Score breakdown
Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.
Why it matters
Useful for developers who want a Rust-based, self-hosted terminal agent tuned for cheap open-weight models instead of paying for a hosted agent, and who are willing to keep it on authorized local code while the Rust runtime matures.
Who should use it
Who should skip it
Move on from openinterpreter/openinterpreter if the licensing terms, language support, or platform requirements do not fit your project.
About this signal
openinterpreter/openinterpreter is tracked by RepoRadar as an agent project in the AI Coding section. First seen 2026-06-30; the source record was last checked on 2026-06-30. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and moderate setup difficulty. openinterpreter/openinterpreter leads on workflow potential (9.6) and open-source/build quality (8.4); its lowest signal is setup ease (6.4), so factor that in before investing setup time. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.
How this item is evaluated
The openinterpreter/openinterpreter record combines a 8.5/10 composite score with separate popularity (1.0), risk (conditional), and setup (moderate) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.
Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.
Risk explanation
It runs shell and code execution locally on your machine, so keep first evaluation on projects without secrets in the working tree and review what `/harness` enables before switching modes; The Python original moved to a community fork at endolith/open-interpreter; if you need the long-running Python install path, confirm you are using the right upstream before adopting the Rust binary.