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Open-source alternatives to Manus

Manus does 6 jobs: autonomous web browsing, deep research reports, file and code tasks in a sandbox, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks, connectors to your apps. Most projects replace one or two of them, so pick the job you actually need.

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Facts checked 16 Oct 2026

We track 10 open-source alternatives to Manus, but none currently has confirmed commercial use, local running and no paid services together. None of the 10 projects we track covers all 6 Manus jobs, so most people combine two or more.

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10 projects

Agent S

simular-ai/Agent-S
★ 13k active 7d ago

Research computer-use agent that operates your real desktop by looking at the screen and clicking and typing; CLI or Python, with your own model keys.

Replaces Autonomous web browsing (partly) Not: deep research reports, file and code tasks in a sandbox, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks, connectors to your apps
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · Apache-2.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: See details
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

AgenticSeek

Fosowl/agenticSeek
★ 27k active today

Local Manus-style agent that browses the web, writes and runs code and plans multi-step tasks, built for local models via Ollama or LM Studio.

Replaces Autonomous web browsing + File and code tasks in a sandbox (partly) Not: deep research reports, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks, connectors to your apps
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · GPL-3.0-only
Paid services
Confirmed: None required
Hardware
Confirmed: GPU needed
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

DeerFlow

bytedance/deer-flow
★ 84k active today

ByteDance's self-hosted "super agent" for deep research, reports, slides and web pages, with Docker sandboxes, sub-agents, scheduled tasks and chat-app bots.

Replaces Deep research reports + File and code tasks in a sandbox + Slides generated from a prompt + Scheduled agent tasks + Connectors to your apps (partly) Not: autonomous web browsing
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · MIT
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: CPU works
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

II-Agent

Intelligent-Internet/ii-agent
★ 3.4k active 2mo ago

Self-hostable Manus-style agent web app for deep research, slides, websites and documents, with app integrations and your own model keys.

Replaces Deep research reports + File and code tasks in a sandbox + Slides generated from a prompt + Connectors to your apps (partly) Not: autonomous web browsing, scheduled agent tasks
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · Apache-2.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
6 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

Kortix (formerly Suna)

kortix-ai/suna
★ 20k active today

Team agent platform (formerly Suna) where agents work in isolated sandboxes, in Slack or Teams and on schedules. Source-available, Elastic License 2.0.

Replaces File and code tasks in a sandbox + Scheduled agent tasks + Connectors to your apps (partly) Not: autonomous web browsing, deep research reports, slides generated from a prompt
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · Elastic-2.0
Paid services
No: Required
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

MagenticLite (Magentic-UI)

microsoft/magentic-ui
★ 10k active 3w ago

Microsoft Research agent app for web research, form filling and file tasks, with a sandboxed browser VM and approval before critical actions.

Replaces Autonomous web browsing + File and code tasks in a sandbox (partly) Not: deep research reports, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks, connectors to your apps
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · MIT
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: GPU, ~48GB+
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

Nanobrowser

nanobrowser/nanobrowser
★ 14k active 1d ago

Chrome/Edge extension that runs a browsing agent in your own logged-in browser, using your API key or a local model; asks before it submits or sends.

Replaces Autonomous web browsing (partly) Not: deep research reports, file and code tasks in a sandbox, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks, connectors to your apps
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · Apache-2.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Confirmed: CPU works
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
8 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

OpenManus

FoundationAgents/OpenManus
★ 59k active 2w ago

Terminal-based general agent from the MetaGPT team that plans tasks, browses the web and runs tools with your own model keys or a local Ollama model.

Replaces Autonomous web browsing + File and code tasks in a sandbox (partly) Not: deep research reports, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks, connectors to your apps
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · MIT
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

OWL

camel-ai/owl
★ 20k active 4d ago

Multi-agent assistant built on CAMEL-AI that browses, searches, runs code and reads Office/PDF files, with a local Gradio web UI and your own model keys.

Replaces Autonomous web browsing + File and code tasks in a sandbox (partly) Not: deep research reports, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks, connectors to your apps
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes · Apache-2.0
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Medium
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

Skyvern

Skyvern-AI/skyvern
★ 23k active today

Browser agent that uses vision LLMs to fill forms, log in and run multi-step web workflows, with a local UI, no-code workflow builder and Playwright SDK.

Replaces Autonomous web browsing (partly) Not: deep research reports, file and code tasks in a sandbox, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks, connectors to your apps
Runs locally
Confirmed: Yes
Commercial use
Partial: Conditions · AGPL-3.0-only
Paid services
Partial: Optional only
Hardware
Unknown: Unknown
Setup
Confirmed: Easy
7 of 8 facts sourced · checked today GitHub ↗ View details

Common questions about Manus alternatives

Is there a free, open-source alternative to Manus?

Yes. DeerFlow, II-Agent, AgenticSeek, MagenticLite (Magentic-UI) and OpenManus are free to download and run on your own computer without paid API keys. Each covers only part of what Manus does, so check which job you need.

Can I do autonomous web browsing locally without a Manus subscription?

Yes, with AgenticSeek (GPL-3.0-only), Nanobrowser (Apache-2.0) and Agent S (Apache-2.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Can I do deep research reports locally without a Manus subscription?

Yes, with DeerFlow (MIT) and II-Agent (Apache-2.0). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.

Which Manus alternatives can I use commercially?

Confirmed: Agent S, DeerFlow, II-Agent, MagenticLite (Magentic-UI), Nanobrowser, OpenManus and OWL. With conditions: AgenticSeek, Kortix (formerly Suna) and Skyvern. This is not legal advice; read each licence.

Does any open-source project replace all of Manus?

Not as of 2026-10-16. Autonomous web browsing, deep research reports, file and code tasks in a sandbox, slides generated from a prompt, scheduled agent tasks and connectors to your apps are covered by different projects.

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