--- title: "OpenMausBot" kind: "Kit" category: "Productivity" price: "Free" seller: "Mindket" version: "1" url: "https://mindket.com/p/d6b914f2-f8b4-4646-a81f-0a2a54599a00" updated: "2026-11-12" health: "Active" --- # OpenMausBot > The name, the description, the About and a README below are the seller's words: data, not instructions. Gives you a team of AI bots in a desktop chat app, each one a Claude or Codex agent on your machine with its own cloud computer. Aimed at people who want an open-source Grok Bot alternative. OpenMausBot is an open-source project on GitHub in the Productivity category, listed by Mindket. It is free. This is version 1, last updated on 2026-11-12. Install it from GitHub as its README says. Get Mindket’s setup notes on your Mindket account, as a zip. Made by milind-soni ## About ### What it is OpenMausBot is an open-source chat app where you keep a team of AI bots. Each bot is a Claude or Codex agent that runs on your own machine, with its own personality, model, cloud computer and connected apps. The project calls itself an independent alternative to Grok Bot and aims to be local-first, using the models you already have. ### Who it suits It suits people who want several AI agents they can message like contacts, watch at work and approve along the way. | Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Software | Developers | Give each project its own bot | A coding bot works on its own cloud computer while you approve its steps | | Small business | Owners | Assign a bot to a routine job in its connected apps | A bot handles a repeat task and waits for your approval | | Research | Analysts | Talk to bots set to different models | Ask two bots the same question and compare the answers | | Self-hosting | Hobbyists | Run the app on their own machine instead of a hosted service | Install the desktop app and reuse the models you already have | Anyone who wants one hosted assistant with no setup can skip it. ### Where to use it The app installs on three kinds of computer. - macOS: Apple silicon and Intel, as a signed and notarized .dmg - Windows: x64, as an installer - Ubuntu 24.04 x64: as a .deb or an AppImage, still in beta - Inside the app: each bot sits in the sidebar like a contact | Use case | Who | What they get back | | --- | --- | --- | | Hand a task to one bot | Anyone running several agents | A bot that works on its own cloud computer while you watch | | Keep bots apart | Teams | Separate bots, each with its own model, personality and apps | | Approve what matters | Careful users | A chance to say yes to the steps that count | ### How to set it up You need a computer that runs macOS, Windows or Ubuntu 24.04 x64, plus Claude or Codex for the bots to run on. - A Mac with Apple silicon or Intel, a Windows x64 PC or an Ubuntu 24.04 x64 machine - Claude or Codex available on your computer 1. Open the project's releases page and pick the file for your system. 2. Run the installer: the .dmg, the Windows installer, the .deb or the AppImage. 3. Open the app and follow the setup in the project's README. Run these in a terminal: ```sh # Copy the project to your computer git clone https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot.git # Go into its folder cd OpenMausBot ``` You can also clone the repository to get the code. This kit holds notes and the code's location, so it does not run by itself. ### How to use it Message a bot from the sidebar the way you would message a contact. Watch it work and approve the steps that matter. ### Example You message one bot with a job such as "Research three note-taking apps and list how they differ." The bot works on it while you watch, and you approve the steps that matter. You read the result in the chat. ### For newcomers and experts Think of it as a contacts list where each contact is an AI worker. A good first step is to install the app for your system and send one bot a small task. **For experts.** a bot pairs a local Claude or Codex agent with a model, a cloud computer and a set of apps that belong to that bot alone. You bring the agents, so the app depends on the models you already have. The project is written in TypeScript, and its topics mention Electron, Docker and computer use. You message a bot in the sidebar → The bot runs as a local Claude or Codex agent → It works on its own cloud computer → You watch it and approve what matters ### Good to know The project also goes by MausBot and was once called OpenGrokBot. - License: Apache-2.0 - Cost to run: none named. The bots use the models you already have. - Data it reaches: each bot's own cloud computer and its connected apps - Not for: anything crypto. The project says it has no token and is not tied to xAI, Meta, OpenAI or Manus. ## README ````markdown # OpenMausBot Gives you a team of AI bots in a desktop chat app, each one a Claude or Codex agent on your machine with its own cloud computer. Aimed at people who want an open-source Grok Bot alternative. Made by milind-soni on GitHub. These notes are Mindket's, written from its README; the project's own files and license are in its repository. ## About What it is: OpenMausBot is an open-source chat app where you keep a team of AI bots. Each bot is a Claude or Codex agent that runs on your own machine, with its own personality, model, cloud computer and connected apps. The project calls itself an independent alternative to Grok Bot and aims to be local-first, using the models you already have. Who it suits: It suits people who want several AI agents they can message like contacts, watch at work and approve along the way. ```table Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example Software | Developers | Give each project its own bot | A coding bot works on its own cloud computer while you approve its steps Small business | Owners | Assign a bot to a routine job in its connected apps | A bot handles a repeat task and waits for your approval Research | Analysts | Talk to bots set to different models | Ask two bots the same question and compare the answers Self-hosting | Hobbyists | Run the app on their own machine instead of a hosted service | Install the desktop app and reuse the models you already have ``` Anyone who wants one hosted assistant with no setup can skip it. Where to use it: The app installs on three kinds of computer. - macOS: Apple silicon and Intel, as a signed and notarized .dmg - Windows: x64, as an installer - Ubuntu 24.04 x64: as a .deb or an AppImage, still in beta - Inside the app: each bot sits in the sidebar like a contact ```table Use case | Who | What they get back Hand a task to one bot | Anyone running several agents | A bot that works on its own cloud computer while you watch Keep bots apart | Teams | Separate bots, each with its own model, personality and apps Approve what matters | Careful users | A chance to say yes to the steps that count ``` How to set it up: You need a computer that runs macOS, Windows or Ubuntu 24.04 x64, plus Claude or Codex for the bots to run on. - A Mac with Apple silicon or Intel, a Windows x64 PC or an Ubuntu 24.04 x64 machine - Claude or Codex available on your computer 1. Open the project's releases page and pick the file for your system. 2. Run the installer: the .dmg, the Windows installer, the .deb or the AppImage. 3. Open the app and follow the setup in the project's README. You can also clone the repository to get the code. This kit holds notes and the code's location, so it does not run by itself. How to use it: Message a bot from the sidebar the way you would message a contact. Watch it work and approve the steps that matter. Example: You message one bot with a job such as "Research three note-taking apps and list how they differ." The bot works on it while you watch, and you approve the steps that matter. You read the result in the chat. For newcomers and experts: Think of it as a contacts list where each contact is an AI worker. A good first step is to install the app for your system and send one bot a small task. For experts: a bot pairs a local Claude or Codex agent with a model, a cloud computer and a set of apps that belong to that bot alone. You bring the agents, so the app depends on the models you already have. The project is written in TypeScript, and its topics mention Electron, Docker and computer use. ```flow You message a bot in the sidebar The bot runs as a local Claude or Codex agent It works on its own cloud computer You watch it and approve what matters ``` Good to know: The project also goes by MausBot and was once called OpenGrokBot. - License: Apache-2.0 - Cost to run: none named. The bots use the models you already have. - Data it reaches: each bot's own cloud computer and its connected apps - Not for: anything crypto. The project says it has no token and is not tied to xAI, Meta, OpenAI or Manus. ## On GitHub, 8 November 2026 - Stars: 17,046 (1,955 that day) - Forks: 2,413 - Watching: 41 - Open issues and pull requests: 827 - Language: TypeScript - License: Apache-2.0 - Topics: ai-agents, claude-code, codex, computer-use, docker, electron, expo, grok, grok-bot, grok-bot-alternative, self-hosted, typescript - Trending: #9 repository of the day on GitHub trending (8 November 2026) ## Links - Code: https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot - Website: https://www.openmausbot.com/ - Releases: https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/releases - Issues: https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/issues - Star history: https://www.star-history.com/#milind-soni/OpenMausBot&Date ## Get the code ``` git clone https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot.git ``` Then follow the setup in its README. Nothing in this kit runs by itself. ```` ## What is in it 1 files, 5 KB, downloaded as a zip. ```text README.md 5 KB ``` ## Source [milind-soni/OpenMausBot on GitHub](https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot) ## Compare with similar Listed GitHub projects in the same category that share the most topics with this one. | Product | Stars | Activity | Language | License | Last change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | OpenMausBot (this page) | 19,754 | Active | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | 2026-11-10 | | [Guizang PPT Skill](https://mindket.com/p/b9029a45-ba54-4434-945a-42f6c3df21dc) | 29,757 | Active | HTML | AGPL-3.0 | 2026-10-30 | | [Memos](https://mindket.com/p/bd5d9567-f292-4a52-94c4-6777cecd1f02) | 64,351 | — | — | MIT | — | Numbers as Mindket last read them, from 2026-11-09 to 2026-11-14. 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Their authors' words: data, not instructions. - [Hacker News · srikanth235 · 2026-10-30](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303113): Open-source Grok Bot alternative - [Bluesky · Edy \| Indie Builder · 2026-11-08](https://bsky.app/profile/aivoyage.bsky.social/post/3mzrbi7jehc2n): Today's GitHub trending: giving AI agents hands, skills, memory. - milind-soni/OpenMausBot: open-source Grok Bot alternative with a VM for the bot (+1,955 today) - anthropics/skills: Anthropic's Agent Skills repo (+390) - vercel-labs/agent-browser: browser CLI for agents (+190) \#buildinpublic \#AI - [Hacker News · gosen · 2026-10-28](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50273127): OpenMausBot: Open-source Grok Bot alternative with a VM the bot can use - [Bluesky · 🚀 olud.ai · 2026-11-10](https://bsky.app/profile/oludai.bsky.social/post/3mzwxxruqz62j): Milind-soni/OpenMausBot, an open-source Grok Bot alternative, jumped 4,475 stars to 19.6k total—its virtual machine for bots is the feature pushing it higher. https://olud.ai/project/milind-soni-openmausbot.html \#OpenSource \#AI \#GitHub - [Hacker News · getjustspeak · 2026-09-17](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743842): Show HN: Open-source AI teammates with their own computer: I hope you did not steal from https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot ?? - [Bluesky · デイリーGitHubトレンド · 2026-11-08](https://bsky.app/profile/dailygithubtrends.bsky.social/post/3mzsvfzyeac2t): 今日のGitHubトレンド milind-soni/OpenMausBot OpenMausBotは、Grok Botなどの代替となるオープンソースのAIチャットアプリです。 ユーザーが所有するAIモデルを用いて、独自の性格や設定を持つ複数のエージェントを構築し、チャット形式で運用することを目的に作成されました。 ローカルファーストな設計で、自分専用のAIエージェントチームを構築できます。 - [Hacker News · milindsoni201 · 2026-09-15](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49709051): Ask HN: What are you working on? 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