openhuman
by tinyhumansai
OpenHuman is a desktop app and Rust library for running AI agents, built to use fewer tokens, less memory and less CPU than most agent tools. It is meant for people who want a personal AI assistant, and for developers who want to run many agents on a small, cheap server.
- Stars
- 42.4k +11 a day
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Rust
- Age
- 250 days
What you can do with it
- Install the desktop app and use it as a personal AI assistant on macOS, Windows or Linux
- Embed agents in your own Rust software and call them like ordinary functions
- Run a large fleet of agents on one small, cheap server
Make money with it
A developer could set up and host custom agent workflows for small businesses as a paid service, using a low-cost server to keep running costs down.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Run many task-specific agents, such as support triage or research, on a cheap VPS to keep hosting and token costs low
- Build agent features into your own product using the Rust library instead of paying for a hosted agent platform
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download the installer for macOS, Windows or Linux from the releases page, or use the one-line install script; the Rust library needs a developer setup.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Early beta with rough edges
- GPL-3.0 licence requires derived software to be shared under the same terms
- Likely needs an AI model provider, which may mean paid API keys
- Benchmark claims come from the project's own tests
- Install script is piped straight into the shell, so review it first
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
