The open-source alternative to Grok Bot, Muse and Dots
Everything Grok Bot, Muse and Dots do, open source and 100% free. Run Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or 40+ agents as named bots on your own computer, then reply and approve from your iPhone, Mac, Linux or terminal. MIT, end-to-end encrypted.
Hi Product Hunt, I'm Pokai. I love the way Grok Bot, Muse and Dots work: persistent named bots you message like teammates. I wanted that without being locked to one model or paying another subscription, so I built Codync: a 1:1 open-source alternative that is 100% free.
Star the repo at https://github.com/leepokai/Codync thx!
How it differs from Grok Bot, Muse and Dots:
1. 100% free, open source. MIT licensed. No subscription, no paid tier, no credits. Even the relay that reaches your computer from anywhere is free.
2. Bring your own coding agent. Codync speaks ACP, the Agent Client Protocol, so Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot and about 40 more agents work with the logins you already have. Mix them in one group chat, or let a Claude bot ask a Codex bot for a review.
3. Built in Rust, native everywhere. The host is one small Rust binary on your Mac or Linux machine; the apps are SwiftUI on iPhone and Mac, GTK on Linux, plus a terminal UI over SSH. No web views.
4. Your computer, your code. Bots, transcripts and memory stay on your machine. The phone connects end-to-end encrypted, through the relay or directly on the same Wi-Fi or Tailscale, and notification text is sealed to your phone's key.
On the iPhone: approve the edits and commands a bot wants to run, put bots in a room, start threads, follow a working bot from the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen, keep bots and Claude/Codex usage on your Home Screen, view your screen remotely, or talk to a bot on a voice call. You only get a notification when a bot needs you or finishes.
Install on Mac with one line or the DMG, then pair the iPhone app. Would love to hear which agents you run and what a bot should do next.
About Codync on Product Hunt
“The open-source alternative to Grok Bot, Muse and Dots”
Codync launched on Product Hunt on October 2nd, 2026 and earned 103 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. Everything Grok Bot, Muse and Dots do, open source and 100% free. Run Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or 40+ agents as named bots on your own computer, then reply and approve from your iPhone, Mac, Linux or terminal. MIT, end-to-end encrypted.
On the analytics side, Codync competes within Open Source, Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence and GitHub — topics that collectively have 1.1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Codync performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Codync?
Codync was hunted by kevinkai. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Codync including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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