Astra Desktop
Astra is a desktop AI agent for everyone, made by CircuitNotion in Kigali, Rwanda. It can do the things you would normally do on your computer yourself. You say what you want in ordinary words, watch it happen, and approve anything before it changes. It runs on Windows, Linux and Mac.
Version 0.14.13
Free to install. You will need a CircuitNotion account to sign in, and the app spends from your credits as you use it.
657 downloads so far, across every version and platform.
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit
From the Microsoft Store, with no Windows warning to click past. It puts Astra in your Start menu and keeps itself up to date.
Or download the installer: Astra_0.14.13_x64-setup.exe · 33 MB
The installer shows a Windows warning: here is what to click
Debian and Ubuntu, 64-bit
A .deb package. Double-click it, or install it from a terminal with the command below.
On a Mac? Download for Apple silicon or Intel.
What it does
Not a chat window that tells you what to do. Astra opens the folder and does it, in front of you.
Point Astra at a folder on your computer. It reads what is there, writes the changes you ask for, and shows you each one before it happens.
Say what you want in ordinary words. There is no syntax to learn and nothing to install alongside it. The work happens in front of you, visually.
Sign in with your CircuitNotion account and the app spends from the same wallet as everything else. You can see the running cost as you go.
Windows
This is expected, and it is not a warning about Astra. Windows shows it for any installer whose publisher it has not seen often enough yet. Two clicks get past it, and installing from the Microsoft Store avoids it altogether.
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen keeps a reputation score for every application publisher. A new installer has no score yet, so it is shown as unrecognised. The message is about how many times Windows has seen the file, not about what is in it. The warning goes away on its own as more people install it.
Every download here starts at www.circuitnotion.com or at Astra’s Microsoft Store listing, over an encrypted connection, and Astra checks that each update it installs was signed by us before it will run it. If somebody sends you an Astra installer from anywhere else, do not run it.
Updates
Astra checks for new versions by itself and tells you when one is ready. You never need to come back to this page.
Astra asks for the current version when it starts. There is nothing to subscribe to and no newsletter to watch.
When a new version is out, a notice appears inside Astra saying so. Your work is not interrupted and nothing is downloaded until you say yes.
Choose to update and Astra fetches the new version, verifies it was signed by us, and restarts into it. Your projects and settings are untouched.
Every update is cryptographically signed, and Astra refuses one whose signature does not match the key built into the application. That is what stops anybody who can intercept a download from replacing an update with something else.
Questions
What people ask about Astra: what it costs, what it runs on, and what that Windows warning means.
Astra is a desktop AI agent from CircuitNotion, an AI company in Kigali, Rwanda. It is built for everyone, not only developers: you describe what you want in ordinary words and it does the work on your computer, the way you would yourself, showing you each change before it happens.
CircuitNotion, an AI company based in Kigali, Rwanda. The same company makes the circuit-2-turbo model and runs the CircuitNotion API, and Astra spends from the same credit balance.
Yes. The application is free to install. You sign in with a CircuitNotion account, and the work Astra does is paid for from your credit balance, with the running cost visible as you go.
Windows 10 and 11 on 64-bit, Debian and Ubuntu on 64-bit as a .deb package, and Mac on both Apple silicon and Intel.
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen keeps a reputation score for every publisher, and a new installer has no score yet, so Windows shows it as unrecognised. The message is about how often Windows has seen the file, not about what is in it. Choose More info, then Run anyway. The warning disappears on its own as more people install it, and installing from the Microsoft Store avoids it altogether.
Every download here starts at www.circuitnotion.com or at Astra’s Microsoft Store listing, over an encrypted connection, and Astra verifies that each update it installs was signed by us before it will run it. If somebody sends you an Astra installer from anywhere else, do not run it.
Double-click the .deb file, or install it from a terminal with sudo apt install ./ followed by the file name.
Astra asks for the current version when it starts and tells you inside the app when a new one is ready. Nothing is downloaded until you agree, and the new version is checked for our signature before it is installed. Your projects and settings are untouched.
From the same CircuitNotion credits as the API. You top up in Rwandan Francs with Mobile Money, or with a card billed in RWF or US dollars, and Astra spends from that balance as it works. There is no subscription, and unspent credits stay in your wallet.
