SelfAgent: The Free, Self-Hosted AI Agent Built in India (2026)
SelfAgent builds real full-stack apps with a database, makes videos and images, and runs 148+ skills — free forever, on your own PC or VPS. Meet the Rajasthan-built AI agent.
SelfAgent: The Free, Self-Hosted AI Agent Built in India (2026)
Most AI 'agents' in 2026 are cloud subscriptions that hand you code or text and leave the rest to you. SelfAgent, built by Rajasthan-based VYZonek Technologies, takes a different approach: it runs entirely on hardware you control, and it doesn't stop at chat — it ships a real, working result.
What is SelfAgent?
SelfAgent describes itself as 'your own AI employee' — instead of just answering questions, it plans a task, does the work, checks its own output, fixes mistakes, and delivers a finished result: a live app with a real link, an MP4 video file, a document, or a deployed site. It runs 148+ built-in skills and connects to 102 external tools (67 of them need no API key at all).
- – Real server-side database, not a localStorage toy
- – Self-testing: plans, builds, tests, fixes its own bugs
- – Script → scenes → captions → music → MP4, all inside the agent
- – Image generation, background removal, upscaling
- – Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Bedrock, Ollama offline
- – Router picks the best free option automatically
- – Web UI
- – Telegram bot — build and edit from your phone
- – CLI — script it, pipe it, automate it
How is it different from a typical cloud AI agent?
| Typical cloud AI agent | SelfAgent | |
|---|---|---|
| Result | Text or code you paste yourself | Live app + database + shareable link |
| Fixes its own bugs | No | Yes — self-test, self-fix loop |
| Makes videos | No | Yes — Video Studio built in |
| Where your data lives | Their cloud servers | Your own PC or VPS |
| Price | Typically $20–200/month | ₹0 — free forever |
| Interfaces | Usually web only | Web + Telegram + CLI |
| Model choice | One locked-in model | Any model — free-first router |
Meet the founder: an Indian builder
SelfAgent is built by Jeetmal Kumawat, Founder & CEO of VYZonek Technologies Pvt Ltd, based in Rajasthan, India. His stated philosophy: 'free-first, privacy-first, and any-model — tools should run on your machine with your own keys, no central server, no vendor lock-in, and no surprise bills.' SelfAgent is one of several products from the same team, alongside ViralDM (AI social automation) and Verify4.AI (fraud detection).
What can you actually build with it?
- "Build a team task manager with a real database" — get a live, working app with a link
- "Make a 17-second finance explainer short" — full Video Studio pipeline: script, scenes, captions, music, MP4
- "Research this market and show your sources" — Perplexity-style live web research
- "Clean up this video" — send a clip on Telegram, get a finished file back
- 1You ask
In English or Hinglish, web/Telegram/CLI
- 2It plans
Breaks the task into steps
- 3It builds & self-tests
Runs its own tests, fixes its own bugs
- 4It delivers
Live app link, MP4, or document — not just text
- 1You ask
In English or Hinglish, web/Telegram/CLI
- 2It plans
Breaks the task into steps
- 3It builds & self-tests
Runs its own tests, fixes its own bugs
- 4It delivers
Live app link, MP4, or document — not just text
How to install (2 minutes, no Docker or Python needed)
| Platform | How |
|---|---|
| Windows | Download the installer (SelfAgent-Setup.exe) |
| Linux / VPS (24×7) | One command installs the server + auto-restart |
| macOS | Native .app, Apple Silicon + Intel |
| CLI (built into every platform) | Headless one-shot or interactive terminal chat |
# Linux / VPS — one command, installs the server with auto-restart
curl -fsSL https://selfagent.dev/install.sh | bash# CLI mode — script it or use it interactively
selfagent-server chat "ek portfolio site banao"Pros
- Genuinely free forever — no subscription, no per-seat pricing
- Self-hosted: your chats, files and memory never leave your hardware
- Ships real results — a working app with a database, not just code snippets
- Video Studio and Image Studio built in, no separate tools needed
- Works from Web, Telegram or CLI — same agent everywhere
Cons
- You need your own PC or a cheap VPS to run it 24×7
- For the best quality you'll eventually want at least one free API key or local Ollama
- Newer project — smaller community than the big-name cloud agents
Frequently asked questions
Is SelfAgent really free? What's the catch?
Yes — the app itself is free to download and use, and it prefers free AI models (Gemini free tier, Groq, offline Ollama). If you choose to add paid API keys, you pay those providers directly — there's no SelfAgent subscription.
Where does my data live with SelfAgent?
On your own machine or your own VPS. SelfAgent is self-hosted — chats, files, memory and the databases it creates all stay on hardware you control.
Which AI models can SelfAgent use?
Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, AWS Bedrock, local Ollama (fully offline) and AWS Kiro. An automatic free-first router picks the best available model per task, or you can pin one yourself.
Can I use SelfAgent from my phone?
Yes — connect the Telegram bot and the full agent works in chat: build sites, edit videos you send it, and get real files back. The web UI is also mobile-friendly.
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