchestrator, so your team talks to one agent and gets a whole crew's output. Runs on your own server; your data stays yours.

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Warden — the on-premises edition

The open-source multi-agent platform that drives a real browser, your email, your calendar, and your messaging channels — all running locally on your machine, with open-weight models via Ollama. No cloud dependency, no data leaving the building, no per-token bills. Full source on GitHub.

Read the source on GitHub

What it does

Eight capabilities. One operator.

This isn't a chatbot. It's an agent that takes instructions and ships work — it triages your inbox, chases open loops on projects, and answers from your documents.

Email management

Triages inbox, drafts replies, sorts and flags. Handles routine inquiries autonomously.

Project management

Creates projects, tracks tasks, updates statuses, flags blockers from a one-line instruction.

Calendar & scheduling

Books meetings, manages events, sends reminders, coordinates time zones.

Content & documents

Writes blog posts, generates PDFs, builds landing pages, ships reports on demand.

Lead generation

Researches prospects, builds lists, drafts outreach, manages your CRM pipeline.

Web research

Searches the web, pulls competitor data, monitors news, delivers daily briefings.

API integrations

Connects to any API, pulls and pushes data, automates cross-platform workflows.

SMS & notifications

Sends texts, sets up alerts, manages SMS campaigns, pings your team.

Why we built it this way

The same intelligence. A different address.

For businesses where data residency isn't a preference — it's a requirement. Run Warden on a machine that sits in your office, not on someone else's server.

Privacy by architecture

Client data, contracts, and email never leave your building. PIPEDA-friendly by architecture, not by policy.

Predictable cost

Open-weight models running locally — no per-token bills, no cloud usage surprises. The software is $0 and stays $0.

Always on

Works even when the internet doesn't. The agent runs on the box, not a remote server — so an outage doesn't stop work.

Legal

Privileged communications and client matters stay on your premises. No third-party model provider in the chain.

Accounting & finance

Client financials and filings never leave the building. Audit-friendly, residency-friendly.

Regulated & health-adjacent

For practices held to PIPEDA, HIPAA-adjacent, or internal data-residency policies — compliance by architecture.

Straight talk

Warden is not a toy.

The agent inside the platform is genuinely powerful. It's also genuinely unforgiving to run.

Why it's powerful

Warden drives a real browser and your real accounts — email, calendar, chat — orchestrated by AI agents that act with the same access as a logged-in user. It runs open-weight models locally via Ollama, so that reach never depends on someone else's cloud.

Why it's easy to break

The project's own documentation warns plainly: this is software that "is probably not safe to run," with no sandbox and no container — the agent holds the same privileges as your user account. A wrong config, an unpatched update, a drifted integration, and it stops working — or works in ways you didn't intend.

How you get it

Download. One script. You own it.

No sales call, no license server, no trial timer. The same stack we teach in the Foundry course.

01

Download

Warden's full source is public on GitHub; Dockbox ships from dockbox.dev. No form, no email gate — the code is just there.

02

One script

A single install script sets up Docker and Ollama and pulls the open-weight models onto your machine. No container images to buy, no vendor account to create.

03

You own it

Your hardware, your data, your models. No subscription, no phone-home, nothing to cancel. It keeps running whether or not you ever talk to us again.

The obvious question

Why is it free?

Because giving it away is a better business than renting it out.

Because you'll want to learn it

The stack takes real judgment to run well. If you'd rather build that judgment yourself, AiOn Foundry teaches you on this exact platform — $597, 12 seats, live.

Because you'll want help

Most teams don't want to become sysadmins for an unforgiving agent. Consulting covers training your team, setting it up, or running it for you — from $3,500/mo for ongoing management.

Because you'll want more

Off-the-shelf doesn't cover your actual business? Special Projects builds on the platform — custom agents, integrations, full products — from $3,500.

That's the model: the software is free — you pay for the years of judgment behind it.

Free vs. paid

What $0 gets you — and what it doesn't.

We'd rather draw the line plainly than hide it in a sales call.

Free, always

The full platform: Dockbox's workspace and AI crew, Warden's agents and source code, the install script, the open-weight model stack. Plus the public docs and the community around them. Download it, run it, modify it — no time limit, no feature wall.

What costs money

Our time and judgment: live instruction in AiOn Foundry, team training and done-for-you setup in Consulting, ongoing management at $3,500/mo, and custom builds — because hand-holding, SLAs, and new software are work, and work is what we sell.

Questions

Fair questions, straight answers.

Yes — $0, full download, no trial timer. This exact software cost $3,500/month when we ran it as a managed service. The catch is the same as any serious tool: running it well takes judgment. Free software, paid judgment — that's the whole business model.
Dockbox is the collaboration suite: chat, projects, files, automations, calendar, and vault in one workspace with an AI crew built in — best if you want a workspace your team logs into. Warden is the multi-agent operator that drives a real browser, your email, your calendar, and your messaging — best if you want an agent that does the work itself. Both are free.
A Linux machine (or VM) that can run Docker, a GPU helps but is not required for the small open-weight models, and one script: it installs Docker and Ollama and pulls the models. That is the same stack we teach in AiOn Foundry.
Nowhere you don't decide. The platform runs open-weight models locally via Ollama — your data stays on your hardware. With Warden on-premises, client data, contracts, and email never leave your building.
It's real software, not a toy — Warden's own documentation warns it is "probably not safe to run" unsupervised. It works, and it's powerful, but it's unforgiving to operate. If you'd rather not become its sysadmin, that's exactly what our consulting is for.
Three ways, all optional: Education (the AiOn Foundry course teaches you to run this exact stack, $597), Consulting (we train your team, set it up, or manage it for you), and Special Projects (custom builds on the platform). The software is free. We sell the years of judgment behind it.
The platform · $0 · no catch

Take the software. Ask us anything.

Download it free, no strings. And when you want the judgment behind it — to learn it, to have it set up, to have it run for you, or to build something new on it — we're one message away.