... 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 ... ... model. Plan I'm considering: - core MCP server open source - cloud + portal stays closed - license probably AGPL so big clouds can't host a clone What I want to know: 1. Does open sourcing make you more comfortable installing OpenOwl

... 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 ... ... replay, and window watchers that fire when something changes on screen. Install (cloning works today, PyPI publish queued): git clone https://github.com/mihir-kanzari... cd openowl

... thing we learned launching openowl: engaging on reddit, twitter, HN, product hunt, linkedin all at once is exhausting. especially as a solo founder. so we built a system for it and just open-sourced the whole thing. it's a claude code template with platform-specific guides and skills for each platform. you clone the repo, fill in your product details, and run /engage-reddit or /engage-twitter or /engage-all and it finds relevant posts, drafts replies in the right tone ... ... good and bad comments how to mention your product without being spammy (spoiler: 90% of the time, don't) covers reddit, twitter/x, hacker news, indiehackers, linkedin, and discord. (You can add more ) grab it here: https://github.com/mihir-kanzari... needs openowl

... open Chrome or control your browser. I'm a code assistant, I work with files, run shell commands, and help with software engineering tasks. Today, that same Claude books flights for me, fills out forms, checks competitor pricing every morning at 9am, and triages my email before I sit down at my desk. The difference is an MCP server called OpenOwl

... OpenOwl, an MCP server that lets Claude, Codex, and other AI assistants control your desktop (screenshots, clicking, typing, all that). We've been growing and I want to bring on affiliates before opening the program publicly. The short version: you get 30% of every payment, every month, for as long as your referrals stay subscribed. Not a one-time payout. Most SaaS affiliate programs I looked at offer 25-30%, so I wanted to come in higher since ... ... productivity stuff. But honestly, if you have any audience that would care about AI desktop automation, I'd like to talk. We're opening the program next week. If you sign up now you'll be first in line: https://openowl.dev