Argusic daily report, 8 October 2026

On 8 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 97 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 105 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 2026-10-09.

The day in numbers

Projects: 97
Attempts: 105
Runs: 75
Runs with mocks: 20
Could not verify: 1
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.

scientific-agent-skills48,037 stars, runs with mocks
exo47,791 stars, runs
copyparty46,931 stars, runs
monaco-editor46,846 stars, runs
wcap1,324 stars, could not verify

All 97 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
scientific-agent-skills	Runs with mocks	agent-skills	48,037	1	log and recording
exo	Runs	Python	47,791	1	log and recording
copyparty	Runs	copyparty	46,931	1	log and recording
monaco-editor	Runs	browser	46,846	1	log and recording
cli	Runs with mocks	cli	46,575	2	log and recording
full-stack-fastapi-template	Runs	docker	45,924	1	log and recording
zx	Runs	bash	45,783	1	log and recording
vnpy	Runs	algotrading	45,763	1	log and recording
Leaflet	Runs	javascript	45,715	1	log and recording
bubbletea	Runs	cli	45,345	1	log and recording
hyperswitch	Not yet verified	adyen	45,296	1	log and recording
invisible_dots	Runs	agent-skills	31,862	1	log and recording
DNSHE-FreeDomains	Runs with mocks	JavaScript	19,317	1	log and recording
dsh-our-free-model	Runs	ai-agents	4,424	1	log and recording
dsh-purge	Runs with mocks	deepseek	3,864	2	log and recording
Edge0	Runs with mocks	Python	3,752	1	log and recording
bub	Runs	agent-framework	1,680	1	log and recording
fscrawler	Runs	crawler	1,452	1	log and recording
geo-sleuth	Runs	agent-skills	1,432	1	log and recording
rosenpass	Runs	cryptography	1,423	1	log and recording
ouroboros	Runs	agentic-ai	1,421	1	log and recording
SoniTranslate	Runs	asr	1,417	1	log and recording
mint	Runs	elixir	1,416	1	log and recording
jellyfin-audio-player	Runs	android	1,415	1	log and recording
pymilvus	Runs	anns	1,415	1	log and recording
codesight	Runs	ai	1,414	1	log and recording
Irodori-TTS	Runs	diffusion-models	1,411	1	log and recording
apalis	Runs	background-jobs	1,408	1	log and recording
lithium	Runs with mocks	api-server	1,408	1	log and recording
utask	Runs	angular8	1,408	1	log and recording
MOSS-TTSD	Runs	finetune	1,405	1	log and recording
transcribe-anything	Runs	cli	1,405	1	log and recording
DPP	Runs	api	1,398	2	log and recording
mysql_mcp_server	Runs	ai	1,398	1	log and recording
llm-wiki	Runs	agentic-ai	1,396	1	log and recording
grafana-operator	Runs with mocks	community	1,389	1	log and recording
pingap	Runs	pingora	1,389	1	log and recording
deepwiki-mcp	Runs	TypeScript	1,387	1	log and recording
vibeyard	Runs	ai	1,387	1	log and recording
WebAI2API	Runs with mocks	ai-tools	1,383	1	log and recording
algoliasearch-client-javascript	Runs with mocks	algolia	1,383	1	log and recording
churn-php	Runs	clean-code	1,382	1	log and recording
apple-docs-mcp	Runs	ai-assistant	1,381	1	log and recording
ttyplot	Runs	chart	1,381	1	log and recording
ioBroker	Runs	home-automation	1,378	2	log and recording
NGT	Runs	approximate-nearest-neighbor-search	1,374	1	log and recording
10x	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	1,371	1	log and recording
qdrant-client	Runs	qdrant	1,370	1	log and recording
chidori	Runs	agent-framework	1,367	1	log and recording
bridgetown	Runs	blog-engine	1,366	1	log and recording
finch	Runs	elixir	1,364	1	log and recording
opentag	Runs with mocks	acp	1,363	1	log and recording
pipecd	Runs with mocks	cd	1,363	1	log and recording
commonly	Runs	agent-framework	1,361	1	log and recording
wombat	Runs	crawler	1,360	1	log and recording
skillsgate	Runs	ai	1,359	1	log and recording
whisper-ctranslate2	Runs	openai-	1,359	1	log and recording
python-office	Runs with mocks	office	1,358	1	log and recording
sulu	Runs	admin	1,358	1	log and recording
vue-konva	Runs	canvas	1,358	1	log and recording
CrewAI-Studio	Runs	agents	1,357	1	log and recording
amneziawg-installer	Runs	amneziawg	1,356	2	log and recording
gh-skyline	Runs with mocks	3d	1,356	1	log and recording
TokenHub	Runs	ai	1,355	2	log and recording
infinispan	Runs	datagrid	1,355	1	log and recording
sttr	Runs	cli	1,354	1	log and recording
room-assistant	Runs	bluetooth	1,351	1	log and recording
spreadsheet_architect	Runs	activerecord	1,350	1	log and recording
UniFi-API-client	Runs with mocks	api	1,349	1	log and recording
gitmal	Runs	git	1,348	1	log and recording
install-nothing	Runs	cli	1,347	1	log and recording
vue-quill	Runs	editor	1,347	1	log and recording
awesome-muse-connectors	Runs with mocks	agent-skills	1,343	1	log and recording
tcping	Runs	command-line-tool	1,343	1	log and recording
shallow-backup	Runs with mocks	backup	1,338	1	log and recording
mande	Runs with mocks	api	1,337	1	log and recording
nCine	Runs	android	1,337	1	log and recording
editor	Runs	3d-editor	1,335	1	log and recording
SuggestArr	Runs	automation	1,334	1	log and recording
req	Runs	elixir	1,334	1	log and recording
spook	Runs	hacs-integration	1,334	1	log and recording
httpcloak	Runs with mocks	anti-bot	1,333	1	log and recording
ibackupextractor	Runs	apple	1,331	1	log and recording
json-machine	Runs	json-iterator	1,330	1	log and recording
sshpiper	Runs	auditing	1,330	1	log and recording
Aegis	Runs	agent-skills	1,329	1	log and recording
gout	Runs	go	1,327	1	log and recording
wcap	Could not verify	h264	1,324	2	log and recording
unigit-ecosystem	Runs	agentic-ai	1,318	1	log and recording
google-maps-scraper-kit	Runs	b2b-leads	1,317	2	log and recording
weave	Runs	ai-agents	1,317	1	log and recording
SeaGOAT	Runs	ai	1,312	1	log and recording
helmor	Runs	agent-orchestration	1,309	1	log and recording
reproxy	Runs	proxy	1,308	1	log and recording
litellm-agent-control-plane	Runs	agent-builder	1,305	1	log and recording
moonshine	Runs	admin	1,305	1	log and recording
sre	Runs with mocks	agent-framework	1,300	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.