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AWS open-sources Pizza Bot, an inbox for background AI agents

AWS releases Pizza Bot, a local-first desktop app that manages long-running AI agent tasks in an email-style inbox.

newest coverage 11d agosummary written 12d ago17 pieces62 likes & upvotes34 comments NewswiresHacker NewsMastodon

What to know

  • Pizza Bot is an open-source, self-hosted application that manages AI agent tasks in an email-style inbox interface, allowing agents to work independently while users attend to other tasks.
  • The tool supports multiple model providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Amazon Bedrock, OpenRouter, and local Ollama) and requires users to bring their own API keys—no sign-up or telemetry collection.
  • Available under Apache 2.0 license with desktop installers for macOS (Intel and Apple silicon), Windows, and Linux, plus web and CLI interfaces.
  • Pizza Bot was developed with feedback from over 2,000 Amazon internal users before the public open-source release.

“It's Apache 2.0-licensed, there's no signup and no telemetry, and you bring your own model provider: Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock, Google Gemini, OpenAI, OpenRouter, or a local model through Ollama.”

jd_, Pizza Bot creator · Hacker News ↗

AWS (Amazon Web Services) Creator and open-source releaser

AWS open-sources Pizza Bot, an inbox for background AI agents
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    Pizza Bot creator posts on Hacker News

    The Pizza Bot creator posted on Hacker News as a first-time contributor, describing the tool's features: self-hosted desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux with email-like UI, no signup, no telemetry, and support for multiple model providers.

    “Pizza Bot is a self-hosted desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux that runs AI agents in the background and exposes them through an email-like UI.”
    — jd_
    1. 1 outlet Show HN: Pizza Bot – An inbox for AI agents that work in the background

      first by HN Frontpage, 12d ago

    • Got it installed, been playing with it for a bit.Had a bit of jankiness during setup as I fought with llama.cpp bugs. There are a few issues around models reported by the provider changing, refreshing as they change, had a few instances of "New Chat" showing one model then hitting llama.cpp with another, etc. Sorry, been traveling for a bit and…

      nucleardogHacker News12d agoview on Hacker News ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 9 posts in this stretch

    • I have a more basic question; I am trying to understand its purpose.How does this compare with connecting your agent to your ticket tracker? Linear can dispatch the agents: https://linear.app/agents https://linear.app/docs/coding-sessionsIf it is about local work, how does it compare with simply having your agent monitor a directory for ticket…

      esafakHacker News12d agoview on Hacker News ↗

    • This looks great. I've been playing around with GrokBot, and like a lot of what it does, but would much, much prefer an open source project to manage various asynchronous tasks.What I like about GrokBot is the combination of freeform agent discussions, scheduled jobs, agent-to-agent communication, per-agent memory, and the fact that they all get a…

      boplicityHacker News12d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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    Pizza Bot open-source release gains media coverage

    Tech media outlets begin covering the Pizza Bot release, with TechStrong AI and other publications reporting on the tool's capabilities as a self-hosted inbox for AI agents.

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    AWS open-sources Pizza Bot

    Amazon Web Services released Pizza Bot, an open-source application providing an email-style inbox for managing background AI agents. The tool is available under Apache 2.0 license with no signup requirement or telemetry.

    1. 1 outlet first by The New Stack, 17d ago · read ↗

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