# 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.

Facts checked 2026-11-10. All comparisons: https://pots.sh/alternatives.md

## 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.

Sources: [Claude Duet announcement](https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-duet), [Get started with Claude Duet](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet)

## Pots and Claude Duet, side by side

| | pi-durable-bot (Pots) | Claude Duet |
|---|---|---|
| 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-duet](https://github.com/Anil-matcha/open-duet): Apache-2.0. Also names Grok Bot, dots and Muse.
- [modelflare-ai/AnyModelBot](https://github.com/modelflare-ai/AnyModelBot): MIT. Also names Grok Bot and dots.
- [alexsergivan/kwant](https://github.com/alexsergivan/kwant): AGPL-3.0. Also names Grok Bot and dots.
- [ychampion/openduet](https://github.com/ychampion/openduet): Apache-2.0. Names Duet only.
- [hmody1m/covo](https://github.com/hmody1m/covo): MIT. 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 login` can 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 page](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet)
- [Claude Duet announcement](https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-duet)
- [Claude Duet safety, privacy and security](https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-duet-safety-privacy-and-security)
- [Get started with Claude Duet](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-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.

## Get started

```
npm install -g pi-durable-bot
pots init
```

Repository: https://github.com/Crokily/pi-durable-bot · For AI agents: https://pots.sh/agents.md