10 best open-source Grok Bot alternatives you can self-host

Open-source Grok Bot alternatives at a glance

License from each repository's LICENSE file; GitHub stars from the GitHub API on November 14, 2026. "Your agents" means it drives coding-agent CLIs you already use, such as Claude Code or Codex, with their own logins.

1. OpenMausBot: your agent CLIs as a team in a chat app

OpenMausBot (github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot, also called MausBot, formerly OpenGrokBot) looks like Grok Bot: a messaging-style sidebar of bots, each with its own personality, model, computer and connected apps. The difference is that every bot is a real agent CLI on your computer, using that agent's own login and subscription. Built-in engines include Claude, Codex, Grok, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Kiro, Kimi, Droid, Antigravity, OpenCode, Qwen and Hermes, and any ACP agent can be added in config.

• Bots talk to each other: group chats, delegation with status reported back, and rooms that route a message to the bot that fits. Triggers run bots on a schedule, from webhooks or on app events.
• Approvals: shell commands, file edits and questions become Allow / Deny cards.
• Apps: 500+ through Composio (Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion, Linear and more) and custom MCP servers. Messaging your bots from Slack, Telegram or iMessage is listed as coming soon.
• License and price: Apache-2.0, except the enterprise/ folder, which is source-available and needs a license key in production. The app is free; bots work while your computer is on. MausBot Cloud adds an always-on machine from $15 a month (Pro $49, Max $99, Team $169); model usage is never included.
• Install: npx openmausbot, or the desktop app for macOS, Windows or Ubuntu 24.04 (beta). The README calls its status "early but real".
• Choose it if you already pay for Claude Code, Codex or another coding agent and want them as named bots in one chat window. See the OpenMausBot site.

2. Rakazo: the closest self-hosted Grok Bot

Rakazo (github.com/elie222/rakazo) describes itself as an open-source Grok Bot alternative. Each bot has its own name, instructions, memory, routines, connected apps and a computer with a browser, terminal and desktop, running in Docker, a cloud sandbox or on your own machine. One backend serves the web app, desktop apps, iPhone and Android, and chat apps: Microsoft Teams, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage and Feishu.

• Models: any model with your own keys (OpenRouter by default, Anthropic, DeepSeek, OpenAI, Google and more), local servers such as Ollama, or "Sign in with ChatGPT" using your plan's Codex allowance. The Claude Code CLI works only on a single-user server run from source.
• Teamwork: group chats where you @mention bots, delegation, and a ticket board (a Labs feature you turn on) where you assign tickets to bots.
• Routines run on a schedule, on a change, from a webhook, a Git event or an email. Approval modes are Never ask, Auto and Ask, and purchases always need a person.
• Moving over: it imports agents from OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Grok Bot and ChatGPT.
• License and price: Apache-2.0 and free to self-host (bash install-images.sh with Docker). Hosted on rakazo.com: $15, $49 or $99 a month with your own model, or credits from $20 a month; 7-day trial.
• Choose it if you want Grok Bot's feature set on your own server. See the Rakazo site and Rakazo vs Grok Bot.

3. OpenBot: AI coworkers you can run on Kubernetes

OpenBot (github.com/CopilotKit/OpenBot) is CopilotKit's self-hostable workspace for AI coworkers. Like Grok Bot, each Bot gets a computer of its own with a browser, files and tools, plus routines, approvals and an activity log. It runs as a desktop app for Mac and Windows or on Kubernetes for a team, and connects your own agents through AG-UI.

• License: the app template is MIT; it uses CopilotKit Intelligence, which is licensed separately (free locally on a laptop).
• Price: free for personal projects; OpenBot for Business is up to $29 per active user a month.
• Choose it if a team wants AI coworkers it can customize and host itself. More in our OpenBot guide and OpenBot vs Grok Bot.

4. DS Bot: a bot team for DeepSeek Harness

DS Bot (github.com/Fei2411/DS-Bot, formerly DeepSeek-Bot) is a team of long-lived bots built on DeepSeek Harness, shipped as a desktop app that bundles it or as a plugin. A main bot, Chief, sets up the other bots and group chats; bots hand work to each other with @mentions, and a group can run a "Goal" split into checked stages. Coding-agent CLIs you already use, such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI and Gemini CLI, can join as "local agent" bots with their own sign-in.

• Chat apps: WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, WeCom, QQ, Telegram, Discord and Slack, while your computer is awake and DS Bot is running.
• Approvals: per-bot permission presets; posting, uploading, deleting and emails wait for you.
• License and price: Apache-2.0, free, with your own model quota. It's a community project, not an official DeepSeek product, and the apps are unsigned.
• Choose it if you use DeepSeek Harness and want a team of bots with a lead. More on the harness in DeepSeek Harness.

5. nanoMuse: one personal agent on every device

nanoMuse (github.com/nano-muse/nanoMuse, formerly OpenMuse) follows Meta's Muse rather than Grok Bot: one personal agent with a name and look that lives on your phone, computer and the web under one account. Tell it something on your phone and your computer can do the work. It keeps working while the app is closed, remembers you, and its "Sentinel" stops before anything you couldn't undo, such as deleting, sending or paying.

• Models: a free allowance on the community relay to start, then your own key at 26 providers or a ChatGPT, Claude or Kimi plan. The desktop app is a DeepSeek Harness plugin.
• Chat apps: Feishu, DingTalk, WeCom and Telegram.
• License and price: GPL-3.0-or-later; "free, open source, non-profit". You can run your own relay with Docker.
• Limits: one agent per person, not a team of bots; the iPhone app is a TestFlight beta; sign-in is by email or a mainland-China phone number.
• Choose it if you want a Muse-like assistant on Android and desktop you can self-host. See the nanoMuse site.

6. Codync: message your coding agents from your iPhone

Codync (github.com/leepokai/Codync) turns the coding agents already on your computer into named bots you message from an iPhone app, a desktop app or a terminal. A small host on your Mac, Windows or Linux machine drives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, OpenCode, Grok Build, Hermes Agent and about 40 more through the Agent Client Protocol, using the subscriptions they're signed in with.

• Bots can ask each other for help ("a Claude bot can ask a Codex bot for a review") and reply in group chats, and routines run them on a schedule or from a webhook.
• Approval cards and push notifications when a bot finishes or needs you.
• License and price: Apache-2.0 (the Codync name and hosted relay aren't covered); "$0 with every feature included", no paid tier.
• Choose it if you want your existing coding agents in your pocket. See the Codync site.

7. OpenDuet: a proactive agent template

OpenDuet (github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet) is CopilotKit's open-source template for a proactive agent in the style of Claude Duet. It starts your day with a brief from Gmail and Google Calendar, sorts what needs you from what can wait, keeps working on a computer of its own, and asks before it sends, pays, signs or deletes. A Tasks tab shows what is ready for review and what needs your input.

• It needs a CopilotKit Intelligence project (the free Developer plan is enough) and your own model key; there is no hosted OpenDuet yet. It's also available as a skin inside OpenBot.
• License: MIT. Status: early development, community maintained.
• Choose it if you're a developer who wants to build your own Duet-style assistant. See OpenDuet on CopilotKit and our Claude Duet guide.

8. Hermes Agent: named Bots that message each other

Hermes Agent (github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) is Nous Research's open-source personal agent, used from a terminal, a desktop app or chat apps. Its Bot Mode turns profiles into named Bots, each with its own chat, role, model, memory, skills and avatar, and they message each other directly. It answers in Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal and email.

• Runs on your machine or a server, with six terminal backends including Docker and SSH.
• License and price: MIT and free; you pay your model provider. An optional Nous Portal subscription starts at $20 a month.
• Choose it if you want several specialist Bots on your own server. See Grok Bot vs Hermes Agent and Hermes Agent alternatives.

9. OpenClaw: a personal assistant in the chat apps you use

OpenClaw (github.com/openclaw/openclaw) is an open-source personal assistant that runs on your own computer as a local Gateway and answers in WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, iMessage and other chat apps. Models and agent harnesses are swappable plugins, and state, memory and credentials stay on your hardware.

• License and price: MIT. The README says it "has no paid tier, hosted service, or token"; you pay your model provider.
• It's one assistant rather than a team of bots with their own computers.
• Choose it if you want an assistant you reach from your phone's chat apps. See OpenClaw alternatives and OpenClaw reviews.

10. OpenWorker: a desktop coworker with approvals

OpenWorker (github.com/andrewyng/openworker) is a desktop app its README calls "An AI coworker for your everyday work", under Andrew Ng's GitHub account. It runs on your machine with your own model key or a local model; actions are approval-gated by default, every tool call is recorded, and scheduled tasks cover things like morning briefs and weekly reports.

• License and price: MIT; no price listed.
• Platforms: macOS 12+ and Windows 10/11; no Linux download listed.
• Choose it if you want one careful coworker on your own computer. Guide: OpenWorker.

Open-source alternatives to Meta Muse, ChatGPT dots, Claude Duet and Claude Cowork

Grok Bot isn't the only hosted agent with open-source rebuilds. Stars are from GitHub on November 14, 2026.

• Meta Muse: nanoMuse (above) is the most complete open-source take, one agent across your phone, computer and the web. CopilotKit's OpenFuse (github.com/CopilotKit/openfuse, 6,473 stars, MIT) is an alpha template for a Muse-style personal agent with a browser, terminal and files, for iOS, Android and the web. More options in best personal AI agents.
• ChatGPT dots: CopilotKit's OpenDots (github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDots, 6,583 stars, MIT) is an open-source template for always-on AI coworkers in the style of dots, across text, calls and Slack. It needs CopilotKit Intelligence. Guide to the original: ChatGPT dots.
• Claude Duet: OpenDuet (above) is CopilotKit's template for a proactive, Duet-style agent with a morning brief. Guide to the original: Claude Duet.
• Claude Cowork: OpenWorker (above) is a desktop coworker with approvals, and OpenBot gives each AI coworker its own computer. More in Claude Cowork alternatives.
• OpenDuet, OpenDots and OpenFuse are all CopilotKit templates and also ship as skins inside OpenBot.

How to choose an open-source Grok Bot alternative

1. Decide what powers the bots

   If you already pay for Claude Code, Codex or another coding agent, OpenMausBot, Codync and DS Bot's local-agent bots use those logins. If you'd rather bring API keys or a local model, look at Rakazo, OpenBot, Hermes Agent, OpenClaw or OpenWorker.

2. Decide where it runs

   Rakazo, Hermes Agent and OpenBot (on Kubernetes) suit a server that's always on. OpenMausBot, Codync, DS Bot and OpenWorker run on your computer, so bots stop when it sleeps, unless you pay for a hosted machine (MausBot Cloud, Rakazo's hosted plans).

3. Check the license

   MIT and Apache-2.0 let you modify and redistribute freely; nanoMuse is GPL-3.0-or-later, so changes you distribute must stay open. OpenMausBot's enterprise/ folder and OpenBot's CopilotKit Intelligence are licensed separately.

4. Check where you'll talk to it

   Rakazo covers Teams, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp and iMessage; DS Bot covers WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk and Slack, and nanoMuse Feishu, DingTalk, WeCom and Telegram; Hermes Agent and OpenClaw cover Telegram, Discord, Slack and WhatsApp; Codync has an iPhone app.

When you want bots with a job, not just a chat

Crewmark is open source too (GPL-3.0, github.com/ummydev/crewmark-ai), but it isn't a chat app. It's an issue tracker for a team of AI employees: each one is a Claude Code or Codex conversation on your own computer, with a role, KPIs and projects. Other agents, such as OpenCode, DeepSeek Harness and Gemini CLI, connect through the Agent Client Protocol (via acpx), and for them the web Work log shows only their replies.

Employees wake on a heartbeat during their working hours, take issues from a shared board, @mention each other in comments, and set an issue to Needs action when they need you. It has no built-in Slack, GitHub or Linear integration: agents use the tools and logins on their own computer. It's free for 1 project with up to 3 AI employees, and you keep paying your agent provider as usual.

1. Give each agent a role

   Start from the AI employee roles, such as software engineer or SEO specialist, with KPIs and projects.

2. Put the work on a board

   Assign issues to employees or people, and make regular ones repeat daily, weekly or monthly.

3. Set working hours

   A heartbeat between 15 minutes and 24 hours wakes each employee to keep its issues moving. More in multi-agent harness.

Open-source Grok Bot alternatives FAQ