Open-source OpenAI Dots alternative invisible_dots passes 31.9K stars

barnyx @me_barnyxOriginally posted 2026.10.09

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THIS IS HECKING INSANE! an open-source OpenAI Dots alternative just passed 31.9K stars and 4.7K forks free gold for anyone who wants their own always-on Dot without paying for a Pro plan $200 it's called invisible_dots, it's MIT licensed, and it runs on your own machine. the idea: give an agent a whole computer of its own and a browser websites don't block. here's the breakdown: → a computer of its own, not a sandbox tab. each Dot gets a full virtual machine with a Linux desktop and a disk that keeps its files. it sleeps when idle and wakes up for your next message, task or scheduled job. → a browser that doesn't get blocked. the browser is Firefox patched in C++, so its fingerprint is set inside the engine itself. there's no JavaScript disguise for a site to spot. each browser identity keeps its own cookies and logins, so your "shopping" identity stays logged in to the shop. → it remembers how it did things. a Dot writes its own notes and how-tos in its home folder, the same way Claude Code does, and reads them before the next task. ask it once where your invoices page is, and it knows next time. → you decide what it's allowed to do. every tool is set to allow, ask or deny. an "ask" waits in your Inbox, survives a restart, and runs exactly once when you approve it. → it works while you sleep. there's a task queue with priorities and start times, plus recurring jobs. "every morning, check fares from Milan to Lisbon and write them to a CSV" and it boots its computer on time to do it. → reach it from anywhere. web UI, command line, an HTTP API with live events, Telegram, and WhatsApp if you turn it on. → crash-proof by design. restart it or even kill -9 it, and every message and task you saw accepted is still there. a tool call that got cut off is never run twice. → any model you want. plug in an OpenRouter he hard part lives in the computer and thebrowser, not the model. OpenAI ships Dots as a closed product inside a paid plan. this one is open source, runs locally, and you own the whole stack. i dig up repos like this every week before theuned to catch the next one early show it to the friend who's still paying for agents they can't look inside. so be honest: if an agent can have its own computer, its own browser and its own memory for free, what's left that's worth $200 a month?

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