Argusic daily report, 6 November 2026

On 6 November 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 87 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 90 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 2026-11-07.

The day in numbers

Projects: 87
Attempts: 90
Runs: 78
Runs with mocks: 9

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.

claude-code-templates33,160 stars, runs
Jobs_Applier_AI_Agent32,387 stars, runs
sd7,413 stars, runs
openidea7,377 stars, runs
AiSOC7,324 stars, runs

All 87 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
claude-code-templates	Runs	agent-skills	33,160	2	log and recording
Jobs_Applier_AI_Agent	Runs	ai-agent	32,387	2	log and recording
sd	Runs	cli	7,413	1	log and recording
openidea	Runs	code-editor	7,377	1	log and recording
AiSOC	Runs	agentic-ai	7,324	1	log and recording
toydb	Runs	database	7,305	1	log and recording
mcp	Runs	browser-automation	7,300	1	log and recording
Backlog.md	Runs	agent	7,294	1	log and recording
boringtun	Runs	cloudflare	7,252	1	log and recording
horizon	Runs with mocks	differential-testing	7,209	1	log and recording
horizon	Runs	differential-testing	7,209	1	log and recording
spicedb	Runs	abac	7,202	1	log and recording
wstunnel	Runs	http2	7,169	1	log and recording
big-AGI	Runs	agi	7,166	1	log and recording
awesome-gamedev-agent-skills	Runs	agent-skills	7,149	1	log and recording
rod	Runs	automation	7,145	1	log and recording
middleman	Runs	middleman	7,110	1	log and recording
plano	Runs	ai-gateway	7,110	1	log and recording
trafilatura	Runs	article-extractor	7,082	1	log and recording
marionette	Runs	agent-friendly	7,044	1	log and recording
dsh-routing-suite	Runs	ai-agents	7,000	1	log and recording
firebase-ios-sdk	Runs	ai	6,981	1	log and recording
llm-scraper	Runs with mocks	ai	6,952	1	log and recording
anysearch-skill	Runs	anysearch	6,838	1	log and recording
annyang	Runs	speech	6,820	1	log and recording
curl_cffi	Runs	akamai-fingerprint	6,820	1	log and recording
node-crawler	Runs with mocks	cheerio	6,795	1	log and recording
greptimedb	Runs	ai-agents	6,790	1	log and recording
X6	Runs	antv	6,752	1	log and recording
box3d	Runs	C	6,748	1	log and recording
aws-sam-cli	Runs	api-gateway	6,741	1	log and recording
ibis	Runs	bigquery	6,696	1	log and recording
ublacklist	Runs	blocker	6,675	1	log and recording
django-oscar	Runs	django	6,631	1	log and recording
genkit	Runs	agents	6,572	1	log and recording
ANUS	Runs	ai-agent	6,561	1	log and recording
loopx	Runs	agent-control-plane	6,558	1	log and recording
godot-mcp	Runs	ai	6,540	1	log and recording
pastel	Runs	cli	6,534	1	log and recording
ludusavi	Runs	backup	6,531	1	log and recording
agent-governance-toolkit	Runs	agent-framework	6,528	1	log and recording
intentkit	Runs	agent-framework	6,519	1	log and recording
hibernate-orm	Runs	database	6,484	1	log and recording
gemini-notebook-mcp-cli	Runs	Python	6,469	1	log and recording
silverbullet	Runs	end-user-programming	6,468	1	log and recording
trueforge	Runs	agent	6,445	1	log and recording
OpenDots	Runs	TypeScript	6,441	1	log and recording
im-not-ai	Runs	agent-skills	6,429	1	log and recording
async-http-client	Runs	ahc	6,396	1	log and recording
tuios	Runs	ai-agents	6,386	1	log and recording
huashu-art-motion	Runs	JavaScript	6,385	1	log and recording
alive-progress	Runs	alive	6,324	1	log and recording
Amagine3D	Runs	Python	6,300	1	log and recording
agentscope-java	Runs	adk	6,276	1	log and recording
bfe	Runs	bfe	6,272	1	log and recording
bb-browser	Runs	TypeScript	6,260	1	log and recording
kube-state-metrics	Runs with mocks	kubernetes	6,236	1	log and recording
hass-xiaomi-miot	Runs	custom-component	6,228	1	log and recording
Jantt	Runs	ai-tools	6,222	1	log and recording
PaperSpine	Runs	Python	6,215	1	log and recording
abogen	Runs	audiobook	6,200	1	log and recording
pinot	Runs	ai-agents	6,172	2	log and recording
baoyu-design	Runs	agent-skills	6,157	1	log and recording
taskwarrior	Runs	gtd	6,155	1	log and recording
asd-ste100-skill	Runs	Python	6,150	1	log and recording
shuohao-skills	Runs	JavaScript	6,140	1	log and recording
monid	Runs	ai-agents	6,134	1	log and recording
zensical	Runs	documentation	6,107	1	log and recording
mcp-atlassian	Runs with mocks	atlassian	6,091	1	log and recording
torlink	Runs	crossplatform	6,070	1	log and recording
riot	Runs	go	6,064	1	log and recording
Cowart	Runs	JavaScript	6,055	1	log and recording
dograh	Runs	ai-calling	6,035	1	log and recording
SenseNova-Skills	Runs with mocks	agent	6,034	1	log and recording
earshot	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	4,045	1	log and recording
BrowserKitten	Runs	ai-agent	2,381	1	log and recording
primo	Runs	cms	2,380	1	log and recording
coco	Runs	agent-skills	785	1	log and recording
rsc-harness	Runs	agent-skills	516	1	log and recording
everyinfra-agent-plugins	Runs with mocks	ai-agents	318	1	log and recording
usque-app	Runs	android-application	223	1	log and recording
coloride	Runs	ai-ide	210	1	log and recording
douyin-to-obsidian	Runs with mocks	agent-skills	205	1	log and recording
agentdescent	Runs	agent-framework	203	1	log and recording
pad	Runs	agent-era	203	1	log and recording
BESSER	Runs	agent	201	1	log and recording
premierepro-video-editor-2026	Runs	4k	1	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.