So I've been running openowl as a paid product for a few months. $5/mo for unlimited tool calls, signed binary, hosted dashboard. 200 signups, 14 paid.
Last week I ripped out the licensing code and pushed the core as Apache 2.0.
It's a Python MCP server that gives any AI assistant (Claude, Codex, anything MCP-compatible) eyes and hands on your desktop. The 40 tools cover screenshots, clicking, typing, scrolling, OCR, accessibility tree queries on macOS, pywinauto on Windows, workflow recording and replay, and window watchers that fire when something changes on screen.
Install (cloning works today, PyPI publish queued):
I keep going back and forth on this so I'll just put it out there.
OpenOwl gives any AI assistant the ability to see your screen and control your computer. That's a lot of access. People are right to be cautious before installing something like this.
The strongest signal I get from people on the fence is the same every time: "is this safe? what is the binary actually doing?"
Open sourcing the code answers that question forever. No more screenshots of code reviews. No more "trust me." Just the source.
For the past few months, there has been discussion in Europe about creating a concept like EU Inc. (the 28th regime) a single pan-European legal company structure with:
100% online incorporation
extremely fast setup (target: ~48 hours)
operation across the entire EU without needing to establish 27 separate companies
a digital-first corporate lifecycle
So far, within Europe, people most often set up companies in Estonia, mainly due to its low tax burden and fully digital infrastructure, as well as in countries like the Czech Republic, Slovakia, or Hungary.
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