Block’s new Apache 2.0 agent workspace Berd works across models and harnesses, stores conversation history locally

Source: ventureBeat August 18, 2026 · 16:23
Block, the technology company founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that owns Square, Cash App and the music streaming service Tidal, is open-sourcing Berd, a desktop application it originally built to give its own employees a single environment for working with AI agents across different models, tools and projects.Berd is a locally installed graphical desktop application rather than a browser-based workspace. It is available now on GitHub under a permissive Apache 2.0 license — meaning anyone can use, modify and redistribute it, including commercially — with free downloadable builds for macOS, Windows and Linux. The repository reached version 0.6.2 on Aug. 18, its seventh public release, and lists 91 contributors.“Berd is desktop-first because much of its value comes from working dire…

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