Launching today
OpenWork
Open-source Claude Work alternative, powered by OpenCode
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Open-source Claude Work alternative, powered by OpenCode
62 followers
OpenWork is an open-source desktop app for agentic work, built to be extensible from day one. Skills and plugins are installed via a built-in package manager and run on top of the growing OpenCode ecosystem. The focus is on making agentic workflows composable, inspectable, and easy to extend.
hi product hunt!
built openwork, an open-source desktop app inspired by claude cowork.
it’s a native desktop app that lets you run powerful workflows without living in a terminal. under the hood it uses opencode, but you don’t need to install or manage it yourself, it’s bundled with the app.
the original idea was simple:
i have a home server, and i wanted my wife and i to be able to run privileged workflows without living in a terminal.
things like:
controlling home assistant
easily deploying custom apps
creating custom workouts on hevy
we initially ran a web-based setup and shared credentials. it worked, but the ui was flaky and not very friendly for non-technical users.
openwork’s goal is to bring cli-style workflows into a gui, without killing extensibility. ideally this grows into something closer to an obsidian-style ecosystem, but for agentic work.
some core principles:
open by design: no black boxes, no hosted lock-in
hyper extensible: a built-in package manager for skills and plugins
non-technical by default: plans, progress, permissions, and artifacts are visible in the ui
Congrats on the launch — OpenWork looks like a powerful, extensible way to bring agentic, Claude-style workflows into an open, inspectable desktop ecosystem.
Inbox Zero
i love this! big win for oss!
@elie222 wow thanks been following your work for a while means a lot
super interesting- I’m not super technical so my two big questions are: is this safe? how much will it cost to run compared to Claude cowork?
@anna_nevmerzhytska at the moment it will only operate within the folders you give it access to!
in the future we'll make sure you can set permissions easily for things that happen outside of it (e.g. like your browser)
you can get started for free! and it works with the chatgpt plan as well so you don't need to have any new subscriptions.
@benjamin_shafii love that, thank you for the answers
Papermark
Congrats Ben. This is awesome.
Congrats on the launch. Opencode is really a great open source tool but it lacks accessibility to non-technical users so Openwork is really like a missing piece in the equation. I think it has a lot of potential
So excited!!
Curious about the relationship with Claude’s cowork / Claude Work.
Is OpenWork purely an open-source alternative inspired by that workflow, or is there any direct integration or compatibility with Claude’s official cowork features?
Trying to understand how much of this is conceptual inspiration vs. shared primitives.