OpenWork
Open-source Claude Work alternative, powered by OpenCode
OpenWork launched on January 18, 2026 with 61 votes, #506 of 14,585 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
OpenWork is an open-source desktop app for agentic work, built to be extensible from day one. Skills and plugins are installed via a built-in package manager and run on top of the growing OpenCode ecosystem. The focus is on making agentic workflows composable, inspectable, and easy to extend.
Bring your own model and provider, wire in your tools and context, and ship reusable agent setups across your org — with guardrails built in.
An open-source alternative to Claude Cowork, built for knowledge workers who want the freedom to choose their AI. If your team runs on Claude Cowork today, everything keeps working, and you stop being tied to one vendor, one model, and one deployment. Point OpenWork at any repository and start working with full context. Anthropic-compatible plugins and skills run as-is. No porting, no wrappers. OpenWork Connect is our MCP gateway. Add a server or skill to your org once and every teammate and agent gets it instantly, in OpenWork and in any MCP client. Connect a server or skill to your org. Every teammate and agent gets it instantly. Members authenticate with their OpenWork account.…from openworklabs.com
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OpenWork – An open-source alternative to Claude CoworkJan 2026 · github.com · ▲231hi hn, i built openwork, an open-source, local-first system inspired by claude cowork. it’s a native desktop app that runs on top of opencode (opencode.ai). it’s basically an alternative gui for opencode, which (at least until now) has been more focused on technical folks. the original seed for openwork was simple: i have a home server, and i wanted my wife and i to be able to run privileged workflows. things like controlling home assistant, or deploying custom web apps (e.g. our customs recipe app recipes.benjaminshafii.com), legal torrents, without living in a terminal. our initial setup…
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