Open Dots: a 4.3k-star open-source, self-hosted alternative to OpenAI's Dots
matchaman11 · x · 2026-09-30
Trending GitHub project Open Dots (4.3k stars) is an open-source alternative to OpenAI Dots: a self-hosted, local-first AI workspace combining chat, tool use, approvals, connectors, and computer tasks.
Highlights:
- Create assistant personas with separate instructions, model IDs, and visual identities
- Streaming chat, locally persisted conversations, Markdown rendering, image attachments, dictation
- A governed action gateway with explicit approval for higher-risk actions and an optional isolated browser runtime
Independently built and not affiliated with any model provider; still a prototype — multi-user hosting and hostile-web isolation are not production ready.
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