AlternativesClaude Duet ยท AnthropicFacts checked 10 Nov 2026
The open-source Claude Duet alternative.
An AI coworker that acts on its own inside your team's chat apps, with the model you choose.
Short answer
pi-durable-bot (Pots) is an open-source AI coworker that decides when to act and works on its own computer. Claude Duet is Anthropic's proactive agent in its own app, as a US-only preview. The difference: Pots runs on any machine you choose, with any model, in your team's chat apps.
What Claude Duet is
Claude Duet is Anthropic's app where Claude works as a proactive agent for professionals and small business owners. It runs on a cloud VM with its own browser, checks your connected accounts every few hours, and asks before it acts for you. It is a US-only research preview, by waitlist.
Pots and Claude Duet, side by side
| pi-durable-bot (Pots)Open source | Claude DuetAnthropic | |
|---|---|---|
| Source code | Open, MIT | Closed |
| Where it runs | Any machine you choose | The maker's cloud |
| Model | Any: your subscription, 40+ providers, or a local model | Claude Opus 5.5; no choice |
| Where you talk to it | Any channel (Slack, Discord, Telegram, and more) | Its own app, and the web |
| Your data | On your machine, in each bot's folder | On the maker's cloud |
| Change the agent itself | Yes. It is your code | No. Connectors and plugins |
| When it sees new messages | As they arrive; a mention wakes it at once | Checks connected accounts every few hours |
| Availability | Anyone, from npm | US only, by waitlist (research preview) |
| Price | Free (MIT). You bring the machine and the model | Included in Pro, Max and Ultra during the preview |
Claude Duet cells: Anthropic's public pages, checked 2026-11-10. Your data: with a local model for the agent and the judge, nothing leaves your machine; with a hosted model, requests go to the provider you chose.
Pick Claude Duet if
- You want a phone app that brings you a brief each morning.
- You already pay for Claude Pro, Max or Ultra, in the US.
- You want 6,000+ connectors and plugins from the Claude Marketplace.
- You want it to ask before it sends, pays, signs or deletes.
Pick Pots if
- You want it in your team's channels, not in a separate app.
- You want to choose the model, or run a local one.
- You want the code, on a machine you choose.
- You are outside the US, or do not want to wait.
Other open-source alternatives to Claude Duet
Open-source projects whose GitHub description names Claude Duet, found on 2026-11-10. We have not tested them.
- Anil-matcha/open-duetApache-2.0. Also names Grok Bot, dots and Muse.
- modelflare-ai/AnyModelBotMIT. Also names Grok Bot and dots.
- alexsergivan/kwantAGPL-3.0. Also names Grok Bot and dots.
- ychampion/openduetApache-2.0. Names Duet only.
- hmody1m/covoMIT. Names Duet only.
Questions
- Is Claude Duet open source?
- No. Anthropic's pages offer no source code or self-hosted version; Duet runs on a cloud VM the maker hosts.
- Can Pots use my Claude subscription?
- Yes.
pots logincan sign in with a Claude subscription you already pay for, and Pots can run Claude Opus 5.5 or any other model pi supports. - Is Pots affiliated with Anthropic?
- No. The other products as their makers described them in public, checked 2026-11-10; they may have changed since. Grok Bot, dots, Claude Duet, Claude Tag and Muse are products of SpaceXSI, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. pi-durable-bot is not affiliated with any of them.
Sources
Claude Duet product pageClaude Duet announcementClaude Duet safety, privacy and securityGet started with Claude Duet
The other products as their makers described them in public, checked 2026-11-10; they may have changed since. Grok Bot, dots, Claude Duet, Claude Tag and Muse are products of SpaceXSI, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. pi-durable-bot is not affiliated with any of them. Out of date? Open an issue.