Argusic daily report, 4 October 2026

On 4 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 96 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 122 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 2026-10-05.

The day in numbers

Projects: 96
Attempts: 122
Runs: 63
Runs with mocks: 21
Could not verify: 10
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.

impeccable76,078 stars, not yet verified
codegraph73,182 stars, runs
moby72,145 stars, runs
OpenSpec71,038 stars, runs
prometheus66,359 stars, could not verify

All 96 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
impeccable	Not yet verified	JavaScript	76,078	1	log and recording
codegraph	Runs	C	73,182	1	log and recording
moby	Runs	containers	72,145	1	log and recording
OpenSpec	Runs	ai	71,038	1	log and recording
docling	Runs	ai	68,373	1	log and recording
Chart.js	Runs	canvas	67,733	1	log and recording
prometheus	Could not verify	alerting	66,359	2	log and recording
Java	Runs	algorithm	66,348	1	log and recording
webpack	Runs	amd	65,990	2	log and recording
rustlings	Runs	beginner-friendly	64,274	1	log and recording
codex-app-mirror	Runs	codex-app	3,653	1	log and recording
antigravity-sdk-python	Runs	ai-agents	3,624	1	log and recording
TradingAgents-astock	Runs with mocks	a-share	3,614	1	log and recording
Maintainerr	Runs with mocks	docker	2,318	1	log and recording
delegate-skills	Runs	agent-skills	2,300	2	log and recording
radian	Runs with mocks	cli	2,291	1	log and recording
Claw3D	Runs	3d-engine	2,288	1	log and recording
lume	Runs	deno	2,285	1	log and recording
mpegts.js	Runs	av1	2,280	2	log and recording
oh-my-mermaid	Runs	ai	2,274	1	log and recording
kuberhealthy	Runs with mocks	cicd	2,271	1	log and recording
goclone	Runs	cloning	2,266	1	log and recording
harmonist	Runs	agent-framework	2,253	1	log and recording
jevgrep	Runs with mocks	ai-sdk	2,242	1	log and recording
univer-workspace	Runs	board	2,242	1	log and recording
Unla	Could not verify	awesome	2,237	2	log and recording
invobook	Runs	client-management	2,235	1	log and recording
toolhive	Runs	ai	2,235	1	log and recording
supervisor	Could not verify	docker	2,232	2	log and recording
APIAuto	Runs with mocks	aitesting	2,225	1	log and recording
enqueue-dev	Runs with mocks	amazon-sqs	2,220	2	log and recording
LiveAgent	Runs	ai-agents	2,209	2	log and recording
loongcollector	Not yet verified	aliyun	2,203	1	log and recording
Tasks.md	Runs	agile	2,200	1	log and recording
api-umbrella	Could not verify	api-gateway	2,199	2	log and recording
piko	Runs	golang	2,195	1	log and recording
notion-sdk-py	Runs with mocks	api-client	2,191	1	log and recording
open-cowork	Runs	ai-agent	2,188	1	log and recording
ios-simulator-mcp	Runs with mocks	JavaScript	2,186	2	log and recording
agent-router	Could not verify	ai	2,183	2	log and recording
tabulate	Runs	aligned	2,178	1	log and recording
go-streams	Runs	aerospike	2,174	1	log and recording
HomeSpan	Runs with mocks	arduino-ide	2,172	2	log and recording
corteza	Runs	go	2,171	2	log and recording
bitalostored	Runs	bitalosdb	2,168	1	log and recording
stealth-browser-mcp	Runs	ai-agent-tools	2,168	1	log and recording
ESPConnect	Runs	backup	2,161	1	log and recording
nanoc	Runs	nanoc	2,158	1	log and recording
typeorm	Runs	javascript	2,158	1	log and recording
kubernetes-mcp-server	Runs with mocks	containers	2,142	1	log and recording
beyla	Could not verify	ebpf	2,141	2	log and recording
mcp-server-mysql	Runs with mocks	JavaScript	2,141	1	log and recording
mangum	Runs with mocks	api-gateway	2,139	2	log and recording
museeks	Could not verify	cross-platform	2,137	2	log and recording
skybridge	Runs	agent	2,137	1	log and recording
serie	Runs	cli	2,132	1	log and recording
terminal-code	Runs	cli	2,125	1	log and recording
neuron-ai	Runs	agent	2,124	2	log and recording
fusio	Runs	ai	2,118	2	log and recording
evennia	Runs	based	2,109	2	log and recording
DevDocs	Runs with mocks	cline	2,108	1	log and recording
future-agi	Runs with mocks	agent-evaluation	2,108	1	log and recording
rom	Runs	data-access-layer	2,108	2	log and recording
rom	Runs	data-access-layer	2,108	1	log and recording
authorizer	Runs	2fa	2,107	1	log and recording
agentset	Runs with mocks	agentic-rag	2,103	2	log and recording
circumflex	Runs	cli	2,098	1	log and recording
Matterwiki	Runs	collaboration	2,094	1	log and recording
trickster	Runs	accelerator	2,092	1	log and recording
doit	Runs	build-automation	2,089	1	log and recording
khi	Runs	google-cloud-platform	2,085	2	log and recording
goplantuml	Runs	diagram	2,080	1	log and recording
saltcorn	Runs	no-code	2,077	1	log and recording
tesla	Runs	elixir	2,075	1	log and recording
parlor	Runs with mocks	apple-silicon	2,074	1	log and recording
inframap	Runs	aws	2,071	1	log and recording
incubator-pegasus	Could not verify	distributed-database	2,066	2	log and recording
logbook	Runs	client-side	2,066	1	log and recording
frpmgr	Runs with mocks	frp	2,053	2	log and recording
sad	Runs	cli	2,046	1	log and recording
azure-devops-mcp	Runs with mocks	TypeScript	2,044	1	log and recording
boss-agent-cli	Runs with mocks	agent-skill	2,042	1	log and recording
intelligent-terminal	Could not verify	acp	2,040	2	log and recording
hexo-theme-stellar	Runs	hexo	2,038	1	log and recording
matrixone	Runs	agents	2,036	1	log and recording
AnExplorer	Runs with mocks	android-tv	2,034	1	log and recording
ezEngine	Runs	3d-game-engine	2,031	1	log and recording
ov	Runs	cli	2,029	1	log and recording
gain	Runs	aiohttp	2,019	1	log and recording
agentic_security	Runs	agent-framework	2,017	1	log and recording
graphql-cli	Runs	apollo	2,017	1	log and recording
HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control	Could not verify	camera	2,010	2	log and recording
rats-search	Runs	bittorrent	2,008	1	log and recording
TidGi-Desktop	Runs	all-in-one	2,002	1	log and recording
dynamodb-toolbox	Runs	aws	2,002	1	log and recording
mac-cleaner-cli	Runs	cache	1,990	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.