Launching today
OpenBot
Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer
613 followers
Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer
613 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.
Free
Launch Team / Built With
Viktor.comAn AI coworker that actually does the work
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What's the degree of control that OpenBot allows to users? Can we customise the workflows creating custom agents and defining their roles?
@syed_shayanur_rahman Yes, you can create agents with custom roles and instructions, choose their models, tools, and permissions, then connect them through routines and agent-to-agent collaboration.
How does OpenBot keep context consistent when multiple people are working with the same agent?
Congrats @kamil_cyrek & team!
@hamza_afzal_butt Thanks!
Team members share the same agent conversation, so everyone’s messages become part of its context. The agent’s instructions and workspace are shared too, for separate context, use separate agents.
How does permissions work? Do agents ask for permission to access disk space or other resources?
@nuseir_yassin1 OpenBot asks for your consent before agents start. After that, they currently have full local access, files, commands and network, with no per-action prompts.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I'm Norbert, founder of OpenBot. For the last 10 years I've been in crypto space.
Founded Nightly Wallet and a few other projects.
Before that: IBM, and trading.
What is OpenBot
OpenBot is a free, open-source alternative to Grok Bot - a team of AI agents that runs locally on your own computer instead of cloud. Plug in the ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or OpenCode subscription you already have, no extra bill.
It also has a multiplayer mode, so your whole team can share a project and talk to the same agents together, live.
The problem
Grok Bot showed where AI is headed - agents that work for you. But it runs on a Linux server in the cloud: plenty of apps just don't work there, websites often flag and block that kind of server traffic outright, it costs $200-300/month on top of what you already pay, and there's no way for a team to actually work with the same agents together.
The solution
OpenBot gives you the same idea, built differently. It runs on your own Mac, Windows or Linux, so it sees exactly what you see, with none of the cloud restrictions. It uses the AI subscription you already have. And you can share a project with your whole team, so everyone talks to the same agents live.
Features & benefits
OpenBot runs entirely on your own machine - no cloud server, no Linux restrictions, no blocked apps or websites
Works with the ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and OpenCode subscription you already have - no extra bill
Multiplayer: share a project and your whole team talks to the same agents together, live - something Grok Bot doesn't have yet
Fully open source - the code is public, so anyone can verify it, contribute to it, or run it themselves
Pick from ready-made agents to get started instantly, or build your own from scratch
Run multiple specialist agents in parallel, each with its own memory - they hand off tasks to each other automatically
Agents handle everyday tasks on their own, and only stop to ask you before anything irreversible - like sending a message or spending money
What makes it different
Grok Bot proved agents can do real, multi-step work - we just don't think it should cost $300 a month, run on a server that half your tools can't even reach, or leave your team locked out of working with it together.
Who it's for
Developers and technical teams - not for writing code, but for watching the repo 24/7: catching new issues and pull requests, telling you what needs attention, and reporting back on what changed
Solo founders running a "one-person company." Bots can run sales, support, and ops for a fraction of what a cloud agent service costs
Agencies and teams who want to actually work together with their agents. Share a project and everyone talks to the same bots live
Teams that love automating everything - OpenBot is built for it. Different agents can each own a piece of a long, complicated process and hand off to each other until it's done
Anyone already paying for ChatGPT, Claude, or Grok who wants that subscription to stop just answering questions and start actually getting things done
Privacy-conscious users who'd rather their agent run on their own machine than a stranger's cloud computer
The product is live right now, try it yourself: openbot.run
I love how you can add any type of agent you want and that it's open source. Congrats for the launch, Norbert and Kamil.
@donmario Thanks so much, Mariusz! Glad you’re enjoying OpenBot!
"Multiplayer" is the keyword everyone should be looking at. That’s the future. Congrats on the launch and good hunt @rohanrecommends!
@roopreddy Thanks, Roop! We believe collaborative AI teams are a big part of the future, appreciate the support!
Love it!