OpenDots is CopilotKit's open-source template for persistent, always-on AI agents that each get their own computer and move across text, calls, and Slack.
Yes, OpenDots (CopilotKit) is open source under the MIT license.
OpenDots (CopilotKit) is free to use.
Yes, OpenDots (CopilotKit) can be self-hosted (the source is available under the MIT license).
OpenDots is CopilotKit's open-source template for persistent, always-on AI agents: coworkers that keep running after the chat closes, each with its own computer, reachable across text, calls, and Slack on web and mobile. Open source: yes (MIT); self-hostable; you bring your own OpenAI-compatible model. Free OSS; ~2.2k stars; new (~18 commits, created 2026-09-29). It is distinct from anil-matcha/open-dots, a separate project listed here under the slug open-dots.
Most agent demos are request-and-response: you ask, it answers, the session ends. OpenDots is built around persistence. Each agent is a coworker that keeps working after the chat closes, with its own compute, and it can move across the channels a team actually uses: text, calls, and Slack, on web and mobile. CopilotKit ships it as an open-source template rather than a hosted product, so you stand it up yourself, point it at your own OpenAI-compatible model, and own the agents and their data. Open source: yes (MIT); self-hostable; free OSS. It is an open alternative to hosted "Dots"-style agents.
A lot of GTM work is not a single question but an ongoing job: watch an inbox, keep a deal record current, follow up across Slack and calls. An agent that persists and reaches across those channels fits that shape better than a chat that forgets. OpenDots is an owned, open way to build that: persistent coworkers on your own model and infrastructure, from a credible maker in the agent-UI space. The honest read: it is a template, not a product, so you are signing up for build and operations work, and it is a new repo that will churn. Mind the name too: a different project, anil-matcha/open-dots, also calls itself "Open Dots" and is listed here separately, so make sure you are pulling the CopilotKit repo.