Open-duet: self-hosted open-source Grok Bot alternative hits 6.5k stars after Musk cites unsustainable costs
matchaman11 · x · 2026-11-02
After Elon Musk said serving Grok Bot was "unsustainably high" in cost relative to revenue, a developer launched open-duet, a free, self-hosted open-source alternative that quickly reached 6.5k stars and 808 forks.
- Positions itself as an open alternative to Claude Duet, OpenAI Dots, Meta Muse, Grok Bot, Manus Cue, and ChatGPT agent
- Provides named "AI coworkers" with instructions, memory, routines, their own isolated computer, and user approval before acting
- Works with any provider, no limits or subscriptions, Apache-2.0 licensed
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