Six open-source alternatives to OpenAI Dots
The author lists six self-hostable open-source alternatives that appeared after Dots launched, running on your own machine with any model, some already doing things the original can't.
OpenAI Dots costs $200 a month and GitHub already has it for free... I went through every open-source Dots alternative that showed up after launch and kept the 6 worth installing. they run on your own machine, work with any model you want and some already do things the original can't Start with these: repo 1 → OpenDots (CopilotKit, ★ 4.1k). a template for always-on coworkers where each Dot gets its own computer, joins Slack, takes calls and waits for your approval before saving anything repo 2 → Hermes Agent (Nous Research, ★ 251k). the biggest one on the list, it writes its own skills after every task, remembers how you like things done and runs cron jobs with subagents while you sleep repo 3 → nanobot (HKUDS, ★ 48k). a lightweight Python agent with long-term memory, MCP tools and automations that send you a morning brief on Telegram repo 4 → Open Dot (Composio community, ★ 589). a Mac app where every dot has its own logged-in browser, passwords stay in your Keychain so the model never sees them, plus 1,500+ app connections repo 5 → Open Dots (Anil-matcha, ★ 5.5k). a self-hosted workspace where you send tasks from Telegram, it fixes code in a sandbox and asks before anything risky like a git push repo 6 → OpenDots (diggerhq). fully model-agnostic, switching between Claude, GPT and Kimi takes one line of code set up any of them this weekend and you get your own Dot without the Pro plan. you decide what it can touch, where it runs and which model it uses All 6 GitHub repos below ↓
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