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OpenWork

The open source alternative to Claude Cowork

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.
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Ben Shafii
Ben Shafii
Founder
Currently working on OpenWork, the open source alternative to Claude Cowork.
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OpenWork - The open source alternative to Claude Cowork
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Hi! This is Ben from OpenWork.

We're building an open source, enterprise-ready alternative to Claude Cowork that companies can deploy internally — with their own LLMs, their own infrastructure, and their own compliance posture.

We launched 3 months ago, and already have 14k GitHub stars and 150k+ downloads.

OpenWork is:

- Desktop that you can provide to your non-technical employees.

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- Cloud that lets you administer which skills, plugins, mcps your users have access to.

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Some advantages over Claude Cowork:

- Deploy it where you want. Use our cloud, or self-host on-premise, in your cloud, or hybrid. Companies with stricter requirements keep everything inside their trust perimeter.

- Model-independent, cost-controlled. Bring your own: self-hosted, Bedrock, Azure, Vertex, or any of 50+ providers. Route per task so you only pay frontier prices when it actually matters.

- Reuses what you have. Internal MCPs, runbooks, scripts, and docs become agent capabilitie

- Shared across the team. Technical and non-technical teammates use the same agents from the UI, Slack, or Telegram.

Open source. No lock-in on infra or models.

Ways to get started:

1. Try the desktop app - no sign-in required

2. Sign in to our cloud

or:

book a demo:

https://cal.com/team/openwork/enterprise

Jobs at OpenWork
San Francisco, CA, US
$130K - $200K
1.00% - 5.00%
3+ years
OpenWork
Founded:2026
Batch:Spring 2026
Team Size:4
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Primary Partner:Aaron Epstein