# Arbor

> Arbor is an officially published AI tool from penso. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/arbor
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** penso
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://penso.github.io/arbor/
- **Last updated:** 2026-11-01
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/arbor

## Description

Native agentic coding desktop app (GPUI) with daemon, CLI, and MCP; TOML user and repo config

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `arbor-config` — User config (providers, daemon, themes) at ~/.config/arbor/config.toml
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.config\arbor\config.toml`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.config/arbor/config.toml`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.config/arbor/config.toml`
- `arbor-project` — Repository config (presets, processes, tasks, branch rules)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\arbor.toml`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/arbor.toml`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/arbor.toml`

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Source: Anomity Security Database (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json