Argusic daily report, 23 October 2026

On 23 October 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 88 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 2026-10-24.

The day in numbers

Projects: 88
Attempts: 99
Runs: 62
Runs with mocks: 22
Could not verify: 3
Not yet verified: 1

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.

Piik3,647 stars, runs
soundcraft3,636 stars, runs
esp32-iphone-agent3,627 stars, runs with mocks
cli-menu1,944 stars, runs
docker-ci-automation358 stars, could not verify

All 88 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
Piik	Runs	live-streaming	3,647	1	log and recording
soundcraft	Runs	Rust	3,636	2	log and recording
esp32-iphone-agent	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	3,627	1	log and recording
cli-menu	Runs	cli	1,944	1	log and recording
ovis	Runs	agentic-coding	1,408	1	log and recording
npcsh	Runs with mocks	agentic-coding	496	1	log and recording
torrentplayer	Runs	audio-player	432	2	log and recording
claudemy	Runs	ai-course-generator	403	1	log and recording
doca	Runs	ai-assistant	393	1	log and recording
codflow	Runs with mocks	algeria	382	1	log and recording
kind-action	Runs with mocks	actions	381	1	log and recording
news-crawl	Runs with mocks	apache-storm	381	1	log and recording
pydantic-ai-skills	Runs	agent-framework	380	1	log and recording
google-this	Runs with mocks	google	379	1	log and recording
nebula	Runs	cid	379	2	log and recording
quackosm	Runs	duckdb	378	1	log and recording
DailyBrief	Runs with mocks	ai	377	1	log and recording
graphlit-mcp-server	Runs with mocks	claude	377	1	log and recording
pg_net	Runs	http-client	376	2	log and recording
node-zendesk	Runs with mocks	api	374	1	log and recording
project-butler	Runs	ai-agent	374	1	log and recording
qiaomu-cut-skill	Runs	agent-skill	374	1	log and recording
vector-db-benchmark	Runs with mocks	benchmark	374	1	log and recording
AI-company	Runs	agent-framework	373	1	log and recording
crawler	Runs	crawler	373	1	log and recording
diplomat	Runs with mocks	api	372	1	log and recording
merchant	Runs	cloudflare	372	1	log and recording
openlive	Runs	claude-code	372	1	log and recording
ai-promo-video-maker	Runs	agent-skills	371	1	log and recording
Archscribe	Runs	animation	370	1	log and recording
kelvin	Runs	automation	369	1	log and recording
scipio-erp	Runs	bootstrap	369	1	log and recording
Kivo	Runs	cross-platform	366	1	log and recording
java-http	Runs	http	366	1	log and recording
redux-requests	Runs	ajax	366	1	log and recording
runner	Runs	agent-orchestration	366	1	log and recording
dscode	Runs	coding-agent	365	1	log and recording
excelize-wasm	Runs	ecma-376	365	1	log and recording
scrapy-zyte-smartproxy	Runs	crawler	365	1	log and recording
yoagent	Runs	agent	365	1	log and recording
elements	Runs	audio	364	1	log and recording
graphologue	Runs with mocks	diagram	363	2	log and recording
mycart	Runs	basket	363	1	log and recording
pwa-kit	Runs	ecommerce	363	1	log and recording
bivac	Runs	backup	362	1	log and recording
Ataru	Runs	agent-memory	361	1	log and recording
TwitchDropsMiner	Runs with mocks	automation	361	1	log and recording
mycompany	Runs	erp	361	1	log and recording
shopnex	Runs	alternative	361	1	log and recording
vectorlite	Runs	cpp17	361	1	log and recording
developer-kit	Runs	agentic-code	360	1	log and recording
hQuery.php	Runs	broken-html	360	1	log and recording
herdr-browser	Runs with mocks	browser	360	1	log and recording
home-generative-agent	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	360	1	log and recording
SpeakoFlow	Not yet verified	ai-assistant	358	1	log and recording
cftunnel	Runs	ai-coding	358	1	log and recording
docker-ci-automation	Could not verify	buildkit	358	2	log and recording
crew44	Runs	ai-agents	357	1	log and recording
presskit.html	Runs	css	357	1	log and recording
kaminari	Runs	boilerplate	356	1	log and recording
lasso	Runs	ci-cd	355	1	log and recording
qoder2api-hub	Runs	aliyun	355	1	log and recording
spree_i18n	Runs	ecommerce	354	1	log and recording
audiotext	Runs	audio-to-text	353	1	log and recording
fojin	Runs with mocks	ai	352	1	log and recording
github-slug-action	Runs	continuous-delivery	352	2	log and recording
homeassistant-blitzortung	Runs	blitzortung	352	1	log and recording
kanban-python	Runs	cli-app	352	1	log and recording
obsidian-time-ruler	Could not verify	calendar	352	2	log and recording
vicinity	Runs	ai	352	1	log and recording
zot	Runs with mocks	ai-agent	351	1	log and recording
graphicle	Runs	agent-memory	349	1	log and recording
hass-mcp	Runs with mocks	ai	349	1	log and recording
js-webflow-api	Runs with mocks	api	349	1	log and recording
panel-graphic-walker	Runs	business-intelligence	349	1	log and recording
redd-archiver	Runs	archival	349	1	log and recording
swiss-army-knife-card	Could not verify	custom-card	349	2	log and recording
xknx	Runs	hacktoberfest	349	1	log and recording
ResumeForge	Runs	ai	348	1	log and recording
alphora	Runs with mocks	agent-framework	348	2	log and recording
imapbackup	Runs with mocks	backup	347	1	log and recording
kelos	Runs	agentic-ai	346	1	log and recording
nimbus	Runs	api-client	346	1	log and recording
node-request-retry	Runs	http-client	346	1	log and recording
twitter-scraper-selenium	Runs with mocks	automation	346	1	log and recording
aws-microservices	Runs	api-gateway	345	2	log and recording
fingerproxy	Runs	fingerprinting	345	1	log and recording
purifier-card	Runs	air-purifier	345	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.