Developer builds local Grok Bot clone called Jelly

Damien C. Tanner @dctannerOriginally posted 2026.09.27

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Software is so solved. I built this local Grok Bot clone today, and now it’s my main driver. It runs on its own Linux box. It has features I’ve really wished Codex supported (ping @thsottiaux) like browser control with human handover, and request sudo. Which means it can build and do anything on the internet, even improve itself! I called it Jelly after @thorstenball coined the term jellyware. I just had to go for a sea creature theme.