10 alternatives to openwork
different-ai/openwork — The open-source alternative to Claude Cowork (powered by opencode) (24,253 stars, FSL-1.1-MIT, ui, auth, database).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It does not serve code from different-ai/openwork itself (licence class: non-commercial), so these alternatives are the licence-cleared route.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eigent-ai/eigent | 6.5 | Apache-2.0 | 15,647 |
| 2 | anil-matcha/open-duet | 7.0 | Apache-2.0 | 6,170 |
| 3 | iofficeai/aionui | 6.4 | Apache-2.0 | 33,713 |
| 4 | opencut-app/opencut | 4.6 | MIT | 96,371 |
| 5 | omnara-ai/omnara | 5.9 | Apache-2.0 | 3,204 |
| 6 | yournextstore/yournextstore | 6.5 | MIT | 5,528 |
| 7 | hoppscotch/hoppscotch | 7.4 | MIT | 80,673 |
| 8 | feder-cr/invisible_dots | 6.5 | MIT | 32,238 |
| 9 | anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins | 6.8 | Apache-2.0 | 32,759 |
| 10 | harnessmd/munder-difflin | 5.0 | MIT | 9,060 |
The alternatives in detail
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Eigent: The Open Source Cowork Desktop - Local and Free Alternative to Claude Cowork and Codexscore 6.5/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 15,647 stars · 1,340 components · search them
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Open-source, self-hosted alternative to Claude Duet: AI coworkers (named agents) with instructions, memory, routines, their own isolated computer, and your approval before they act. Also an alternative to OpenAI Dots, Mescore 7.0/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 6,170 stars · 416 components · search them
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Open-source 24/7 Cowork app for OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and 20+ more CLI Agent | Customize your assistants | Team them up｜Star if you like it!
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The open-source CapCut alternativescore 4.6/10 · MIT permissive · 96,371 stars · 68 components · search them
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The open-source managed agent platform. A self-hostable alternative to Claude Managed Agents and OpenAI's Agents API.score 5.9/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 3,204 stars · 1,527 components · search them
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AI-Native Open-Source Next.js commerce. Powered by Stripe. Ultra fast with typesafe Commerce SDK. Built for AI development (Claude, Codex, Cursor).score 6.5/10 · MIT permissive · 5,528 stars · 143 components · search them
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Open-Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI • Open-Source Alternative to Postman, Insomnia
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Open-source, self-hosted alternative to OpenAI Dots, Grok Bot. Built to be undetectable by anti-bot systems.
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Open source repository of plugins primarily intended for knowledge workers to use in Claude Coworkscore 6.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 32,759 stars · 26 components · search them
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an open-source alternative to the dots, bots and muses of the world, run an office of claude code/codex like agents on your laptop, sandboxes or anywhere, uses your existing subscriptionsscore 5.0/10 · MIT permissive · 9,060 stars · 341 components · search them
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