AURA: AI desktop pet for Windows, powered by your own API key
What is AURA?
AURA is an AI desktop pet for Windows that lives on your desktop, reacts to context, and lets you shape its personality. Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) from a supported AI provider, or run a local model with Ollama.
- Lives directly on your desktop
- Your API key stays yours
- Works with local Ollama
- AI provider choices
- 8
- control of your API
- 100%
- app telemetry
- 0
3D DESKTOP PETDrag to rotateKEY FEATURES
Everything a Good Digital Companion Needs
- 01
Natural Conversations, Not Just Commands
Chat with AURA like a friend, powered by the LLM you choose.
- 02
A Sparring Partner, Not a Yes-Man
AURA questions your assumptions and offers honest counterpoints; kindly, without empty flattery.
- 03
Always There, Never in the Way
A lightweight overlay that keeps you company without covering your work.
- 04
You Hold the API Keys
Use your own favorite AI API key; privacy and cost in your hands.
- 05
Reactions That Feel Alive
Animations and expressions that respond to context, not empty loops.
- 06
Light on RAM, Heavy on Character
Optimized so it won't hog your desktop's resources.
HOW IT WORKS
Four Steps, and AURA Is Ready
- 01
Download from the Microsoft Store
Install AURA straight from the Microsoft Store.
- 02
- 03
Set the name, language & behaviour
Rename the pet, pick a language, tune its walking speed and boredom delay.
- 04
Start chatting
AURA is ready to keep you company.
FLEXIBLE BY DESIGN
Choose the AI You Trust
AURA is provider-agnostic; just plug in the API key from the provider you choose. Or run a local model with no API key at all.
CHARACTERS
Change who keeps you company
Aura is free and stays that way. The three below need a licence; all of them already ship inside the app, so what you buy is permission to use one, not another download.
A LONG WAY FROM HOME
Alien
Dark armour and a pair of eyes that glow in the corner of the screen.
LATE SHIFT
Cyberpunk
Leather jacket, goggles pushed up, one streak of pink.
SWORD ON HIS BACK
Warrior
Silver hair, gold stitching, and a sword he never puts down.
Hover a card to see its other side. Open the store
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
AURA FOR WINDOWS
Your New Desktop Friend Is Ready to Download
AURA has launched and installs straight onto Windows. Connect the AI provider you prefer, then let it keep you company while you work.
