Argusic daily report, 16 October 2026

On 16 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 71 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 88 attempts in all, 8 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 2026-10-17.

The day in numbers

Projects: 71
Attempts: 88
Runs: 42
Runs with mocks: 23
Could not verify: 3
Not yet verified: 3

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.

serviette58,797 stars, runs with mocks
next-ai-draw-io36,269 stars, runs with mocks
dsh-desktop14,401 stars, runs
Restfox2,771 stars, runs
trinity656 stars, could not verify

All 71 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
serviette	Runs with mocks	chromadb	58,797	1	log and recording
next-ai-draw-io	Runs with mocks	ai	36,269	1	log and recording
dsh-desktop	Runs	agent	14,401	4	log and recording
phone-harness	Runs with mocks	agent	3,683	1	log and recording
Restfox	Runs	api-client	2,771	1	log and recording
ffmpeg-skill	Runs	agent-skills	1,966	1	log and recording
cloudroom-core	Runs	ai-agents	717	1	log and recording
Mimi	Runs with mocks	android	685	1	log and recording
cli	Runs with mocks	agentic-ai	668	1	log and recording
openclaw-backup	Runs with mocks	agent	662	1	log and recording
concord	Runs with mocks	api-client	660	1	log and recording
kanba	Runs with mocks	kanban-board	660	1	log and recording
photoshop-mcp	Runs with mocks	adobe	660	1	log and recording
velstore	Runs	ecommerce	660	2	log and recording
puput	Runs	blog	658	1	log and recording
api-firewall	Runs	api	656	1	log and recording
biomcp	Runs	ai	656	1	log and recording
trinity	Could not verify	agent-orchestration	656	2	log and recording
Nameless	Runs	cms	655	1	log and recording
api-gateway	Runs	api	654	1	log and recording
python-utcp	Runs	ai	653	1	log and recording
terminal	Runs	browser-automation	653	2	log and recording
restc-cpp	Runs with mocks	asio	652	1	log and recording
runn	Runs with mocks	api-testing	652	2	log and recording
OpenWiki	Could not verify	ai	651	2	log and recording
ctxport	Runs	ai	649	1	log and recording
lollms_hub	Runs with mocks	agent	649	1	log and recording
smythos-studio	Runs	a2a	649	1	log and recording
sqz	Runs	agentic-ai	648	1	log and recording
property_web_builder	Runs	cms	647	2	log and recording
sigmap	Runs	ai	647	1	log and recording
NetDiscovery	Runs	coroutines	644	1	log and recording
UStore	Not yet verified	acid	643	2	log and recording
markdeep	Runs with mocks	calendar	643	1	log and recording
scalardb	Runs with mocks	amazon-aurora	643	1	log and recording
casbin-gateway	Runs	access-control	642	1	log and recording
jfinal_cms	Could not verify	beetl	642	2	log and recording
WA-AKG	Runs	automation	640	1	log and recording
django-lfs	Runs	django	640	2	log and recording
flutter_edge_ai	Runs	dart	640	2	log and recording
scalecube-services	Runs	actor-model	639	1	log and recording
sonus	Runs with mocks	alexa	639	3	log and recording
sandbase-harness	Runs with mocks	agent-harness	638	1	log and recording
surf-cli	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	637	1	log and recording
wtp	Runs	cli	637	1	log and recording
home-assistant-vibecode-agent	Runs with mocks	claude	636	1	log and recording
mg	Runs	alpine-linux	636	1	log and recording
mini-macau	Runs	3d-visualization	636	1	log and recording
Qmedia	Runs	content	635	1	log and recording
reality	Not yet verified	frp	635	1	log and recording
Ominis-OSINT	Runs	finder	633	1	log and recording
booklogr	Runs	books	633	1	log and recording
readmeX	Runs	ai-tools	632	2	log and recording
python-launcher	Runs	cli	631	1	log and recording
wg-manager	Runs	dashboard	631	1	log and recording
mnemon	Runs	agent-framework	630	1	log and recording
Lynkr	Runs with mocks	agents	629	1	log and recording
examples	Runs with mocks	dubbing	629	1	log and recording
mkdocs-awesome-nav	Runs	markdown	628	1	log and recording
markdown-site	Runs	cms	627	1	log and recording
purrcrypt	Runs	cats	627	1	log and recording
svg-diagram	Runs	agent-skills	627	1	log and recording
botonic	Runs	bot-framework	626	1	log and recording
show-me-the-story	Runs	agent	626	1	log and recording
Vibe-Workflow	Runs with mocks	ai	623	1	log and recording
ain	Runs with mocks	api	623	2	log and recording
claude-token-optimizer	Runs	agents-md	620	1	log and recording
daydreams	Runs	8004	620	1	log and recording
SWE-ReX	Runs with mocks	agent	619	1	log and recording
typemill	Runs	cms	619	1	log and recording
hummingbird	Not yet verified	gpui	616	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.