LAST DB
On a foundation you own.
Software should make a life you want to live in — not a stack of rented silos you babysit. LastDB is a local database all your tools are built on: memory, board, ops gates, agent skills — and the apps you write yourself. Build hard. Build happy. Keep the substrate — and deliver slices of it to people you choose.
Local use needs no account. Optional cloud backup/sync joins an account when you want multi-device. Alpha — macOS Apple Silicon, ~5 minutes to install.
[Install →] [Apps] [llms.txt] — plain-text install for agents
Most teams assemble a life out of SaaS: notes here, tickets there, agents somewhere else — each with its own database, account, and anxiety. You are building in a dozen rented rooms.
LastDB is the room you own. One permanent local database. Apps (Brain, Kanban, Situations, and the ones you write) are tools on that foundation — not permanent custodians of a copy. The point of the stack is not grind for its own sake; it is building software — and a practice — that makes you happy.
LASTDB the foundation
Your local database. One process on your Mac. Everything else stands on this.
YOUR STACK the stack
Memory, board, ops, agents — and apps you invent. Same data. No per-tool silo.
Explore the whole system. Zoom into memory, disk, and cloud. Select a part to see what it does and why.
Follow the connections between 80 parts, or follow one request through the layers.
[Open the interactive guide →]
Source review: 25 October 2026. Explore manual byte backup, restore counter checks, disk format changes, and app compatibility. Inactive paths have explicit labels.
This is how you get started. Needs Homebrew, Bun, and Node 18+ with npm on Apple Silicon. One installer puts LastDB and the starter apps on your machine. Prefer plain text? See llms.txt.
RUN THIS copy once → terminal or agent
Skip the first line if bun --version already works; skip the node line if npm --version already works. Script has no shell comments on purpose — macOS zsh does not treat # as a comment in an interactive paste.
curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
export PATH="$HOME/.bun/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
brew install node
test "$(uname -m)" = "arm64" || { echo "LastDB needs macOS Apple Silicon" >&2; exit 1; }
for tool in brew git bun node npm; do command -v "$tool" >/dev/null || { echo "Missing $tool" >&2; exit 1; }; done
node --version
git --version
git clone https://github.com/EdgeVector/last-stack ~/.last-stack
~/.last-stack/setup
~/.last-stack/bin/last-stack-install-apps
brew services start lastdb
lastdb status
curl --fail --silent --show-error --unix-socket ~/.lastdb/data/folddb.sock http://localhost/health
brain init --grant-consent
kanban init
situations init
lastsecrets init
org init
search init --quiet
kanban list
brain concept new hello --title "Hello" --body "my first note"
brain get hello
brain ask "first note"
lastsecrets listIf a command is “not found,” ensure ~/.bun/bin and ~/.local/bin are on your PATH (the Bun installer usually does this; open a new terminal if needed). Health should print {"status":"ok"}. The installer ends with RESULT: PASS or RESULT: FAIL. Stop when it prints RESULT: FAIL. brain ask may lag a few seconds after create — brain get hello is immediate.
WHAT THAT DID
brew install LastDB, clone apps under ~/lastdb-apps, link brain / kanban / situations / lastsecrets / search, start the daemon, init each app. The installer prints a pass or fail result.
DATABASE ONLY
brew install edgevector/lastdb/lastdb brew services start lastdb lastdb status curl --fail --silent --show-error --unix-socket ~/.lastdb/data/folddb.sock http://localhost/health
Expect {"status":"ok"}. Add apps later from the same installer with --no-brew.
Installed already? Next steps, by intent: