Oktobot: A Free Multi-Agent AI App That Runs on Android via Termux and Controls Your Phone
seko121 · reddit · 2026-09-09
A solo developer unveiled Oktobot, a free, ad-free AI agent app that runs entirely on Android through Termux—so the agent can actually see and operate your phone rather than just chat.
Key capabilities:
- Multi-agent system: spin up multiple agents, switch between them, and let agents spawn sub-agents for bigger tasks
- Video calling: talk face-to-face through the camera, not just text/voice
- Full phone control via Android accessibility services, plus built-in Firefox control for autonomous web browsing
- 1000+ plugins out of the box (Gmail, Drive, Notion, and more)
- Real coding agents: runs Codex, Claude Code, and its own agents (Hermes, OpenClaw) from the phone
- Flexible models: local models, your own API keys, or OAuth with ChatGPT/Claude
- Wake word detection, persistent memory, skills, a heartbeat MCP for cross-session context, and a full Termux/Linux terminal
The app is in closed testing and the author is recruiting testers while answering architecture questions.
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