“However, Grok Bot is closed source and quite expensive (I ran out of tokens on Ultra tier), so I've decided to roll out my own”
Leonid Gorkin, on news.ycombinator.com ↗
Grok Bot's Ultra tier ran out of tokens at $200 a month. OpenBot is the same squad of collaborating bots, open source, on whatever key you already have.
NotebookLM runs smoothly once you pay Google $19.99 a month. KnowNote is a desktop app you double-click, questions your own sources, and asks for no Docker and no wallet.
“However, to use it smoothly required a Google subscription, and I really didn't have spare money in my wallet to subscribe, so I could only consider finding some self-hosted alternatives.”
Slack AI's thread summaries come bundled with the $18-a-seat plan; this one comes bundled with a git clone.
“The official Slack AI product looks great, but with limited access and add-on pricing, I decided to open-source the version I built.”
Frontier computer-use agents bill by the click. FreeComputerUse lets a cheap model plan and Playwright do the clicking, so the invoice stays small.
“The problem was simple: the cost didn’t make sense for the repetitive browser work I wanted to delegate.”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.
