Argusic daily report, 12 October 2026

On 12 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 95 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 2026-10-13.

The day in numbers

Projects: 95
Attempts: 105
Runs: 60
Runs with mocks: 31
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.

wordcraft8,964 stars, runs
anatomy6,051 stars, runs
apk-reverse3,673 stars, runs with mocks
huashu-art-motion3,604 stars, runs
glas944 stars, could not verify

All 95 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
wordcraft	Runs	Rust	8,964	1	log and recording
anatomy	Runs	agent-skill	6,051	1	log and recording
apk-reverse	Runs with mocks	Python	3,673	1	log and recording
huashu-art-motion	Runs	JavaScript	3,604	1	log and recording
Easel	Runs with mocks	agent	3,556	1	log and recording
vibe-wise	Runs	Python	3,472	1	log and recording
SoL-Pi	Runs	TypeScript	3,439	1	log and recording
yovoice	Runs	audio	1,058	1	log and recording
lcu	Runs with mocks	accessibility	1,023	1	log and recording
glas	Could not verify	3d	944	1	log and recording
free-ai-tools	Runs	ai	943	1	log and recording
awesome-ai-persona-skills	Runs with mocks	agent	942	1	log and recording
world-intel-mcp	Runs	ai-tools	931	1	log and recording
skywalking-java	Runs with mocks	apm	928	1	log and recording
MCP-Bridge	Runs with mocks	ai	926	1	log and recording
beachpatrol	Runs	automation	926	1	log and recording
pmtech	Runs	andoid	926	1	log and recording
esengine	Runs	2d-game-engine	925	1	log and recording
Conduit	Runs	api	924	1	log and recording
eclaire	Runs	ai	924	1	log and recording
towncrier	Runs	newsfile	924	1	log and recording
mcp-notion-server	Runs	mcp	920	2	log and recording
agent-plugins	Runs	agent-plugins	918	1	log and recording
pyTermTk	Runs	ascii	918	1	log and recording
chatWeb	Runs with mocks	ai	917	1	log and recording
lazyrsync	Runs	backup	917	1	log and recording
spp	Runs	icmp	916	1	log and recording
TikHub-API-Python-SDK	Runs	api	914	1	log and recording
rustwright	Runs	browser-automation	914	1	log and recording
voicy	Runs with mocks	bot	914	1	log and recording
denova	Runs	agent	912	1	log and recording
rag-api	Runs	api	912	1	log and recording
TW5-TiddlyMap	Runs with mocks	concept-map	911	1	log and recording
httpdbg	Runs	aiohttp	908	1	log and recording
local_roborock_server	Runs with mocks	home-assistant	908	1	log and recording
deja	Runs	autocomplete	907	1	log and recording
gojenkins	Runs with mocks	api	906	2	log and recording
alchemy_cms	Runs	admin	905	1	log and recording
react-reader	Runs with mocks	epub-reader	904	1	log and recording
auto-browser	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	903	1	log and recording
loongsuite-go	Runs	apm	903	1	log and recording
FridayOS1.0	Runs	agents	901	1	log and recording
TheWhisper	Runs with mocks	apple-silicon	901	1	log and recording
diagram	Runs	ascii	899	1	log and recording
nesta	Runs	cms	899	1	log and recording
axe	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	898	1	log and recording
opencode-manager	Runs with mocks	agent	897	1	log and recording
awesome-mcp-servers	Runs	anthropic	895	1	log and recording
hax	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	895	1	log and recording
kepubify	Runs	command-line-tool	895	1	log and recording
Home-Assistant-Mail-And-Packages	Runs with mocks	home-assistant	892	1	log and recording
omniedge	Runs	industrial-iot	891	2	log and recording
unifi-mcp	Runs with mocks	agentic-ai	891	1	log and recording
saq	Runs	asyncio	890	1	log and recording
puppetry	Runs	browser-automation	888	1	log and recording
Monogatari	Runs	custom-elements	887	1	log and recording
claude-code-skill-factory	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	884	1	log and recording
jenkinsapi	Runs with mocks	automation	884	1	log and recording
scrapyrt	Runs	crawler	884	1	log and recording
switchfin	Runs	jellyfin	884	2	log and recording
mongo-c-driver	Runs	c	882	1	log and recording
webkubectl	Runs	command-line-tool	882	1	log and recording
llm-ls	Runs with mocks	ai	881	1	log and recording
OpenWorldLib	Runs	3d-scene-generation	879	1	log and recording
ecommerce-visual-copywriting-skill	Runs	agent-skills	878	1	log and recording
framework	Runs	e-commerce	878	1	log and recording
capcut-cli	Runs	agent-skills	877	1	log and recording
zblogphp	Runs	blog	877	2	log and recording
dynamodump	Runs with mocks	aws	876	1	log and recording
agent-skills	Runs with mocks	agent-skill	875	1	log and recording
herdr-reviewr	Runs	agentic-coding	874	1	log and recording
Foundry	Runs	agent-framework	873	1	log and recording
pi-web	Runs	agentic-development	873	1	log and recording
agenttrail	Runs	agent-monitoring	871	1	log and recording
jellyfin-webos	Runs with mocks	jellyfin	871	1	log and recording
doriax	Runs	cross-platform	869	2	log and recording
super	Runs with mocks	adblock	869	2	log and recording
subvert	Runs with mocks	chatgpt	868	1	log and recording
graphics.gd	Runs	android	866	1	log and recording
ObEngine	Runs with mocks	2d	865	1	log and recording
thumbsup	Runs	gallery	865	1	log and recording
Dev-Janitor	Runs	ai-tools	864	1	log and recording
OpenSwarm	Runs	ai-agents	864	1	log and recording
herdr-web-ui	Runs with mocks	bun	864	1	log and recording
projectmem	Runs	agent-memory	864	1	log and recording
metatube-sdk-go	Could not verify	cloudnative	862	2	log and recording
usagi	Runs	game-development	862	1	log and recording
tickdb-unified-realtime-marketdata-api	Runs	ai-tools	860	1	log and recording
fcp	Runs with mocks	cli	859	1	log and recording
tcping	Could not verify	command-line-tool	856	2	log and recording
tapo	Runs	iot	854	1	log and recording
MFCMouseEffect	Runs	automation	853	1	log and recording
mcp-nixos	Runs	ai-assistant	853	1	log and recording
reddit-mcp-buddy	Runs with mocks	ai-assistant	853	1	log and recording
pluton	Could not verify	3-2-1-backup	852	2	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.