Octop
Octop is a self-hosted AI assistant that runs multiple specialized agents for households and small teams.
What it is good for
- Keeping chats, files, and credentials on your own machine
- Running a family or team AI assistant with separate user accounts
- Delegating coding tasks to Claude Code or OpenCode from one place
- Automating scheduled tasks and messages across chat apps
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Feishu, DingTalk, QQ, WeChat, Telegram, Discord
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked (last #31, week 41, 2026)
- Best rank
- #31 week 41, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 11,469
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Octop free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use Octop?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does Octop work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Feishu, DingTalk, QQ, WeChat, Telegram, and Discord.
- What is Octop good for?
- Keeping chats, files, and credentials on your own machine, running a family or team AI assistant with separate user accounts, delegating coding tasks to Claude Code or OpenCode from one place, and automating scheduled tasks and messages across chat apps.
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