Argusic daily report, 14 October 2026

On 14 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 91 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 99 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 2026-10-15.

The day in numbers

Projects: 91
Attempts: 99
Runs: 61
Runs with mocks: 21
Could not verify: 4
Not yet verified: 5

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.

taste-skill96,324 stars, runs
Trail-Code10,019 stars, runs
gridcraft4,819 stars, could not verify
plexo4,256 stars, runs
cadcraft4,737 stars, could not verify

All 91 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
taste-skill	Runs	agent-skills	96,324	1	log and recording
Trail-Code	Runs	ai-agents	10,019	1	log and recording
gridcraft	Could not verify	Rust	4,819	1	log and recording
cadcraft	Could not verify	Rust	4,737	1	log and recording
plexo	Runs	bandwidth-aggregation	4,256	1	log and recording
designcraft	Runs	art	3,899	1	log and recording
iPhone-use	Runs with mocks	Python	3,721	1	log and recording
Autonomous-Company	Runs	agentic-workflows	3,129	1	log and recording
claude-code-history-viewer	Runs	ai-coding-assistant	2,254	1	log and recording
opencode-mem	Runs with mocks	ai	1,745	1	log and recording
word-GPT-Plus	Runs with mocks	ai	1,368	1	log and recording
badaso	Runs	api	1,256	1	log and recording
cuga-agent	Runs with mocks	coding-agent	898	1	log and recording
open-agent-connector	Runs with mocks	agent-tools	838	1	log and recording
jvppeteer	Runs	chrome	804	1	log and recording
patchright-nodejs	Runs	automation	797	1	log and recording
voidaccess	Runs	ai	796	1	log and recording
zero2Agent	Runs	agent	796	1	log and recording
freehire	Runs	ats	794	1	log and recording
Librian	Runs with mocks	galgame	791	1	log and recording
Nano-SQL	Runs	csv	790	1	log and recording
OSM2World	Runs	3d	790	1	log and recording
isahc	Runs	http	790	1	log and recording
letterpad	Runs	blogging-system	789	1	log and recording
tui-journal	Runs	command-line-interface	789	1	log and recording
okf-agent-memory	Runs	agent-memory	788	1	log and recording
rome	Runs	agent	785	1	log and recording
Krawl	Could not verify	ai	783	2	log and recording
brisa	Runs	hacktoberfest	783	1	log and recording
typescript-style-guide	Runs	ai	783	1	log and recording
movary	Runs	emby	782	1	log and recording
meilisearch-ui	Runs with mocks	admin	781	2	log and recording
http	Runs	http	779	2	log and recording
youtube-music	Runs	ad-free	779	1	log and recording
hippo-memory	Runs	agent-memory	778	1	log and recording
pywikibot	Runs	api-client	778	1	log and recording
rust-rpxy	Runs	acme	777	1	log and recording
aeon	Runs	agent-framework	774	1	log and recording
geolook	Runs with mocks	aeo	773	1	log and recording
ssl-proxy	Runs	autogenerated-certificates	772	1	log and recording
clip-js	Could not verify	canvas	771	2	log and recording
codeseek	Runs	agent-tools	768	1	log and recording
halp	Runs	cli	767	1	log and recording
agentacct	Runs	agent-observability	765	1	log and recording
music-dl	Runs	command	765	2	log and recording
kiro-editor	Runs	rust	764	1	log and recording
pruvious	Runs	cms	764	1	log and recording
pasteguard	Runs with mocks	anthropic	763	1	log and recording
summon	Runs	command-line-tool	763	1	log and recording
Amazon-Skills	Runs	ai-agents	761	1	log and recording
gpt-promo-scanner	Runs with mocks	chatgpt	761	1	log and recording
VibeUE	Not yet verified	ai	760	1	log and recording
chaplin	Runs	auto-avsr	759	2	log and recording
neonplan3d	Runs	3d	759	1	log and recording
google-search-results-python	Runs with mocks	bing-image	758	2	log and recording
kms-tools	Runs	kms	758	1	log and recording
xxl-crawler	Runs	crawler	756	1	log and recording
beads-ui	Runs	agent	755	1	log and recording
codanna	Runs	ai-agents	755	1	log and recording
compass-skills	Runs	agent-memory	754	1	log and recording
event-reduce	Runs	bdd	754	1	log and recording
dsnet	Runs	edgeos	753	1	log and recording
run-on-arch-action	Runs with mocks	aarch64	752	1	log and recording
twurple	Runs with mocks	api	752	1	log and recording
streampipes	Runs	analytics	751	2	log and recording
CrispASR	Runs	cohere-transcribe	750	1	log and recording
osmtogeojson	Runs	geojson	750	1	log and recording
code-on-incus	Runs with mocks	agentic-ai	748	1	log and recording
coi	Runs with mocks	agentic-ai	748	1	log and recording
ovine	Runs	admin	748	1	log and recording
FeedMe	Runs with mocks	ai	746	1	log and recording
obsidian-pm	Runs with mocks	dotpm	746	1	log and recording
ad	Runs	9p	745	1	log and recording
after-effects-mcp	Runs with mocks	after-effects	743	1	log and recording
urllib	Runs	curl	743	1	log and recording
wondercms	Not yet verified	blog	741	1	log and recording
memora	Runs	agent-memory	740	1	log and recording
resgate	Runs	api-gateway	740	1	log and recording
crabtalk	Runs	agent-framework	738	1	log and recording
ttsfm	Not yet verified	ai	738	1	log and recording
gpt-image-canvas	Not yet verified	ai	734	1	log and recording
http-client	Runs	amphp	733	1	log and recording
vit	Runs	version-control	733	1	log and recording
xiadown	Not yet verified	bilibili	733	1	log and recording
aperture	Runs	caching	732	1	log and recording
ghproxy	Runs	devops	732	1	log and recording
wag	Runs with mocks	2fa	732	1	log and recording
Client	Runs with mocks	api	729	1	log and recording
4gaBoards	Runs	agile	728	1	log and recording
build-monitor-plugin	Runs with mocks	continuous-delivery	727	1	log and recording
probe	Runs	ai	727	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.