YC Spring 2026 (P26) company

OpenWork

The open source alternative to Claude Cowork

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About OpenWork

OpenWork is a desktop app that lets people connect to their existing skills, MCPs, and agents. Users can download the app for free, try it with over 50+ model providers, and easily share their setup with their team.

Public traction evidence

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  1. GitHub

    GitHub signal from different-ai/openwork

    different-ai/openwork: The open-source alternative to Claude Cowork (powered by opencode) (TypeScript).

    Stars
    23.4K
    Watchers
    23.4K
    Forks
    2.3K
    Signal score
    82
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  2. Hacker News

    Show HN: OpenWork - An open-source alternative to Claude Cowork

    Show HN: OpenWork - An open-source alternative to Claude Cowork

    Points
    231
    Upvotes
    231
    Comments
    60
    Signal score
    79
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  3. X

    happy to announce that @getopenwork is now part of yc.

    happy to announce that @getopenwork is now part of yc. we’re building the open-source claude cowork alternative for companies that want to run agents in production. bring your own model/provider, wire in your tools + context, and ship reusable agent setups across your org with

    Views
    52K
    Likes
    459
    Replies
    49
    Signal score
    65
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  4. X

    Introducing OpenWork Web OpenWork web brings your setup to the cloud.

    Introducing OpenWork Web OpenWork web brings your setup to the cloud. Your skills, mcps, and setup follows you in the Web now.

    Views
    18.5K
    Likes
    153
    Reposts
    6
    Signal score
    56
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  5. X

    Tomorrow we’re releasing OpenWork v1 OpenWork started as a free, open-source desktop app. Today, that is still where most people use i...

    Tomorrow we’re releasing OpenWork v1 OpenWork started as a free, open-source desktop app. Today, that is still where most people use it. It is where they create workspaces, work with local files, add skills, connect MCPs, and customize how their agent works. But everything you...

    Views
    14K
    Likes
    140
    Bookmarks
    139
    Signal score
    55
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  6. X

    OpenWork is trending and crossed 20k stars.

    OpenWork is trending and crossed 20k stars. https://t.co/Wq9yyENe73

    Views
    11.6K
    Likes
    117
    Replies
    6
    Signal score
    53
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  7. X

    Today we’re releasing OpenWork Connect. OpenWork started as a free, open-source desktop app. The goal was to make the fully configured a...

    Today we’re releasing OpenWork Connect. OpenWork started as a free, open-source desktop app. The goal was to make the fully configured agent experience I had in OpenCode available to coworkers who did not want to set up repositories, copy configuration files, or learn a new...

    Views
    2.9K
    Likes
    52
    Replies
    12
    Signal score
    46
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  8. X

    "Share my skill to the sales team" Sharing skills is a single prompt in OpenWork https://t.co/tb1hTcKDIh

    "Share my skill to the sales team" Sharing skills is a single prompt in OpenWork https://t.co/tb1hTcKDIh

    Views
    4.8K
    Likes
    32
    Reposts
    3
    Signal score
    45
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