Open source alternatives to Manus

By GitHub stars it is OpenClaw, with 394,400 stars and a commit on 14 Nov. Choose OpenClaw when you want to host it yourself and keep your data on your own server. Next come Hermes Agent (263,223 stars) and goose (56,560 stars).

Yes. The code of all 4 is public under MIT or Apache 2.0, so you can use them with no licence fee. Running one yourself costs the server and your time to look after it, and some makers also sell a hosted plan.

Start from the job you use Manus for. Choose Hermes Agent when you want to host it yourself and keep your data on your own server. Choose goose when you would rather the agent work on your own computer and files than on a hosted cloud machine.

All 4: OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, goose and nanobot. Each tool's page says what it needs to run.

All 4 we track had a commit in the last 30 days, among them OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, goose and nanobot. A recent commit shows the project is kept up, not that it will stay that way.

MIT (3), Apache 2.0 (1). MIT, BSD and Apache let you change and reuse the code freely.

The hosting. Manus's maker runs the servers for you; with an open source tool the updates, backups, security fixes and support are yours, unless you take the maker's hosted plan. Features differ too, so check what each one imports and exports before you move your data.