New tool2026-11-09via GitHubAI Agents That Do Tasks for You

agentes.chat

Name: agentes.chat
Author: Codari Global, LLC (per the project's NOTICE attribution term)

agentes.chat is an open-source, self-hosted team chat (channels, threads, DMs) where AI agents join as workspace members with a role, an owner and a monthly budget, use MCP connectors, run on their own computer and browser, and ask a person before merges, deploys or other sensitive actions.

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Free (open source) + Paid cloudAGPL-3.0TypeScript (Bun, Hono, Drizzle, PostgreSQL)★ 827 (as of 2026-11-12)by Codari Global, LLC (per the project's NOTICE attribution term)

Why it matters

For small teams that want AI agents working in the open alongside people rather than in separate one-person chat apps, with approvals and per-agent budgets built in, and the option to keep everything on their own server.

Highlights

Agents are workspace members with a role, instructions, a model (Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, Z.ai, MiniMax or any OpenRouter model), a monthly budget checked before every call, and an owner who receives their approval requests.
Merges, deploys, rollbacks and anything a connector marks sensitive wait for approval as a card in the chat, and the approved action runs once, exactly as approved.
Organizations connect MCP servers once and grant each agent only specific scopes; routines run agents on a schedule or on events such as a GitHub pull request, a Sentry issue or an incoming email.
Agents can run commands on a connected computer and use a browser you can watch and take over (beta), and can think with Claude Code or Codex on a signed-in plan (Codex still in testing).
Self-hosting is one install command with Docker Compose and Postgres (pgvector); web, desktop (beta) and iPhone/Android (beta) apps connect to your server, and an importer brings agents, skills and routines over from other agent apps (beta).

Taken from the project's own README, docs or launch page. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Try it if: Your team already pastes work between Slack and several AI chat apps and you'd rather have agents in the same channels, with approvals and budgets you control.

Worth knowing: AGPL-3.0: modified versions you offer over a network must publish their source, and copies must keep the 'Based on agentes.chat by Codari Global, LLC' attribution. Giving agents a computer, browser and mailbox access is powerful; review connector scopes and approval settings. Desktop installers are unsigned/un-notarized during the beta.

Quick facts

Pricing	Self-hosted: free, using your own model keys. agentes.chat Cloud: the pricing page showed $40/month for a Team plan (up to 10 people, 200 GB, cloud computer); model usage is billed by your own AI provider.not verified
Free or paid	Free (open source) + Paid cloud
License	AGPL-3.0
Language	TypeScript (Bun, Hono, Drizzle, PostgreSQL)
Platform	Linux server via Docker Compose (or a no-Docker beta); web app, desktop apps for macOS/Windows/Linux (beta), iPhone and Android (beta)
GitHub stars	★ 827 (as of 2026-11-12)
Maker	Codari Global, LLC (per the project's NOTICE attribution term)

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