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VEX Desktop

0.4.0 Your keys. Your machine. Your agent.

A self-custodial AI agent for crypto that runs on your own computer, trades from wallets whose keys never leave it, and asks before it moves money unless you choose otherwise.

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Livev0.4.0 · 13 October 2026

Model proposes. Runtime enforces. You decide.

Install and connectChapters

Install and connect

(01) Docker, your OpenRouter key, then VEX.

macOS on Apple Silicon or Intel, Windows x64, or Linux x64. VEX runs a local Postgres 18 database with pgvector and a local EmbeddingGemma 300M model in Docker. You pay OpenRouter directly for model use. No $VEX needed.
  • Start Docker, then open VEX. It sets up its local database and memory model in Docker.
  • Paste your OpenRouter key.
  • Create your EVM and Solana wallets, or restore them from a backup. Set a master password. VEX writes a backup archive automatically.
  • Start a session: Agent or Mission, Restricted or Full Autonomous. The choice is fixed for that session.

Docker with Compose 2.23.1 or newer. The app must stay open: Desktop works only while it runs.

KeysChapters

Keys

(02) Created and encrypted on your computer.

EVM and Solana keys are generated on your computer and stored in an encrypted vault (AES-256-GCM, scrypt N=2^17, r=8, p=1). The master password is held only in memory and asked again after every restart. VEX servers never hold your keys.
  • A backup archive is written automatically. You can export your wallets and restore them.
  • No hardware wallet support.
  • The code is source-available under the VEX Source-Available License v1.0, published so you can read and audit it.
ApprovalsChapters

Approvals

(03) What is signed, shown before it is signed.

Restricted, the default, asks before every action that moves money. The approval card shows the exact signed arguments, the VEX fee and a safety verdict from VEX's own check, never model text.
  • Approvals expire after 1 hour.
  • Slippage is 1% by default, with a hard cap of 10%.
  • Even in Full Autonomous, a price-and-safety check no older than 15 minutes from the same venue is required, and every send goes through prepare, then confirm.
  • Full Autonomous Agent sessions have no mission contract. The wallets you attach are the only limit.
DownloadsChapters

Downloads

(04) Download v0.4.0 for macOS, Windows or Linux.

Download the build for your system from GitHub. macOS builds are notarized. Windows builds are Authenticode signed.
macOS, Apple Silicon (.dmg)
https://github.com/Vex-Foundation/Vex/releases/download/v0.4.0/Vex-0.4.0-mac-arm64.dmg
macOS, Intel (.dmg)
https://github.com/Vex-Foundation/Vex/releases/download/v0.4.0/Vex-0.4.0-mac-x64.dmg
Windows x64 (.exe)
https://github.com/Vex-Foundation/Vex/releases/download/v0.4.0/Vex-0.4.0-win-x64.exe
Linux x64 (.AppImage)
https://github.com/Vex-Foundation/Vex/releases/download/v0.4.0/Vex-0.4.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage
Linux x64 (.deb)
https://github.com/Vex-Foundation/Vex/releases/download/v0.4.0/Vex-0.4.0-linux-amd64.deb
All files for v0.4.0
https://github.com/Vex-Foundation/Vex/releases/tag/v0.4.0

VEX charges 0.25% on the operations it executes, only after they succeed. Model costs are separate: you pay OpenRouter directly.

Run your agent on your own machine.

Needs Docker and your own OpenRouter key. You pay your model provider directly.

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