Yes. textbee runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 10 minutes, hitting 5 errors on the way, and recorded the session.

How did Argusic test textbee?

On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 454e59e4d059. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.

What did it cost to test textbee?

The run that produced this verdict cost $0.26: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.

How long does textbee take to install?

10 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.

Does textbee need a GPU?

Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.

What goes wrong when installing textbee?

5 things broke in the recorded run, and 5 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.

Where is the evidence for textbee?

The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.

textbee

Open-source SMS gateway. Turn your Android phone into an SMS API: send and receive SMS from your apps over REST and webhooks. Self-hostable, with a free hosted plan.

Runssource: GitHub homepageTypeScriptMITcommit 454e59e4d059

TypeScript, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: android, android sms, android sms gateway, android sms sender, api, foss, gateway and mcp server.

textbee runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 10 minutes and hit 5 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.

The textbee.dev monorepo builds and runs: API (NestJS) compiles and initializes all modules; Web (Next.js) builds all routes; all 67 API test suites (1478 tests) and all 49 web test files (428 tests) pass.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured

Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).

At a glance

verdict: Runs
Argusic Score: 100 / 100
cost of the verifying run: $0.26 (measured)
recorded runs: 1
last tested: 2026-10-17
stars: 3,179
forks: 469
open issues: 52
watchers: 26
size: 8 MB
created: 2022-03-18
last push: 2026-10-16

Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed 2026-10-17. Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.

What was measured

From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.

Time lost to each failure while testing textbee, drawn from the recorded run — Every bar is a failure the agent recorded, with the time it cost. Drawn from this run, not from anywhere else.

What went wrong, in the agent's own words

The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.

API billing webhook tests fail: globalThis.crypto.subtle undefined in ts-jest (polar-sdk v1.0.0 requires Node>=22)5 minutes
Web postcss tailwindcss native binding missing (requires Node>=20)3 minutes
pnpm binary not in PATH1 minute
Next.js web build requires Node>=20.9.0 (system has 18.19.1)1 minute
API NestJS build does not copy mail template assets to dist1 minute

Install time: 10 minutes
Cold machine to finish: 24 minutes
Errors hit and fixed: 5 hit, 5 fixed with no human help
How the result was proved: cd api && pnpm test -> 67 suites, 1478 passed. cd web && pnpm test -> 49 files, 428 passed. cd api && node dist/src/main.js -> Nest initializes all modules. cd web && pnpm build -> Next.js builds 75 static/dynamic routes.
Model tokens used: 223,718
Exact commit tested: 454e59e4d059
Container image: sha256:cdd920bce783

What was not measured

The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.

Peak GPU memory: this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
Behaviour over a long run: each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load

The end of the recording

The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.

 Test Files  49 passed (49)
      Tests  428 passed (428)
   Start at  07:39:11
   Duration  33.68s (transform 2.00s, setup 17.09s, collect 11.30s, tests 28.46s, environment 27.78…
Both test suites pass completely. Let me compile the final result.
exec
/bin/sh -lc 'cd /work/repo && export PATH="/tmp/node-v20.9.0-linux-x64/bin:/home/runner/.local/bin:…
 succeeded in 134ms:
 ERR_PNPM_NO_IMPORTER_MANIFEST_FOUND  No package.json (or package.yaml, or package.json5) was found…
EXIT: 1
tokens used
223,718

Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.

How it was tested

One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.

Strengths and limits

Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.

What went well

Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
Recovered from all 5 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.

What did not, or is not known

Took 10 minutes to install, slower than the median of the 25 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.

Of the 26 android projects Argusic has installed and timed, textbee was the 15th fastest to reach a running state, and 19 of 26 reached one at all.

What it is a reasonable choice for

Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
A quick evaluation: it was running 10 minutes after the clone.

Also tested, in the same area

Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.

Run history

tested by	attempt	outcome	score	cost USD	when
Argusic Runner	1/3	Runs	100.00	0.26	2026-10-17 07:40 UTC

Topics (from GitHub)

android android-sms android-sms-gateway android-sms-sender api foss gateway mcp-server open-source self-hosted send-sms sim sms sms-api sms-gateway sms-sender text-message twilio-alternative webhooks

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Questions

Does textbee run?: Yes. textbee runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 10 minutes, hitting 5 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
How did Argusic test textbee?: On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 454e59e4d059. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
What did it cost to test textbee?: The run that produced this verdict cost $0.26: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
How long does textbee take to install?: 10 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
Does textbee need a GPU?: Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
What goes wrong when installing textbee?: 5 things broke in the recorded run, and 5 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
How does textbee compare with the alternatives?: Of the 26 android projects Argusic has installed and timed, textbee was the 15th fastest to reach a running state, and 19 of 26 reached one at all.
Where is the evidence for textbee?: The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.