--- title: Introducing OpenDots: the Open-Source Alternative to... description: CopilotKit has released OpenDots, an open-source alternative to OpenAI's Dots feature announced at DevDay. OpenDots lets developers self-host always-on AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pqmykdxnd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing OpenDots: the Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Dots | daily.dev og:description: CopilotKit has released OpenDots, an open-source alternative to OpenAI's Dots feature announced at DevDay. OpenDots lets developers self-host always-on AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pqmykdxnd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PQMykdXNd.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing OpenDots: the Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Dots **[Anmol Baranwal](https://daily.dev/sources/iwzfqwgzjuz3tmf4zw9az)** · [@anmolbaranwal](https://daily.dev/anmolbaranwal) · 177 upvotes · 21 comments ## Summary CopilotKit has released OpenDots, an open-source alternative to OpenAI's Dots feature announced at DevDay. OpenDots lets developers self-host always-on AI coworkers that can work via web and mobile, be mentioned in Slack, and operate through Spaces and Pages. Unlike OpenAI's closed Dots, it supports any OpenAI-compatible model and connects agents through the AG-UI protocol, with computer access disabled by default for safety. Built on CopilotKit, AG-UI, and CopilotKit Intelligence, it's positioned as an early, customizable template for teams to adapt, with an Automatic Learning feature that turns conversations into reusable skills. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@hzmalix** · 30 upvotes >  **@ahmetozel** · 16 upvotes > The source's review-and-publish step for Automatic Learning is an important detail: turning a conversation into a skill also turns context-specific choices into instructions for later work. I would want each proposed skill to retain the circumstances where it was useful, rather than only the successful action sequence. > > A practical check would replay it on a later task with a different owner, resource or desired outcome before publishing. Keeping the approved skill revision visible on the run would then help explain why a Dot behaved that way after the chat closed. That seems especially... **@alexx\_dev** · 13 upvotes > i saw you're using Supabase edge functions for burst traffic, what's the cold‑start latency like on the free tier? also, do you limit CI runs to PRs to keep the pipeline lightweight **@ristotoldsep** · 13 upvotes > Self-hosted and model-agnostic? yep, that gets my attention. **@devgenx** · 11 upvotes > Anything that keeps people away from Anthropic or OpenAI is a good thing for LLM innovation. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI launches dots, always-on AI agents with their own cloud computers](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-launches-dots-always-on-ai-agents-with-their-own-cloud-computers-ci9onynya) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents](https://daily.dev/posts/copilotkit-raises-27m-to-help-devs-deploy-app-native-ai-agents-5vnhxwjkb) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pqmykdxnd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/pqmykdxnd","headline":"Introducing OpenDots: the Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Dots","text":"Shared: Introducing OpenDots: the Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Dots","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pqmykdxnd","datePublished":"2026-10-05T08:13:31.727Z","dateModified":"2026-10-05T08:14:38.365Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Anmol Baranwal","url":"https://daily.dev/anmolbaranwal","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/74038190?v=4","description":"Just a tech guy who loves writing and building cool stuff","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":21200}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":177},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":21}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/o4AsLbicL"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"","datePublished":"2026-10-05T09:44:43.116Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/PQMykdXNd#c-sA4YEIrSW","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Muhammad Hammad Zafar","url":"https://daily.dev/hzmalix","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48489738?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":30}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The source’s review-and-publish step for Automatic Learning is an important detail: turning a conversation into a skill also turns context-specific choices into instructions for later work. 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