Argusic daily report, 8 November 2026

On 8 November 2026 (UTC) an AI agent tried to install and run 95 open-source projects on clean machines, with nobody helping: 100 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 2026-11-09.

The day in numbers

Projects: 95
Attempts: 100
Runs: 82
Runs with mocks: 12
Could not verify: 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.

rich57,752 stars, runs
stickman-video-director5,043 stars, runs
req4,868 stars, runs
ffmpeg-skill4,801 stars, runs
ai-real-estate-assistant321 stars, could not verify

All 95 projects, most starred first

subject	verdict	topic	stars	attempts	evidence
rich	Runs	ansi-colors	57,752	2	log and recording
stickman-video-director	Runs	agent-skills-manager	5,043	1	log and recording
req	Runs	go	4,868	1	log and recording
cds	Runs with mocks	automation	4,846	1	log and recording
ffmpeg-skill	Runs	agent-skills	4,801	1	log and recording
zrok	Runs	file-sharing	4,801	1	log and recording
codex-keysmith	Runs	cli	4,796	1	log and recording
workbuddy2api-panel	Runs with mocks	admin-panel	4,752	1	log and recording
scroll-craft	Runs	accessibility	4,751	1	log and recording
werf	Runs	buildah	4,736	1	log and recording
ggez	Runs	crates	4,722	1	log and recording
macroquad	Runs	android	4,704	1	log and recording
notion-mcp-server	Runs	TypeScript	4,700	1	log and recording
jx	Runs	accelerator	4,692	1	log and recording
esp32-iphone-agent	Runs	ai-agent	4,674	1	log and recording
FormFilla	Runs	autofill	4,673	1	log and recording
JobSpy	Runs	bayt	4,670	1	log and recording
phone-harness	Runs with mocks	agent	4,669	1	log and recording
phone-harness	Runs	agent	4,668	1	log and recording
skills	Runs	skills	4,650	1	log and recording
MOSS-TTS-Nano	Runs	audio-tokenizer	4,645	1	log and recording
esp32-ai	Runs	Python	4,639	1	log and recording
fastrtc	Runs	artificial-intelligence	4,636	1	log and recording
Noria	Runs	ai-agent	4,630	1	log and recording
prest	Runs	api	4,630	1	log and recording
dsh-context	Runs	cordis-plugin	4,624	1	log and recording
github-pages-deploy-action	Runs	action	4,612	1	log and recording
tmuxp	Runs	cli	4,595	1	log and recording
sentrysearch	Runs	chromadb	4,580	1	log and recording
Zero-Breach-Toolkit	Runs	Python	4,576	1	log and recording
LongMemory	Runs	ai	4,571	1	log and recording
flint-chart	Runs	ai-agents	4,555	1	log and recording
emissary	Runs	ambassador	4,526	1	log and recording
mcp-obsidian	Runs with mocks	Python	4,524	1	log and recording
adhd	Runs with mocks	adhd	4,514	1	log and recording
Easel	Runs	agent	4,506	1	log and recording
zsh-vi-mode	Runs	antigen	4,485	1	log and recording
gptme	Runs	agent	4,470	1	log and recording
mcp-server-cloudflare	Runs	TypeScript	4,453	1	log and recording
hyperresearch	Runs with mocks	agents	4,439	1	log and recording
nub	Runs	javascript-runtime	4,435	1	log and recording
lavish-axi	Runs	JavaScript	4,428	1	log and recording
mcpo	Runs	mcp	4,420	1	log and recording
mcp-server-chart	Runs	antv	4,416	1	log and recording
Codex-X	Runs	Rust	4,414	1	log and recording
CodeGraphContext	Runs	codegraph	4,400	1	log and recording
AI-Engineering-Coach	Runs	TypeScript	4,389	1	log and recording
stemdeck	Runs	JavaScript	4,376	1	log and recording
LittleJS	Runs	box2d	4,373	1	log and recording
USearch	Runs	approximate-nearest-neighbor-search	4,373	1	log and recording
tbls	Runs	bigquery	4,372	1	log and recording
WhisperLive	Runs	dictation	4,350	1	log and recording
petdex	Runs	claude-code	4,340	1	log and recording
agent-memory	Runs	agent-memory	4,314	1	log and recording
open-claude-cowork	Runs with mocks	aiagents	4,313	1	log and recording
MOSS-TTS	Runs with mocks	audio	4,308	1	log and recording
zvec-grep	Runs	ai-agents	4,292	1	log and recording
excel-mcp-server	Runs	ai	4,283	1	log and recording
skills	Runs	Shell	4,267	1	log and recording
Toshi	Runs	elasticsearch	4,259	1	log and recording
vibe-wise	Runs	Python	4,253	1	log and recording
earshot	Runs	ai-agents	4,248	1	log and recording
svgbob	Runs	ascii	4,237	1	log and recording
react-ace	Runs	ace	4,204	1	log and recording
pagescms	Runs	11ty	4,198	1	log and recording
Piik	Runs	live-streaming	4,152	1	log and recording
codex-app-mirror	Runs	codex-app	4,149	1	log and recording
rea-video	Runs	agent-skills	4,149	1	log and recording
pstack-claude	Runs	agent-skills	4,144	1	log and recording
Financial-API	Runs with mocks	a-share	4,111	3	log and recording
obsidian-tasks	Runs	obsidian-plugin	4,086	1	log and recording
urllib3	Runs	http	4,080	1	log and recording
docker-volume-backup	Runs	backup	4,069	1	log and recording
scrape-it	Runs	node-scraper	4,069	1	log and recording
gpt_image_playground	Runs	gpt-image	4,055	1	log and recording
RealtimeTTS	Runs	python	4,052	1	log and recording
disktree	Runs	Rust	4,045	1	log and recording
CPA-Manager-Plus	Runs	ai-gateway	4,044	1	log and recording
dockly	Runs with mocks	cli	4,037	1	log and recording
mtail	Runs	bytecode	4,033	1	log and recording
davinci-resolve-mcp	Runs	blackmagic	3,997	1	log and recording
erupt	Runs	annotation	3,988	1	log and recording
tox	Runs	actions	3,977	1	log and recording
twill	Runs	cms	3,973	1	log and recording
antigravity-sdk-python	Runs	ai-agents	3,970	1	log and recording
lektor	Runs	cms	3,950	1	log and recording
TradingAgents-astock	Runs with mocks	a-share	3,931	1	log and recording
pm-claude-skills	Runs	agent-skills	1,532	1	log and recording
Poznote	Runs	docker	1,015	1	log and recording
huashu-chrome	Runs	ai-agents	577	1	log and recording
jira.js	Runs	api-client	492	2	log and recording
huashu-excel	Runs	agent-skills	456	1	log and recording
devvm	Runs with mocks	coding-agent	396	1	log and recording
tinystruct	Runs	agent	363	1	log and recording
ai-real-estate-assistant	Could not verify	ai-assistant	321	2	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.