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“A computer of its own for agents”: open-source alternatives to Grok Bot / Muse, and personal agent workbenches. Stars are picking up speed again; gaps are mobile, vertical markets, and dispatch consoles for multiple coding agents. Only MausBot has shown paid revenue so far
Open Watch · open-source alternatives to closed-source big-company products (mainly stars; revenue not yet validated) First seen 2026-11-01 · last updated 2026-11-08
- Status
- Open (four open-source alternatives on GitHub began accelerating again around 10-29; 11-02 still climbing; only one revenue sample, of middling quality)
- Why now, and how long the window lasts
- Closed-source personal agents (Grok Bot, Muse, Cue) launched 8–September, lots of users and lots of incident news too; every time a closed agent blows up, the open-source alternatives get another wave (inferred). Phone side just opened: Mika 4 days 3,700 stars, before that only andee. Using [002] TV cluster as reference, it closed its gate in two weeks; phone side will likely be copied within 2–4 weeks (inferred).
- Confidence
- Medium (stars are accelerating across several repos at once, credible); revenue is low. What would overturn it: OpenMausBot, cindy, nightly-labs/openbot daily star gains fall back below 500 over the next 7 days after 11-15, or a big lab ships an official open-source version. What would upgrade it: a second indie product in the same space passes $3,000 in 30 days, or MausBot holds above $5,000 for two straight months.
Evidence
Grouped by store. Each group starts with the charts that can be graphed (real curves, data dates below the chart), then the scanner's original notes and source links.
GitHub4 evidence · 13 products with curves
GitHub · created 2026-08-11 · 16,790 stars · 7 days +7,296
Open-source Grok Bot alternative with a virtual machine that bots can use
Data 2026-08-27 → 2026-11-08 (74 days, 31 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-08-17 · 10,385 stars · 7 days +1,263
Open-source AI coworkers that each get a computer of their own: a browser, files and tools, with every action decided before it happens and recorded after. Brin
Data 2026-08-26 → 2026-11-08 (75 days, 33 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-07-22 · 9,458 stars · 7 days +632
Consider it done. The open-source AI agent that works out of the box · Thought it, built it. An open-source, out-of-the-box AI Agent.
Data 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-08 (31 days, 28 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-08-12 · 6,215 stars · 7 days +1,834 · see product profile
A local-first desktop workspace for persistent AI teammates. Run Codex, Claude, and Grok with dedicated workspaces, task queues, file sharing, browser control,
Data 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-08 (31 days, 31 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-08-13 · 7,445 stars · 7 days +992
Open-source Grok Bot alternative. Choose your own model and sandbox.
Data 2026-08-26 → 2026-11-08 (75 days, 32 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-10-29 · 7,581 stars · 7 days +4,941
An on-device AI agent for Android that operates apps and the web to get things done for you.
Data 2026-10-31 → 2026-11-08 (9 days, 9 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-10-14 · 3,700 stars · 7 days +1,315
All your computers and your phone, working as one desk. Screens, apps, files, clipboard, calls, texts, notifications, mouse and keyboard, shared between Mac, W
Data 2026-10-18 → 2026-11-08 (22 days, 22 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-09-17 · 3,779 stars · 7 days +425
Andee lives on your phone or Mac and uses any app like you do—no integrations, no root, any model; memory and passwords never leave your device | Andee lives on your phone or
Data 2026-10-13 → 2026-11-08 (27 days, 26 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
5 more products' curves
GitHub · created 2026-09-23 · 3,293 stars · 7 days +352
nanoMuse: an open-source personal agent for every device you own. One agent with a name and a look of its own that does things, keeps working while the app is c
Data 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-08 (31 days, 30 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-09-28 · 1,173 stars · 7 days +40
Coordinate Claude, Codex and Cursor windows with shared tasks, acknowledgements, prechecks, parallel tests, source-bound proofs and independent review. Built-in
Data 2026-10-14 → 2026-11-08 (26 days, 26 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-09-17 · 1,497 stars · 7 days +325
cloudroom is the open-source platform to run 1,000+ agents productively
Data 2026-09-27 → 2026-11-08 (43 days, 31 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-09-28 · 374 stars · 7 days +40
A desktop GUI for running dozens of Claude Code and Codex agents in parallel, each in its own git worktree. Answer them like email, or use the board view. Free,
Data 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-08 (31 days, 31 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
GitHub · created 2026-07-31 · 373 stars · 7 days +169
Your self-hosted control plane for Claude Code and Codex. Turn issues into queued, observable, approval-aware coding workflows—from any browser.
Data 2026-10-28 → 2026-11-08 (12 days, 12 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one
- GitHub (verified by 11-02): milind-soni/OpenMausBot (open-source Grok Bot alternative, the bot has its own VM), created 08-11, 10,402 stars, 7 days +4,807; the previous 7 days only +494,11-02, single-day +908. Three others in the same period: CopilotKit/OpenBot 9,426 (7 days +2,320 / last week +488), makecindy/cindy 8,907 (+3,306 / +2,413), nightly-labs/openbot 4,502 (+3,460 / +441). Only elie222/rakazo 6,548 (+702 / +1,184) is slowing. Four repos created in August turned at the same week, inferred as an external cause (10-20 techdirt reported the Grok Bot leak of CEO bank data; HN 36 points).
- GitHub (phone and cross-device, verified by 11-02): wangzan101/Mika (private AI assistant on your phone that operates apps for you) created 10-29, 4 days 3,732 stars (11-01 +1,583, 11-02 +1,092), new account with a single repo; InukaAsith/TwinDesk (merges all your computers and phones into one desk) 2,684,7 days +2,337; kuafuai/andee 3,386 (7 days +508, last week +2,484, fading); nano-muse/nanoMuse 2,980.
- GitHub (org batch, verified by 11-02): CopilotKit released 4 variants from one org: OpenBot 9,426, OpenDots 6,291, openmuse 6,072, OpenDuet (created 10-21) 1,780.
- GitHub (multi coding-agent dispatch consoles, verified by 11-02): dagoSte/squadra 1,168 (7 days +641), davidondrej/cloudroom 1,206, savannahfeder/agentbox 337, uniquechao/PandaDOS 204, all still small.
Indie product revenue (TrustMRR)1 evidence · 2 products with curves
MausBot mausbot.com
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $8,358 (+360%) · MRR $7,811 · 193 subscriptions · View product profile
2026-09 → 2026-11 (3 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
Morphy appmorphy.com
TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $928 (+0%) · MRR $444 · 64 subscriptions
2026-10 → 2026-11 (2 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete
Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above.
- indie (30 days, as of 11-01): MausBot (mausbot.com, 'open-source Grok Bot / Muse / Cue alternative', $29 / $49 / $89 per month) $5,425, MRR $7,999,114 from subscriptions; but daily revenue is mostly in $0–300, propped up by one day at $10-16 and another at $1,549 10-21 $731. Its domain differs from OpenMausBot (openmausbot.com) on GitHub, and indie's record shows has_github as False; whether they are the same team is unverified. Similar product Morphy (desktop canvas running several coding agents side by side, $9/month) has 889,60 subscriptions.
Hacker News1 evidence items
- HN: Grok Bot 08-11 launch 351 points (id 49261514); CopilotKit's 'Show HN: Open Bot' 08-19 only 12 points (id 49365575). HN did not supply these repos' stars.
Meta Ad Library 1 evidence items · 1 products with curves
Muse play.google.com
Meta Ad Library · running 2,262 ads · earliest seen running from 2026-09-29
Data 2026-11-01 → 2026-11-06 (6 days, 3 observations). Meta Ad Library tracking started 11-01; an advertiser is tracked about every 2–3 days.
- Meta ad library (11-02, see [007]): Muse is running 1,860 ads, Grok 1,363 ads; big companies are spending to push the closed versions.
Already doing it
The ones listed above. Difference from [007]: [007] is the service of 'hosting OpenClaw for you' declining; this one is 'open-source personal agent workbench with its own VM' gaining stars.
In our product archive: OpenBot (openbot.run), MausBot, Cue by Manus, Grok Bot
The hardest step
Sandboxes or VMs, desktop or phone apps, multi-model adapters: heavy maintenance, hard for one person to sustain long-term; big labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI) could release official open-source versions at any time. On monetization, open-source users default to not paying; MausBot is the only sample.
Who it's for
A 1–3 person team that can build an Electron or React Native app with a sandbox. Play: open-source core plus a hosted subscription ($29–89/month, using MausBot as reference). Open gaps are in three places: phone (Android accessibility control), vertical versions for Chinese or specific industries, and dispatch consoles for multiple coding agents.
Should every product builder know this?
No.
Change log
2026-11-08
MausBot 30 days $8,358 (MRR $7,811), up steadily from $5,319 on 10-31. Still short of the upgrade condition, "over $5,000 for two consecutive months"; November final figure. PH Daily #1 on 11-06: Tobira Site Agent (turns websites into agents sold to AI agents, 359 votes).
2026-11-05
Cue by Manus GP 7 days +13,990; KKKKhazix/agent-autoloop (lets command-line agents take jobs in the background on their own and send a card to ask you when unsure; created 2 days ago, 2,379 stars, 478 forks) just crossed the threshold. MausBot 30 days $6,416. Unchanged.
2026-11-03
AnyModelBot ('open-source, local-first Grok Bot / OpenAI dots / Claude Duet alternative', created 7 days ago, 1,321 stars) just crossed the threshold; Mika 5,199 stars but suspect is flagging 'new account single-repo surge', so discount the star count. MausBot 30 days $5,702 (MRR $7,602). Unchanged.
2026-11-02
Backfill check: OpenMausBot 9,494 → 10,402 (still accelerating); Mika 2,640 → 3,732; CopilotKit/OpenBot 9,122 → 9,426. MausBot 30-day revenue: indie reported $5,221, [007] wrote $5,319, today $5,425; MRR report $7,722, today $7,999. Newly noted: MausBot and OpenMausBot have different domains, and reports treat them as one company; cannot confirm today.
2026-11-01
First record (backfilled from 'New GitHub Opportunities (batch 1)' §1.5 and 'Revenue library: products that just started making money' §1.1, data as of 2026-11-01).
Original: Scanner opportunity library #055 (updated daily, 06:00); this page was generated on the 2026-11-08 edition.