Argusic daily report, 3 October 2026

On 3 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 93 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 121 attempts in all.

Verdicts as they stood at the end of that day. A project tested again since may have moved; its own page always shows the current verdict. Written 2026-10-04.

The day in numbers

Projects: 93
Attempts: 121
Runs: 53
Runs with mocks: 27
Could not verify: 11
Not yet verified: 2

Five from the day

Chosen by a fixed rule, not by hand: the three most starred projects of the day, then the most starred one that runs, then the most starred one that could not be verified.

gptme4,443 stars, runs
linkedin-skills4,043 stars, runs with mocks
Financial-API3,982 stars, runs with mocks
lavish-axi3,959 stars, runs
cumora3,933 stars, could not verify

All 93 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
gptme	Runs	agent	4,443	1	log and recording
linkedin-skills	Runs with mocks	agent-skill	4,043	1	log and recording
Financial-API	Runs with mocks	a-share	3,982	1	log and recording
DSH-better-sidebar	Runs with mocks	deepseek	3,980	2	log and recording
lavish-axi	Runs	JavaScript	3,959	1	log and recording
DeepSeek-Balance-Whale-Widget	Runs	cordis	3,938	2	log and recording
cumora	Could not verify	TypeScript	3,933	2	log and recording
testsprite-cli	Runs with mocks	ai	3,926	2	log and recording
codex-router	Could not verify	codex	3,913	2	log and recording
openscience	Could not verify	agent	3,908	2	log and recording
openmuse	Could not verify	TypeScript	3,849	2	log and recording
gpt_image_playground	Runs	gpt-image	3,819	1	log and recording
social-media-skills	Runs with mocks	Python	3,716	2	log and recording
SimpleEnglish	Runs	Python	3,706	2	log and recording
butterbase	Runs with mocks	baas	3,687	2	log and recording
mirage	Could not verify	agent-sandbox	3,677	2	log and recording
walk	Runs	cli	3,642	1	log and recording
terminal-browser	Runs with mocks	browser	3,620	2	log and recording
Surge	Runs	cli	3,578	1	log and recording
agent-of-empires	Could not verify	ai-coding	3,316	2	log and recording
viu	Runs	cli	3,289	1	log and recording
dekit	Runs	cli	2,737	1	log and recording
atomic-agent	Runs	agents	2,730	1	log and recording
yao-meta-skill	Runs	agent-skills	2,688	1	log and recording
brightdata-mcp	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	2,662	1	log and recording
webcmd	Runs	ai-agents	2,641	1	log and recording
inquire	Runs	cli	2,635	2	log and recording
gTTS	Runs	cli	2,634	1	log and recording
paint-board	Runs	canvas	2,633	1	log and recording
korean-law-mcp	Runs	citation-verification	2,631	1	log and recording
Filtmall-Shopping-Skill	Runs	agent-skills	2,629	1	log and recording
goneovim	Runs with mocks	cross-platform	2,624	2	log and recording
xerj	Runs	ai-search	2,611	1	log and recording
nunu	Runs	ddd	2,608	1	log and recording
lovr	Runs	game-engine	2,602	1	log and recording
ursina	Runs	3d-game-engine	2,589	1	log and recording
httplug	Runs	http	2,588	1	log and recording
angie	Runs	adc	2,579	1	log and recording
dots	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	2,573	1	log and recording
http-kit	Runs	async	2,565	1	log and recording
KiCAD-MCP-Server	Runs with mocks	Python	2,561	1	log and recording
NymphCast	Runs with mocks	angelscript	2,559	1	log and recording
sloth	Runs with mocks	alerting	2,553	1	log and recording
modelcontextprotocol	Runs with mocks	TypeScript	2,549	1	log and recording
vscode-front-matter	Could not verify	cms	2,544	2	log and recording
Watson	Runs	cli	2,539	1	log and recording
pyttsx3	Runs	python	2,532	1	log and recording
spinner	Runs	cli	2,530	2	log and recording
agent-toolkit	Runs	agent-skills	2,520	1	log and recording
gecco	Runs	crawler	2,513	1	log and recording
mpb	Runs	actor	2,513	1	log and recording
CodeMachine-CLI	Could not verify	ai	2,512	2	log and recording
button-card	Could not verify	home-assistant	2,509	2	log and recording
mcp_excalidraw	Runs	TypeScript	2,496	1	log and recording
databasement	Runs	backup	2,494	1	log and recording
news-please	Runs	cc-news	2,494	2	log and recording
smenu	Runs with mocks	c	2,493	2	log and recording
mcphub	Runs with mocks	mcp	2,492	1	log and recording
Overload	Runs with mocks	3d-engine	2,489	2	log and recording
wacrm	Runs with mocks	crm	2,488	1	log and recording
shepherd	Runs	mcts-rl	2,474	1	log and recording
nitrostack	Runs	agentic-ai	2,471	2	log and recording
perses	Runs	cncf-project	2,467	2	log and recording
zsh-z	Could not verify	autojump	2,456	2	log and recording
lanhu-mcp	Runs with mocks	ai	2,439	1	log and recording
Django-CRM	Could not verify	cpq	2,436	2	log and recording
keystatic	Runs	cms	2,433	1	log and recording
pv-migrate	Runs with mocks	backup	2,422	1	log and recording
ferrumc	Runs	async-rust	2,417	1	log and recording
tavily-mcp	Runs	TypeScript	2,417	1	log and recording
MovieBox-Tui	Runs	anime	2,414	1	log and recording
karpathy-llm-wiki	Runs	agent-skill	2,410	1	log and recording
Crawler-Detect	Runs	bots	2,408	1	log and recording
builder	Runs with mocks	ai-website-builder	2,408	1	log and recording
Paymenter	Runs	ecommerce	2,405	1	log and recording
paperbanana	Runs	academic-diagrams	2,385	2	log and recording
AiSOC	Runs with mocks	agentic-ai	2,381	1	log and recording
calcure	Runs with mocks	calendar	2,371	1	log and recording
sprite-gen	Runs	2d-game	2,359	2	log and recording
taskiq	Runs	asyncio	2,346	1	log and recording
VictoriaLogs	Runs	elasticsearch	2,339	1	log and recording
rspress	Runs	docs-generator	2,337	1	log and recording
vearch	Runs	ai-native	2,331	1	log and recording
AssetOpsBench	Runs with mocks	ai-for-physical-assets	2,325	1	log and recording
agency-orchestrator	Runs with mocks	agency-agents	2,320	1	log and recording
VoiceMem	Runs with mocks	ai	2,319	1	log and recording
wasmi	Runs	cross-platform	2,319	1	log and recording
WhisperJAV	Runs	aitranslate	2,298	1	log and recording
fable-method	Runs	agent-skills	2,296	1	log and recording
kilo	Runs with mocks	cni	2,294	1	log and recording
radian	Not yet verified	cli	2,291	1	log and recording
Claw3D	Not yet verified	3d-engine	2,287	1	log and recording
httpoison	Runs	elixir	2,286	1	log and recording

How a verdict is reached: the methodology. Every project tested so far: the subjects. GPU cloud and VPS prices: servers. Laptops and desktops for programming and AI: hardware. Earlier days: the daily archive.