Argusic daily report, 6 October 2026

On 6 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 94 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 108 attempts in all, 5 of them cut short by our own tooling and not counted.

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 2026-10-07.

The day in numbers

Projects: 94
Attempts: 108
Runs: 67
Runs with mocks: 21
Could not verify: 5
Not yet verified: 1

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.

ladybird66,428 stars, runs
rails58,806 stars, runs with mocks
zustand58,790 stars, runs
OpenManus58,471 stars, runs
humanizer54,229 stars, could not verify

All 94 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
ladybird	Runs	browser	66,428	1	log and recording
rails	Runs with mocks	activejob	58,806	1	log and recording
zustand	Runs	hacktoberfest	58,790	1	log and recording
OpenManus	Runs	Python	58,471	1	log and recording
html5-boilerplate	Runs	best-practices	57,642	1	log and recording
react-router	Runs	TypeScript	56,592	1	log and recording
typst	Runs	compiler	56,424	1	log and recording
core	Runs	TypeScript	54,542	1	log and recording
requests	Runs	client	54,469	1	log and recording
CLIProxyAPI	Runs	antigravity	54,264	1	log and recording
humanizer	Could not verify	agent-skills	54,229	2	log and recording
e2e	Runs	e2e	5,050	1	log and recording
agent-sprite-forge	Runs	agent-skills	4,276	1	log and recording
universal-modder	Not yet verified	age-of-empires	3,916	3	log and recording
OpenDots	Runs with mocks	TypeScript	3,719	1	log and recording
openclaw-android	Runs	ai	1,769	2	log and recording
agent-beacon	Runs with mocks	agent-ai-cli	1,768	1	log and recording
gpg-tui	Runs	cli	1,766	1	log and recording
email-builder-js	Runs	amazonses	1,760	1	log and recording
OpenAdapt	Runs	automation-from-demonstration	1,757	1	log and recording
evernote-backup	Runs with mocks	backup	1,757	1	log and recording
read-aloud	Runs	accessibility	1,757	2	log and recording
mermaid-rs-renderer	Runs	cli	1,754	1	log and recording
mex	Runs	agent-skill	1,753	2	log and recording
iwe	Runs	ai-agents	1,750	1	log and recording
openvpn-install	Could not verify	bash	1,746	2	log and recording
tuxedo	Runs	todo	1,740	1	log and recording
ruia	Runs	aiohttp	1,738	1	log and recording
ADR	Runs with mocks	agent-security	1,734	1	log and recording
ImGuiColorTextEdit	Runs	autoindent	1,731	1	log and recording
karpor	Runs with mocks	cloud-native	1,728	2	log and recording
OrcaRouter-Lite	Runs	ai-gateway	1,724	2	log and recording
mini-media-player	Could not verify	automation	1,721	2	log and recording
Youtarr	Runs	automation	1,718	1	log and recording
LLPhant	Runs	agent	1,715	1	log and recording
elassandra	Runs	aggregation	1,715	1	log and recording
finvizfinance	Runs with mocks	crypto	1,714	1	log and recording
imap-backup	Runs with mocks	backup	1,714	2	log and recording
jiratui	Runs with mocks	atlassian	1,711	1	log and recording
tsdproxy	Runs with mocks	automatic	1,710	1	log and recording
ShadowEditor	Runs	editor	1,706	1	log and recording
zero	Runs	ai	1,696	1	log and recording
zero	Runs	ai	1,696	1	log and recording
jampack	Runs	blog	1,695	2	log and recording
OpenOSINT	Runs	ai-agent	1,692	1	log and recording
github-automated-repos	Runs	attached	1,691	1	log and recording
django-helpdesk	Runs	agile	1,688	1	log and recording
selectolax	Runs	crawler	1,685	1	log and recording
apinto	Runs	api	1,679	1	log and recording
ava-whatsapp-agent-course	Runs with mocks	agent	1,679	1	log and recording
dsnote	Could not verify	asr	1,679	2	log and recording
mcpvault	Runs	TypeScript	1,678	1	log and recording
requests	Runs with mocks	convenience	1,670	1	log and recording
oak	Runs	2d	1,668	1	log and recording
yt-x	Runs with mocks	bash	1,668	1	log and recording
httm	Could not verify	btrfs	1,667	2	log and recording
llmwiki	Runs	agents	1,664	1	log and recording
Agently	Runs	agent	1,656	1	log and recording
video-podcast-maker	Runs	agent-skill	1,654	1	log and recording
MasterAgent	Runs	agent-framework	1,647	1	log and recording
Scweet	Runs with mocks	apify	1,639	1	log and recording
mcptools	Runs	mcp	1,626	1	log and recording
openchoreo	Runs	ai-agents	1,625	1	log and recording
wiredoor	Runs with mocks	api-server	1,623	1	log and recording
typicms	Runs	cms	1,620	1	log and recording
sshs	Runs	cli	1,619	1	log and recording
rulego	Runs	ai	1,618	1	log and recording
mcp-remote	Runs	mcp	1,616	1	log and recording
cve-mcp-server	Runs with mocks	cisa-kev	1,615	1	log and recording
vllm-mlx	Runs with mocks	anthropic	1,611	1	log and recording
Mink	Runs	browser-automation	1,608	1	log and recording
riko	Runs	asynchronous	1,608	1	log and recording
actionbook	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	1,607	1	log and recording
color	Runs	256-colors	1,607	1	log and recording
voxtype	Runs	accessibility	1,607	1	log and recording
diboot	Runs	flowable	1,606	1	log and recording
soprano	Runs	text-to-speech	1,606	1	log and recording
ai-moive-studio	Runs with mocks	ai	1,605	1	log and recording
mcp-language-server	Runs	ai	1,605	1	log and recording
datagouv-mcp	Runs	mcp	1,601	1	log and recording
cc-thinking-skills	Runs	agent-skills	1,599	1	log and recording
ttyper	Runs	cli	1,599	1	log and recording
ruby-progressbar	Runs	cli	1,598	1	log and recording
homeassistant-powercalc	Runs	consumption	1,596	1	log and recording
mcp-server-kubernetes	Runs with mocks	infrastructure	1,595	1	log and recording
acl	Runs	animation-3d	1,594	1	log and recording
agents	Runs	actor-model	1,593	1	log and recording
n8n-as-code	Runs	ai-skills	1,593	1	log and recording
rang	Runs	ansi	1,593	1	log and recording
tinystatus	Runs	hacktoberfest	1,592	1	log and recording
TalkingHead	Runs with mocks	3d-avatar	1,591	1	log and recording
hugoplate	Runs	boilerplate-template	1,590	1	log and recording
code-mode	Runs	ai-agents	1,588	1	log and recording
openilink-hub	Runs	ai-chatbot	1,588	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.