The latest articles on DEV Community by Leonid Gorkin (@leonid_gorkin_9ce5bebbf44). https://dev.to/leonid_gorkin_9ce5bebbf44 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3887771%2F25215222-91d1-4a30-9933-3a84681baaac.png https://dev.to/leonid_gorkin_9ce5bebbf44 en Leonid Gorkin Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:01:08 +0000 https://dev.to/leonid_gorkin_9ce5bebbf44/looking-for-contributors-to-openbot-self-hosted-multi-bot-ai-python-react-5f90 https://dev.to/leonid_gorkin_9ce5bebbf44/looking-for-contributors-to-openbot-self-hosted-multi-bot-ai-python-react-5f90 <p>I built OpenBot and I want collaborators.</p> <h2> What it is </h2> <p>OpenBot is an MIT-licensed self-hosted platform for a team of persistent AI bots. Each bot has a name, instructions, tools, and long-term memory. Bots and humans share threads. Bots can @mention each other. One demo workflow has a chief of staff hand work to an engineer, then a reviewer, then QA, and it opens a real PR.</p> <h2> Stack </h2> <ul> <li>Backend: Python 3.12+, uv, FastAPI, LangChain/LangGraph, LangMem</li> <li>Frontend: React, pnpm, SSE</li> <li>Optional: Electron desktop shell</li> <li>Storage: SQLite by default, Postgres by URL</li> <li>Tools: built-in shell/file/HTTP plus MCP servers</li> </ul> <h2> How to try it </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>git clone https://github.com/regnull/openbot make setup make dev </code></pre> </div> <p>Open <a href="http://localhost:5173" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:5173</a></p> <h2> Where help is most useful </h2> <ol> <li>Docker sandboxing for <code>run_shell</code> — <a href="https://github.com/regnull/openbot/issues/145" rel="noopener noreferrer">issue #145</a> </li> <li>Slack / Discord adapters — <a href="https://github.com/regnull/openbot/issues/146" rel="noopener noreferrer">issue #146</a> </li> <li>React Inbox UX and Electron polish — <a href="https://github.com/regnull/openbot/issues/148" rel="noopener noreferrer">issues #148</a> and <a href="https://github.com/regnull/openbot/issues/147" rel="noopener noreferrer">#147</a> </li> <li>Docs and good-first issues — <a href="https://github.com/regnull/openbot/issues/149" rel="noopener noreferrer">issue #149</a> and <a href="https://github.com/regnull/openbot/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md" rel="noopener noreferrer">CONTRIBUTING.md</a> </li> </ol> <h2> Security (please read) </h2> <p>OpenBot is for a single trusted operator on their own machine. There is no multi-user login in v1. <code>run_shell</code> is not sandboxed. Do not expose it to untrusted networks or untrusted repos without understanding that.</p> <h2> Contact </h2> <p>I am the author (GitHub <a class="mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/regnull">@regnull</a>). Open an issue saying what you want to work on and I will help you land a first PR.</p> <p>Repo: <a href="https://github.com/regnull/openbot" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/regnull/openbot</a></p> opensource python ai fastapi