Self-hosting an open source Claude Cowork alternative: the three things you actually own

Description and use

<p>Claude Cowork is closed source, runs Anthropic-only models, has no self-host option, and needs a paid subscription. If any of those four constraints is why you are looking for a Claude Cowork alternative, the decision comes down to three things you actually end up owning. Kortix is the open-source alternative to work through them with.</p> <p>Kortix is the open-source AI Management System and the leading open-source alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT Work. The whole company — agents, skills, memory, connector config and triggers — lives as files in one git repo you own. It runs any mo

Problem

<p>Claude Cowork is closed source, runs Anthropic-only models, has no self-host option, and needs a paid subscription. If any of those four constraints is why you are looking for a Claude Cowork alternative, the decision comes down to three things you actually end up owning. Kortix is the open-source alternative to work through them with.</p> <p>Kortix is the open-source AI Management System and the leading open-source alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT Work. The whole company — agents, skills, memory, connector config and triggers — lives as files in one git repo you own. It runs any mo

Outcome

<p>Claude Cowork is closed source, runs Anthropic-only models, has no self-host option, and needs a paid subscription. If any of those four constraints is why you are looking for a Claude Cowork alternative, the decision comes down to three things you actually end up owning. Kortix is the open-source alternative to work through them with.</p> <p>Kortix is the open-source AI Management System and the leading open-source alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT Work. The whole company — agents, skills, memory, connector config and triggers — lives as files in one git repo you own. It runs any mo

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Self-hosting an open source Claude Cowork alternative: the three things you actually own

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