Argusic daily report, 10 October 2026

On 10 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 96 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 113 attempts in all, 2 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 2026-10-11.

The day in numbers

Projects: 96
Attempts: 113
Runs: 65
Runs with mocks: 27
Could not verify: 4

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.

ecapture15,491 stars, could not verify
marionette7,028 stars, runs
effectcraft4,010 stars, could not verify
shaders3,758 stars, runs
markeron1,166 stars, could not verify

All 96 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
ecapture	Could not verify	android	15,491	2	log and recording
marionette	Runs	agent-friendly	7,028	1	log and recording
effectcraft	Could not verify	Rust	4,010	2	log and recording
shaders	Runs	cli	3,758	1	log and recording
magnetissimo	Runs	bittorrent	3,100	1	log and recording
aurelio-finance	Runs	ai	1,555	2	log and recording
openharness	Runs	3d-modeling	1,208	1	log and recording
ShahanPanel	Runs with mocks	cisco-anyconnect	1,203	2	log and recording
OpenFic	Runs	agent	1,195	1	log and recording
SearchCLI	Runs with mocks	agent-tools	1,193	1	log and recording
solomd	Runs with mocks	ai	1,192	1	log and recording
VectorDBBench	Runs	benchmark	1,190	2	log and recording
better-chatbot	Runs with mocks	agent	1,189	1	log and recording
GPT-RAG	Runs with mocks	agent-framework	1,187	1	log and recording
agent-landing-zone	Runs with mocks	agent-framework	1,187	1	log and recording
pyatv	Runs	airplay	1,186	1	log and recording
gh-action-pypi-publish	Runs with mocks	actions	1,184	2	log and recording
drawthe.net	Runs	diagram	1,183	1	log and recording
gander	Runs	android	1,183	2	log and recording
microstudio	Runs	game-2d	1,183	1	log and recording
test-reporter	Runs with mocks	ci-cd	1,183	1	log and recording
dia2	Runs	open-weight	1,180	1	log and recording
ref-tools-mcp	Runs with mocks	coding-agent	1,180	1	log and recording
electrodb	Runs with mocks	aws	1,178	1	log and recording
odmantic	Runs with mocks	async	1,176	1	log and recording
openGemini	Runs	cloudnative	1,176	2	log and recording
tg-archive	Runs with mocks	exporter	1,175	2	log and recording
claude-powerline	Runs	claude-code	1,174	1	log and recording
claude-codex-settings	Runs	ai-agents	1,173	1	log and recording
progressbar	Runs	cli	1,173	1	log and recording
argc	Runs	argc	1,171	1	log and recording
markeron	Could not verify	canvas	1,166	2	log and recording
TensorFold	Runs with mocks	ai	1,162	1	log and recording
aws-agent-skills	Runs	agent-skills	1,162	1	log and recording
jbake	Runs	asciidoc	1,162	1	log and recording
zrepl	Runs	backup	1,161	1	log and recording
xq	Runs	cli	1,160	1	log and recording
IceFireDB	Runs	blockchain	1,158	1	log and recording
lurk	Runs	cli	1,158	1	log and recording
deja-vu	Runs	agent-memory	1,155	1	log and recording
tuui	Runs	agent	1,155	1	log and recording
ctx	Runs	agent	1,151	1	log and recording
newspaper4k	Runs	articles	1,150	1	log and recording
ai-agent-skills	Runs	agent-skills	1,149	1	log and recording
innovation-lab-examples	Runs	a2a-protocol	1,149	1	log and recording
zha-device-handlers	Runs	hacktoberfest	1,143	1	log and recording
dockit	Runs	ai-agent	1,141	1	log and recording
MiniCode	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	1,139	1	log and recording
foliate-js	Runs with mocks	azw	1,129	2	log and recording
camera.ui	Runs	ai	1,128	1	log and recording
DgrmJS	Could not verify	diagram	1,127	2	log and recording
timezone-boundary-builder	Runs	maps	1,127	1	log and recording
solidworks-automation-skill	Runs	agent-tools	1,126	1	log and recording
ide	Runs	code-editor	1,124	1	log and recording
fastapi-observability	Runs	fastapi	1,119	1	log and recording
rxRust	Runs	frp	1,118	1	log and recording
Gemini-Nexus	Runs with mocks	browser-automation	1,117	1	log and recording
django-dbbackup	Runs	backup	1,114	1	log and recording
sensu-go	Runs	alerting	1,114	1	log and recording
sprig	Runs	game	1,113	2	log and recording
wavedrom.github.io	Runs	diagram	1,112	1	log and recording
best-claude-hud	Runs	claude-code	1,111	1	log and recording
mongo-cxx-driver	Runs	bson	1,107	1	log and recording
eCommerce-Skills	Runs	agent-skills	1,105	1	log and recording
deeptide	Runs with mocks	codex-harness	1,104	1	log and recording
JamAIBase	Runs	agents	1,102	2	log and recording
webhookd	Runs	api-rest	1,102	1	log and recording
crowi	Runs	crowi	1,099	1	log and recording
BubbleLab	Runs	ai	1,097	1	log and recording
k8spacket	Runs	bpf2go	1,097	2	log and recording
PuzzleScript	Runs	game-engine	1,096	1	log and recording
sonar	Runs	cli	1,094	1	log and recording
agent	Runs	buildkite	1,093	1	log and recording
HomeKey-ESP32	Runs	apple	1,092	1	log and recording
project-management	Runs with mocks	alpinejs	1,090	1	log and recording
atlassian-mcp-server	Runs with mocks	ai	1,089	1	log and recording
laravel-schemaless-attributes	Runs with mocks	eloquent	1,086	1	log and recording
Tianshu-harness	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	1,084	1	log and recording
tribe	Runs	agent-based-framework	1,084	1	log and recording
Ix	Runs	ai	1,083	1	log and recording
dao-code	Runs	ai-agent	1,083	1	log and recording
presence_simulation	Runs with mocks	hacs	1,081	1	log and recording
ezarr	Runs with mocks	docker	1,080	1	log and recording
copilot-api	Runs with mocks	ai-gateway	1,079	1	log and recording
cs	Runs	cli	1,079	1	log and recording
pydantic-deepagents	Runs	agent-framework	1,078	2	log and recording
gate	Runs with mocks	docker	1,077	1	log and recording
proxelar	Runs	cli	1,077	1	log and recording
opsli-boot	Runs	admin	1,076	1	log and recording
OpenLore	Runs	agent	1,073	1	log and recording
ThinkWatch-Lite	Runs	ai-gateway	1,073	1	log and recording
langsmith-sdk	Runs	evaluation	1,071	1	log and recording
Patter	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	1,069	2	log and recording
spring-cloud-stream	Runs	cloud-native	1,069	1	log and recording
stackql	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	1,067	1	log and recording
chromem-go	Runs	chroma	1,063	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.