Yes, on your Mac with your own AI subscription or API key. Turnstone Credits are optional prepaid model usage at provider prices plus a processing fee, and Cloud is a $49 a month add-on, listed as coming soon. The MausBot app is free, Cloud plans start at $15 a month today, and self-hosting on your own server is free.

Does Turnstone run on Windows, Linux or Android?

No. Turnstone's facts page lists Windows, Linux and Android as not available, and the iPhone and web apps as coming soon. MausBot runs on macOS, Windows and Ubuntu, with iPhone and Android apps.

Can Turnstone keep working when my Mac is closed?

Not for most people yet. Turnstone Cloud is listed as coming soon, with a waitlist, and its privacy policy calls Cloud a limited-access beta that is not available to all users. MausBot keeps bots working with the laptop closed on a Cloud plan from $15 a month, or self-hosted free on your own server.

Is Turnstone open source?

No, it is closed source. MausBot is open source, Apache 2.0 on GitHub apart from an enterprise/ folder.

Is Turnstone's comparison with MausBot accurate?

Not fully. As of November 15, 2026, several of its MausBot facts were out of date or wrong: MausBot runs 16 agent engines plus API and local models, not 11 CLI engines; every bot reads a shared About me, so memory is not only per bot; LinkedIn is in its connected-apps catalog; the Android app is on Google Play; and MausBot installs Claude Code or Codex for you and signs you in inside the app. It is right that MausBot has no iMessage or WhatsApp integration.

Comparison as of November 15, 2026, with both products as they were that day · Crow Inc. (Y Combinator, Winter 2026)

Turnstone alternative: MausBot

Turnstone vs MausBot: both run a team of AI agents on the AI you already pay for. MausBot is open source, on Mac, Windows and Ubuntu, with Cloud live today.

Turnstone is a Mac app for a team of AI agents on the AI subscriptions you already have, from Y Combinator-backed Crow Inc.; its facts page lists Cloud, iPhone and web apps as coming soon. MausBot is the open source Turnstone alternative: one team of the AI agents you already have, on Mac, Windows and Ubuntu with iPhone and Android apps, and Cloud plans you can buy today.

What Turnstone is

Turnstone is a Mac app for running a team of AI Agents, each with its own job, model and memory, on the AI subscriptions or API keys you already have. A first Agent acts as your Chief of Staff and sets up the others. Agents work across 60+ built-in apps, including Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Notion, LinkedIn, iMessage and WhatsApp, run on Schedules, and share one memory of your people, projects and decisions, the Brain, kept as files on your Mac. It is made by Crow Inc. in San Francisco, founded by Aryan Vij and Jai Bhatia, who went through Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch; Turnstone has announced funding led by Y Combinator and others. As of November 15, 2026, its own facts page lists Turnstone Cloud, the iPhone app and the web app as coming soon, and Windows, Linux and Android as not available.

Launched: Mac app; version 0.8.7 in November 2026. Sources: Turnstone: facts; Turnstone: pricing; Turnstone: home page; Turnstone: why we're building Turnstone; Turnstone: privacy policy; Turnstone: changelog; Turnstone: get access; Turnstone: Turnstone vs MausBot.

Why people look for a Turnstone alternative

It is a Mac app only. Turnstone's facts page lists Windows, Linux and Android as not available, and the iPhone and web apps as coming soon.
Agents stop when your Mac is off. Turnstone Cloud, a $49 a month add-on that keeps them working, is listed as coming soon with a waitlist; its privacy policy calls Cloud a limited-access beta that is not available to all users.
It is closed source, so you cannot read, audit or change the code that runs on your Mac and holds your Brain.

Turnstone vs MausBot

The Turnstone column comes from the vendor's own pages and the press cited above, checked on November 15, 2026. Where the vendor has not said, the cell says so.

	Turnstone	MausBot
Price	Free with your own AI subscription or key; optional prepaid Turnstone Credits at provider prices plus a fee ($11.18 for $10)	Free and open source. Bots run on the Claude, ChatGPT or Grok account, or the API key, you already have
Models	Sign in with ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Cursor, an API key, or Ollama; 466 models through Credits; chosen per Agent	16 agent engines (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Copilot and more), API and local models; chosen per bot, switchable mid-conversation
Agents	A team of Agents, set up by a first Agent that acts as Chief of Staff	As many bots as you like, in group chats, with a Chief of Staff that hands out work
Where it runs	Your Mac; Cloud is a limited-access beta, listed as coming soon	Your own computer or server; cloud computers with a live desktop on a Cloud plan
Keeps working with the laptop closed	Only in the limited-access Cloud beta; Cloud, a $49 a month add-on, is listed as coming soon with a waitlist	Yes on a Cloud plan from $15 a month, or self-hosted free on your own server
Platforms	Mac (Apple silicon and Intel); iPhone and web coming soon; no Windows, Linux or Android	macOS, Windows, Ubuntu; iPhone and Android apps
Memory	One Brain shared by every Agent, built from your connected apps, kept as files on your Mac	Editable Markdown notes per bot, plus an About me every bot reads
Apps	60+ built-in apps, including iMessage, WhatsApp and LinkedIn; any website through its browser; connectors you add	Gmail, Slack, Notion, LinkedIn and hundreds more apps, any MCP server, and bots' own numbers and inboxes
Where your data lives	Local work and the Brain on your Mac; account data, usage measurements, Agent email and some connection credentials on Turnstone's servers, per its privacy policy	~/.openmausbot on your own machine; prompts go only to your model provider; optional anonymous usage analytics you can switch off
Other AIs can run it	Yes: Grok Bot, ChatGPT or Claude can create Agents and send them work through Turnstone's MCP server	Yes: an AI app on your computer, such as Claude Code, can create bots, send them work and wait for results through MausBot's MCP server
Open source	No	Yes. Apache 2.0 on GitHub, apart from an enterprise/ folder

What MausBot is

MausBot is a free, open-source app that runs a team of the AI agents you already have. Each bot has its own model, computer and connected apps, on Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Copilot and other agent engines, API models or local models, using the accounts you already pay for. A Chief of Staff bot hands work to the others, bots share group chats, and every bot reads your About me. It runs on Mac, Windows and Ubuntu with iPhone and Android apps, keeps your data in ~/.openmausbot on your own machine, and is published on GitHub under Apache 2.0. You can self-host it free on your own server, and Cloud plans from $15 a month keep bots working with the laptop closed.

Other Turnstone alternatives

MausBot is the open-source option. The other agents in this category, each with its own comparison page:

Grok Bot by xAI: Grok Bot opened as a beta on August 11, 2026 and reached version 1.0 on November 2, 2026.
OpenAI dots by OpenAI: Dots launched on September 29, 2026.
ChatGPT Work by OpenAI: ChatGPT Work is an agent inside ChatGPT that OpenAI launched on July 9, 2026, built on Codex technology.
Meta Muse by Meta: Muse launched on September 8, 2026.

Every other comparison page: Grok Bot, OpenAI dots, ChatGPT Work, Meta Muse, Claude Cowork, Claude Duet, Gemini Spark, Perplexity Computer, Manus, Cue by Manus, Instinct, Poke, Viktor, Lindy, Squad, Bops, Hark Pro, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Vellum, Open Dots, OpenBot, Rakazo, OpenMuse, OpenInstinct.

Frequently asked questions

Is Turnstone free?: Yes, on your Mac with your own AI subscription or API key. Turnstone Credits are optional prepaid model usage at provider prices plus a processing fee, and Cloud is a $49 a month add-on, listed as coming soon. The MausBot app is free, Cloud plans start at $15 a month today, and self-hosting on your own server is free.
Does Turnstone run on Windows, Linux or Android?: No. Turnstone's facts page lists Windows, Linux and Android as not available, and the iPhone and web apps as coming soon. MausBot runs on macOS, Windows and Ubuntu, with iPhone and Android apps.
Can Turnstone keep working when my Mac is closed?: Not for most people yet. Turnstone Cloud is listed as coming soon, with a waitlist, and its privacy policy calls Cloud a limited-access beta that is not available to all users. MausBot keeps bots working with the laptop closed on a Cloud plan from $15 a month, or self-hosted free on your own server.
Is Turnstone open source?: No, it is closed source. MausBot is open source, Apache 2.0 on GitHub apart from an enterprise/ folder.
Who makes Turnstone?: Crow Inc. in San Francisco, founded by Aryan Vij and Jai Bhatia, who went through Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch; Turnstone has announced funding led by Y Combinator and others. MausBot is an independent open source project by Supamaus.
Is Turnstone's comparison with MausBot accurate?: Not fully. As of November 15, 2026, several of its MausBot facts were out of date or wrong: MausBot runs 16 agent engines plus API and local models, not 11 CLI engines; every bot reads a shared About me, so memory is not only per bot; LinkedIn is in its connected-apps catalog; the Android app is on Google Play; and MausBot installs Claude Code or Codex for you and signs you in inside the app. It is right that MausBot has no iMessage or WhatsApp integration.

This comparison is based on Turnstone and MausBot as they were on November 15, 2026. Both products change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.