The short version
- Open Dot is a Mac app for personal AI agents with separate browsers, app connections, schedules, triggers, and voice calls.
- You supply an OpenAI or OpenRouter API key. The public GitHub code does not include model access.
- You must build the app yourself. The repository lists no license or packaged release.
- Open Dot is unaffiliated with OpenAI. Routines and triggers run only while the app is open.
Yes, Open Dot offers a way to run personal agents on your own Mac without a ChatGPT Pro subscription. It is an unofficial alternative to ChatGPT Dots that uses a model key you supply, and you must build the Mac app yourself.
What Open Dot agents can do
Each agent has its own browser profile, which can stay signed in to websites. You can watch it work, take over for a login or captcha, then hand control back. Site passwords can be saved with encryption tied to macOS Keychain; they are entered into pages without being shown to the model.
Through Composio, agents can connect to more than 1,500 apps, including:
- Gmail
- Calendar
- Slack
- Notion
- GitHub
Agents can read connected apps on their own. Open Dot asks for approval before they send, post, pay, or change something. You can set rules for when an agent should ask, then approve or deny an action in chat.
You can give agents different jobs and have them pass work to one another. Each can retain memories and save skills for repeated tasks. For code execution, an agent can use an E2B cloud computer, a local Docker container, or a folder on your Mac.
How calls, schedules, and triggers work
You can talk to an agent on a voice call. A task started during the call can continue after you hang up, and the conversation appears in chat for you to continue in text.
Scheduled routines run an agent’s task at a chosen time. Each run gets its own chat and sends a notification. Triggers start an agent when an event arrives from a connected app and require a Composio project API key. Most fire within seconds, while triggers with an interval setting can take up to that interval.
How Open Dot differs from ChatGPT Dots
Open Dot’s README describes ChatGPT Dots as personal agents available through ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium. Open Dot runs as a separate Mac app with an OpenAI or OpenRouter key supplied by its user.
An OpenRouter key adds these models to Open Dot’s model picker:
- Kimi
- DeepSeek
- Qwen
- GLM
Those models interact with websites through page text rather than OpenAI’s computer tool. That approach does not work with content drawn on a canvas. Voice calls still require an OpenAI key.
What limits apply while it runs
Closing the desktop window leaves agents working in the background until you quit the app. Routines and triggers run only while the app is open: a routine due while the Mac sleeps is skipped, as is a trigger event that arrives then. With an optional E2B key, an agent can use a cloud computer to continue ongoing work while the Mac sleeps.
Open Dot has no login screen, so it should not be placed on a public server as it is. For a booking or purchase, the site needs a card already saved in your account, or you must take over for payment.
What you need to run Open Dot
The code is public on GitHub, but no packaged release is listed. The repository provides commands to build the Mac app yourself. For running the project from source, it specifies Node 22 or newer, pnpm, and Google Chrome or Playwright’s Chromium. The Mac app build is not notarized; on first launch, you right-click the app and choose Open.
You need an OpenAI or OpenRouter API key. Composio sign-in connects apps; a Composio project key is optional for triggers, and an E2B key is optional for a cloud computer. The repository lists no license. As of 1 October 2026, Open Dot had 338 stars and 37 forks on GitHub.
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