Warmwind OS is not a classic OS for your laptop, but a cloud platform that powers “digital workers” in the background. They see the screen, click buttons, fill out forms, and perform long workflows through the apps you already use – without API integrations. The project is being developed in Germany, is in closed beta testing, and already has thousands of applications on the waiting list.
Over the past decades, we've moved from typing commands to tapping icons. We're now at a point where the computer no longer waits, but starts working. Warmwind OS extends the idea of an operating system to the cloud: AI that sees the user interface, understands it, and uses the mouse and keyboard to carry out your goals – from “reply to email” to “compose a report and send it to PDF". It's not magic, it's streaming a graphical desktop from a customized Linux image into your browser, while everything runs even when you close the tab.
What exactly is Warmwind OS?
Warmwind OS is a cloud-native platform for autonomous application work. In practice, this means an AI agent that acts as a digital assistant: it opens programs, reads the screen, clicks, types, and moves between tools – without developers having to prepare APIs or special integrations. The whole thing is designed as a cloud OS: the user sees a streamed desktop in the browser, and the logic runs on the server side.
According to the team, the system runs on a custom Linux distribution optimized for automation tasks; the interface to the user is provided via Wayland and VNC streaming (“the browser is just a window”). Even if you close the browser, the agents continue to work.
How it works: Linux below, browser above
Under the hood is a stack that is more of an OS than a classic “web application”:
- Customized Linux manages processes and work tasks on the server.
- Streaming GUI (Wayland + VNC) sends a "live" desktop to your browser.
- No local installation: everything runs in the cloud; the browser is just a viewer.
- Visual automation: AI uses eyes (vision) and hands (mouse/keyboard) instead of APIs.
This approach is inherently robust where APIs are absent or expensive, but fragile when interfaces change frequently—the eternal tradeoff of visual automation. (This is a reasonable technical implication of any “look and click” system, not a specific promise of Warmwind.)
“Teaching mode”: instead of demanding prompts, you show what to do
Warmwind has a learning mode where you demonstrate a task once: you click on the screen while the agent “watches,” and you add voice instructions or context. The system generalizes the pattern so that it performs it itself next time – even if the page changes slightly. The concept of “show, don’t write” is central to the product’s philosophy and is clearly visible in the demo videos.
Where it's useful: from customer support to HR (and even ancient ERPs)
In the first demos, the team shows very different tasks: an agent searches for order data and composes responses for customers; builds a hiring funnel on LinkedIn and enters all the collected data into a spreadsheet on the fly; automates classic, cumbersome real estate management software that has no import or export. All of this is possible because Warmwind “sees” AI and works like a human – just without tiring the wrist.
OS or “just” a web app? Why is the naming intentionally vague?
The team itself admits: this is not a traditional OS that lives on your laptop – it is a cloud OS, where the “web app” is just a window into a real, customized environment. In their explanation, they compare Warmwind to modern examples (e.g. ChromeOS), where the definition of an OS is stretched to new usage models. The emphasis: the function is important – a comprehensive, durable working layer for autonomous digital work.
ChatGPT + Warmwind: brains and hands
Warmwind does not compete with ChatGPT, but rather the other way around: ChatGPT is the “writer and researcher,” while Warmwind is the “hands and eyes” that shape it all into documents, PDFs, emails, or posts and actually deliver them. In one scenario, Warmwind opens ChatGPT, gets a copy of the content, creates a report, and sends it at a time you set.
Business, privacy and origin: made in Germany
Warmwind develops Eva AG from Jena; after two years of development, the company moved from the “stealth” phase to closed betaIt is completed. 1.5 million seed (bm‑t Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen, BRT Ventures and a private investor), and there are more than 12.000 interested parties. The system runs on German infrastructure, aims at GDPR compliance and according to the team, it does not rely on external APIs and can, where necessary, run on-premiseThe team (about ten people) plans to expand beta testing.
How does Warmwind differ from RPA tools?
Classic RPA (robotic process automation) is prone to fragility: the UI changes, the bot crashes. Instead of rigidly recorded scripts, Warmwind uses a model that “looks” and infers about UI elements, and thus survives minor changes more easily – at least according to the demonstrations and architecture description. Another difference is that Warmwind runs as sustainable cloud OS, which can run multiple “employees” at the same time and use programs from Google Docs, Excel and Slack to Canva, SAP or Salesforce.
Limitations and open issues (which we will monitor)
- Reliability of visual automation: How well do agents survive major UI changes?
- Security and access management: Who has the keys to the company accounts and how are audit trails maintained?
- Cost and performance: How many “cloud employees” can a small team realistically afford?
- The limits of the “OS” metaphor: Will we treat this type of system as an OS, a managed service, or something else in the long run?
Conclusion: “OS for AI” is not just a buzzword – it’s a new operating layer
Warmwind OS is not here to replace your laptop. It wants to replace your most repetitive hours. If the platform is as robust in practice as it promises in videos and on the blog, it will create a new layer of computing: an OS that works for us between applications. For now: closed beta, clear vision and solid cloud implementation – worth following, especially for teams that live in Excel, email and CRMs.
