Launching today
OpenBot
Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer
598 followers
Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer
598 followers
OpenBot is an open-source workspace for AI teammates. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, OpenCode, or custom agents on Mac, Windows, and iOS. Give agents clear roles, let them delegate work, and invite your team to collaborate live with the same agents.
Hey Kamil, what was the biggest challenge or discovery you had when building OpenBot? It could be about anything, from open sourcing the app to coordinating the agents. Congrats on the launch today!
Can I send tasks remotely from my phone? Check in on progress?
I work on outbound systems where different agents often need different context and jobs. The separate workspace + queue model caught my attention. can one agent hand a task to another while preserving the first agent’s context?
@sagar_deore Yes. Agents keep their own threads and workspaces, and can hand off tasks via messages or a shared channel. In a channel, the next agent can see the shared discussion; their private thread context stays separate
Wow, that's a great timing because I was actually wondering if there's an open source or local-first alternative to Grok Bot. I am kind of skeptical of any AI assistant on cloud because of the privacy concerns.
@krutiparekh16 Totally understand the privacy concern. That’s why OpenBot supports local models through Ollama and LM Studio, when you use one, your prompts stay on your machine instead of going to a cloud AI provider.
@rukhsar_amjad Not currently, an agent’s instructions are shared with the team, so changing them affects everyone. For separate instructions, you’d need to use separate agents.
Hey everyone, Norbert already covered what OpenBot is.
I just want to throw in a few use cases he didn’t get into, but I actually use OpenBot for them in my daily work.
Automating follow-ups so nothing slips - when a new customer inquiry comes in, I get a reminder every hour until I actually deal with it, and it's already logged in the CRM before I even open Slack
Keeping an eye on the internet for me - OpenBot tracks my social profiles or the subreddits I care about around the clock, and drops a summary of anything worth knowing every morning
Working on a project with my team, together - we share one project, and every automation we set up is visible to everyone it affects
Repetitive marketing work - weekly reports used to eat an afternoon. Now OpenBot triggers itself on schedule, pulls the data, builds the report, and sends it to whoever needs it
Is it available for mobile?
@andzap Yes, the iPhone app is available in public beta on TestFlight. Android support is coming soon.
@kamil_cyrek Great to hear! My first bots are already set up.