Argusic daily report, 17 October 2026

On 17 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 95 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 114 attempts in all, 7 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 2026-10-18.

The day in numbers

Projects: 95
Attempts: 114
Runs: 63
Runs with mocks: 21
Could not verify: 7
Not yet verified: 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.

SurfSense16,497 stars, runs
d2r-mobile3,696 stars, not yet verified
deckcraft3,686 stars, could not verify
scroll-craft3,585 stars, runs
agentty618 stars, could not verify

All 95 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
SurfSense	Runs	agent	16,497	2	log and recording
d2r-mobile	Not yet verified	compatibility-layer	3,696	1	log and recording
deckcraft	Could not verify	Rust	3,686	2	log and recording
scroll-craft	Runs	accessibility	3,585	1	log and recording
textbee	Runs	android	3,179	1	log and recording
gitlab-mcp	Runs with mocks	ai	2,049	1	log and recording
free-claude-code	Runs	ai	938	1	log and recording
openfilm	Runs	ai-video	829	1	log and recording
homeassistant_espscreen	Runs	cyd	660	1	log and recording
agents-universe	Runs with mocks	agent	645	1	log and recording
gemini-web2api-go	Runs	api-proxy	634	1	log and recording
SeeCode	Runs	agent-skills	630	1	log and recording
otari	Runs	ai	624	1	log and recording
opentypeless	Not yet verified	ai	622	1	log and recording
PiG	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	621	1	log and recording
agentty	Could not verify	agentic-coding	618	2	log and recording
Athena-Public	Runs	ai	616	1	log and recording
MikroDash	Runs with mocks	dashboard	616	1	log and recording
hummingbird	Runs	gpui	616	1	log and recording
gup	Runs	cli	615	1	log and recording
primp	Runs	akamai	615	1	log and recording
paper-age	Runs	age-encryption	614	1	log and recording
xlings	Runs	ai	614	1	log and recording
ironcurtain	Runs	agent	613	1	log and recording
quantumproxies.io	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	613	2	log and recording
ttt	Runs	cli	613	1	log and recording
motis	Could not verify	gbfs	611	2	log and recording
pi-llm-wiki	Runs	ai-memory	611	1	log and recording
coolify-mcp	Runs with mocks	ai	610	1	log and recording
gocron	Runs	backup	609	1	log and recording
tasking-manager	Runs with mocks	fastapi	609	1	log and recording
arangojs	Runs	arangodb	608	1	log and recording
ComfyUI-VibeVoice	Runs with mocks	ai-voice	606	2	log and recording
jellyfin-ios	Runs	expo	605	1	log and recording
radio-active	Runs	audio	605	1	log and recording
wechatpay-php	Runs	api-client	604	1	log and recording
zudoku	Runs	graphql	604	1	log and recording
typist	Runs	doist	603	1	log and recording
agent-manager	Runs	ai-agents	602	1	log and recording
embedJs	Runs with mocks	ai	602	1	log and recording
hostc	Runs	cli	602	1	log and recording
node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket	Runs	home	602	1	log and recording
reactive-interaction-gateway	Runs	api-gateway	602	1	log and recording
session-kit	Runs with mocks	ai-coding	602	1	log and recording
mac_software	Runs	adobe	601	1	log and recording
chainloop	Runs with mocks	agentic-sdlc	600	2	log and recording
synology-api	Runs with mocks	api-wrapper	600	1	log and recording
js-reverse-automation--skill	Runs with mocks	ai-tools	599	1	log and recording
camel-karavan	Could not verify	camel	598	2	log and recording
cc-lens	Runs	ai-tools	598	1	log and recording
flamingo-commerce	Runs	commerce	598	1	log and recording
mcp-pointer	Runs	agentic-coding	598	1	log and recording
mern-marketplace	Runs	ecommerce	597	1	log and recording
ubi	Runs	cli	597	2	log and recording
copperhead	Not yet verified	agent	596	3	log and recording
go-cover-treemap	Runs	code-coverage	596	1	log and recording
pagible	Runs	ai	596	1	log and recording
claw-orchestrator	Runs	acp	595	1	log and recording
next-plaid	Runs	agentic-rag	595	1	log and recording
mesh	Runs with mocks	api-first	593	1	log and recording
gemini-web-to-api	Runs with mocks	ai	592	1	log and recording
IMDb-Scout-Mod	Runs with mocks	1337x	590	1	log and recording
chatgpt-video-editing-skills	Runs with mocks	agent-skills	590	1	log and recording
solo	Runs	agent-orchestration	589	1	log and recording
xiaohongshu-ai-workbench	Runs	ai-tools	589	1	log and recording
character-arc	Runs	agent	588	1	log and recording
go-hass-agent	Runs with mocks	automation	588	1	log and recording
Playwright-reCAPTCHA	Runs	asyncio	586	1	log and recording
bunqueue	Runs	ai	586	3	log and recording
Adrian	Runs	aarm	585	1	log and recording
Clean-Coder-AI	Runs with mocks	agent	584	1	log and recording
Compartment	Runs	agent-memory	583	1	log and recording
laravel-top	Runs with mocks	apm	583	1	log and recording
ng-diagram	Runs	angular	583	1	log and recording
explainroo	Runs	ai-agents	582	1	log and recording
social-media-profile-scrapers	Runs	facebook-scraper	582	1	log and recording
lowfat	Runs	agentic-coding-tool	581	1	log and recording
onchain-dex-cli	Runs with mocks	algo-trading	581	1	log and recording
outsmart-cli	Could not verify	algo-trading	581	2	log and recording
goatdb	Runs	backend	580	1	log and recording
tuliprox	Runs	catch-up	580	1	log and recording
claude-brain	Runs	ai-tools	579	1	log and recording
harness-score	Runs	ai-agents	579	1	log and recording
forall	Not yet verified	agent-framework	578	3	log and recording
Tangent	Runs	markdown	577	1	log and recording
hcom	Runs	agent	577	1	log and recording
All-jellyfin-media-server	Could not verify	docker	576	2	log and recording
forall-mcp	Runs	agent-framework	576	1	log and recording
react-textarea-code-editor	Runs	code-editor	576	2	log and recording
dario	Could not verify	agent-sdk	575	2	log and recording
fastschema	Runs	backend	575	1	log and recording
openclip	Runs	agent-skills	575	1	log and recording
brain.md	Runs	agent-memory	574	1	log and recording
para	Runs	api	574	1	log and recording
simple-todo-c	Runs	c	574	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.