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The open source Grok Bot alternative. Free and open source. Bring your AI account or API key. Provider fees and limits apply.

Current app interface · Illustrated example conversation. Try the scripted preview.

From download to your first useful task.

Start with one bot and one provider. No connected apps or cloud computer needed.

  1. Download the desktop app

    Choose your computer’s installer and open MausBot. The phone apps are companions; start on your computer.

  2. Connect one provider

    Use the onboarding engine check to install and sign in to one supported agent, such as Claude Code or Codex. Follow its install or sign-in instructions, then check again. You can also find this in App settings → Agent engines.

  3. Create your first bot

    Select New or share → New bot. Give it a name, choose the connected engine and an available model. A working folder is only needed for tasks involving files.

  4. Send a small, useful task

    Ask your bot to plan your day, summarize notes, or draft an email. Start with one clear request and review its answer.

Full setup guide

Work with a whole team of bots

Give each bot a job, a brain, and a computer. They run in parallel on your own machine, and come back when something needs you.

Every bot gets a computer

In the free app: a cloud desktop from a provider you connect, spun up on its own with a live screen preview. Or point the bot at this Mac.

ActivitiesFri 9:41 4/4 reminders sent
Homeinvoices.csvTrash
atlas@cloud: ~
✓ opened Mail
✓ found 4 overdue invoices
✓ reminder sent to Northwind
✓ reminder sent to Globex
✓ reminder sent to Initech
✓ reminder sent to Hooli
Inbox — Mail
Northwind
Invoice #1042 · $1,280
Reminder sent
Globex
Invoice #1047 · $860
Reminder sent
Initech
Invoice #1051 · $2,450
Reminder sent
Hooli
Invoice #1055 · $430
Reminder sent
Invoice #1055 · $430
HHooli Billingto you

Invoice #1055 for $430 was due 3 days ago. The PDF is attached.

invoice-1055.pdf
Sent Hi Hooli team, a friendly nudge on invoice #1055 for $430, now 3 days overdue. Could you share an update?
Send
Atlas

Pick a brain per bot

Claude and Codex side by side, defaults marked. Switch a bot's model mid-conversation.

Scout · model
Scout
thinking with Claude
ClaudeAnthropic
CodexOpenAI
GrokxAI
KimiMoonshot AI

Connected apps

Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion, Linear and hundreds more over Composio. OAuth once, every bot can use them.

Connected apps6/6 connected
via Composio

Manage bots like chats

Pin, mark unread, duplicate, hide, delete. It's a messaging app, and your agents behave like contacts.

Bots
Atlas9:41
All 4 reminders sent
Scout9:12
Your Lisbon plan is ready
Pixel8:55
The launch draft is in your inbox
Echonow
3 PRs reviewed, 1 needs you

Bots that talk back

Hit call and it's a conversation. It hears you, narrates its work, and asks for approvals out loud.

Call with Mira 0:14

On it. Sending them now.

ApproveNot now

Keys once, everything lights up

Paste credentials once and the provider fleet hot-reloads. Secrets are write-only, so the UI never sees them.

Settings · Keys Write-only
Anthropic•••••••••••••••• Ready
OpenAI•••••••••••••••• Ready
xAI•••••••••••••••• Ready

Routines on a calendar

Every bot's routines sit on one week, so you can see what runs when.

Routines · This week Wed
9:00
11:00
13:00
15:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Inbox
Inbox
Inbox
Inbox
Inbox
Bills
PRs
Rivals
Stats
Report
Scout scheduled Report · Fri 11:00

How it works

Your agents, your machine

Bots run on the claude, codex, and grok CLIs already installed on your computer, using your logins and your subscriptions, with no proxy in the middle.

One local harness

A single server on 127.0.0.1 owns every agent process and normalizes each provider's native protocol into one event stream.

Nothing leaves unless you send it

Transcripts, keys, and events live in ~/.openmausbot on your own disk. Local-first is the default, not a setting.

Give each bot a job worth doing.

Pick a job to see what its bot reports back, and what it waits for you to approve.

Finds the deals that went quiet, works out who owes the next step, and drafts each follow-up. Nothing sends until you approve it.

Runs
Weekdays at 9:00 AM
Uses
Gmail, HubSpot
Sales Follow-up
Today 9:00 AM
  1. Sales Follow-up: Four open deals have gone quiet for over a week. The largest asked for your security checklist on the 2nd and never got it.
  2. Sales Follow-up: I've drafted all four follow-ups and attached the checklist. Holding them until you say send.
  3. You: Send them
  4. Sales Follow-up: Sent all four. I'll tell you the moment anyone replies.
Illustrative chat with fictional data, not a recorded app run.
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Models

Computers and apps

Meet MausBot. Free and open source.

Join our community

Swap setups, ask for help with your own bots, follow releases as they ship, and tell us what to build next. The maintainers are in there every day.

Share a workflow: include the task, a screenshot with private details removed, and the result. Tell us whether we may feature it and how to credit you. We’ll add approved examples to the showcase.

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Hello from MausBot

The desktop app comes in 10 languages. It follows your computer's language, and you can switch any time in Settings.

  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Español
  • Français
  • हिन्दी
  • 日本語
  • Português (Brasil)
  • 简体中文
  • 繁體中文（台灣）
  • Українська

Some translations are still growing, so a few screens may show English for now.

A few things to know before you start.

What is free, and what do I pay for?

The MausBot desktop and companion apps are free and open source under Apache 2.0. Model usage is separate: bring a supported provider account or API key. Your provider’s pricing, usage limits, and terms apply. A subscription to one provider does not include access to other providers. Cloud hosting and some optional services cost extra.

Can I try Cloud for free?

Yes. Every Cloud plan starts with a 3-day free trial, with $5 of Claude credit included. Checkout asks for a card, and your first payment is on day 4; cancel before then and you pay nothing. We email you a reminder 1 day before your first payment. The trial is one per person. The desktop app is free and needs no trial.

Which platforms can I use?

Desktop downloads are available for macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), 64-bit Windows, and x86-64 Linux (.deb and AppImage). Android and iOS have companion apps, shared in our Discord. See the download page for platform requirements and installation steps.

Do I need to connect Gmail, Slack, or a cloud computer?

No. You can start by chatting with a bot using one connected provider. Connect an app or enable computer access only when a task needs it. Those integrations can have their own accounts, permissions, and charges.

What can a bot access, and when does it ask for approval?

Access depends on the engine, working folder, connected apps, and computer permissions you enable. Supported actions can show approval requests in chat. Review the requested action before allowing it; approval coverage depends on the engine and tool, so it is not a guarantee that every action will pause. Start with a small task and a dedicated working folder.

Is my data local or in the cloud?

The desktop app keeps local conversation and workspace data on your computer. Your prompts and relevant context are sent to the model provider you choose; connected apps receive the data needed for their actions. A Cloud workspace stores and processes its workspace data on the hosted server. Local storage does not mean model requests stay on your device.

Does the phone app run my bots?

The phone app is a companion that connects to the computer or server hosting your bots. For the free desktop setup, keep MausBot open and your computer awake and connected to the internet. Pairing a phone does not move your bots to the cloud.

What happens when my computer is off?

Bots hosted on that computer cannot work while it is asleep, offline, or shut down. To keep working independently of your laptop, you need an always-on host, such as a separately configured server or the optional paid MausBot Cloud workspace.

Where can I get help?

Start with the installation instructions on the download page. For questions, join Discord support. For reproducible bugs, open a GitHub issue with your operating system, app version, and steps to reproduce. Remove credentials and private content before sharing logs or screenshots.

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Free and open source. Connect one supported provider and start with a useful task. Provider fees and limits apply.

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