Argusic daily report, 22 October 2026

On 22 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 60 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 68 attempts in all, 3 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 2026-10-23.

The day in numbers

Projects: 60
Attempts: 68
Runs: 41
Runs with mocks: 12
Could not verify: 2
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.

ai-job-search63,305 stars, runs
front-end-interview-handbook44,008 stars, runs
MacNativeGames4,300 stars, runs with mocks
dsh-ops3,818 stars, runs
jeddict-modeler404 stars, could not verify

All 60 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
ai-job-search	Runs	ai	63,305	1	log and recording
front-end-interview-handbook	Runs	css	44,008	1	log and recording
MacNativeGames	Runs with mocks	C	4,300	2	log and recording
dsh-ops	Runs	dsh	3,818	1	log and recording
Formal-Verification-RSI	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	2,851	1	log and recording
cyberapi	Runs	api	421	1	log and recording
izwi	Runs with mocks	asr	407	2	log and recording
majordomo	Runs	diy	407	1	log and recording
jeddict-modeler	Could not verify	ddl	404	1	log and recording
spree-starter	Runs	commerce	402	1	log and recording
Hydra	Runs	agent	399	1	log and recording
dynein	Could not verify	aws	399	2	log and recording
sutando	Not yet verified	ai-agent	399	1	log and recording
vonage-node-sdk	Runs	dedicated-support	399	1	log and recording
Pulsar-Native	Not yet verified	engine	398	1	log and recording
llm-wiki	Runs	ai	398	1	log and recording
GPTPortal	Runs	ai	397	1	log and recording
LocalText2Voice	Runs	ai-voice	397	2	log and recording
github-act-runner	Runs with mocks	actions	397	1	log and recording
noodle	Runs	ai-agents	397	1	log and recording
pyosmium	Runs	openstreetmap	397	1	log and recording
trends-checker	Runs	analytics	397	1	log and recording
thulite	Runs	framework	396	1	log and recording
pylips	Runs with mocks	ambilight	395	1	log and recording
rocket	Runs	eleventy	395	1	log and recording
fastify-http-proxy	Runs	api-gateway	394	1	log and recording
ngrok-rust	Runs with mocks	networking	394	1	log and recording
deepx-code	Not yet verified	agent	393	1	log and recording
gojekyll	Runs	blog-engine	393	1	log and recording
grasp	Runs	agent	393	1	log and recording
ir-search	Runs	agent-skills	393	1	log and recording
reins	Runs	agent-observability	392	1	log and recording
Pi-Bolt	Runs with mocks	ahead-of-time	391	1	log and recording
sharelint	Runs	cli	391	1	log and recording
textbringer	Runs	elric-saga	391	1	log and recording
uix-kit	Runs	bootstrap	391	1	log and recording
codex-rehome	Runs	agent-handoff	390	1	log and recording
node-firestore-import-export	Runs	backup	390	1	log and recording
open-browser-use	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	390	1	log and recording
addok	Runs	address	388	1	log and recording
tms	Runs	blog	387	1	log and recording
RESTer	Runs	addon	386	2	log and recording
dex	Runs	claude-code	386	1	log and recording
onnx-asr	Runs	asr	386	1	log and recording
Wiki_MkDocs	Runs	blog	385	1	log and recording
lunarr-go	Runs	emby	385	1	log and recording
google-news-scraper	Runs with mocks	ai-tools	384	1	log and recording
robotics-agent-skills	Runs with mocks	agent-skills	384	1	log and recording
homebridge-z2m	Runs with mocks	home-automation	383	1	log and recording
pi-app	Runs	agentic-coding	383	1	log and recording
rek	Runs	go	383	1	log and recording
vandium-node	Runs	api-gateway	383	1	log and recording
Vocello	Runs	apple-silicon	382	1	log and recording
go-staticmaps	Runs	geo	382	1	log and recording
mulmoclaude	Runs	ai-agents	382	2	log and recording
top-user-agents	Runs	browser	382	1	log and recording
DeyWeaver	Not yet verified	ai-powered	381	3	log and recording
kind-action	Not yet verified	actions	381	1	log and recording
whisper-obsidian-plugin	Runs	obsidian	380	1	log and recording
douban-backup	Runs with mocks	backup	17	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.