# RightNow-AI/openfang

Open-source Agent Operating System

Repository: https://github.com/RightNow-AI/openfang
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openfang
Homepage: https://www.openfang.sh/
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: agent-framework, ai-agents, llm, mcp, open-source, openclaw, operating-system, rust
Last push: 2026-07-02T08:13:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 71, longevity 13
- inputs: {"age_days": 190, "days_push": 62, "days_rel": 113, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 100}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 18135, forks 2286 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:26.352519+00:00)

## What it is
OpenFang is an open-source Agent Operating System written in Rust that runs autonomous AI agents on schedules, 24/7, with pre-built capability packages called Hands. It compiles to a single ~32MB binary with a web dashboard, 40+ messaging channel adapters, 60+ skills, MCP/A2A support, and a Tauri desktop app.

## Use cases
- run autonomous ai agents on a schedule 24/7
- monitor competitors and generate leads automatically
- manage social media with autonomous agents
- build knowledge graphs from web research
- connect llm agents to messaging platforms like telegram and discord
- self-host an agent runtime with mcp support
- orchestrate multi-agent workflows and pipelines

## When to choose
- you want autonomous background agents rather than a chat-only framework
- you prefer a single self-contained binary with no Python runtime
- you need many messaging channel integrations and pre-built agent templates
- you want MCP and agent-to-agent protocol support out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need a battle-tested 1.0 release for critical production workloads
- you want a lightweight library to embed in an existing Rust application
- you primarily need a simple conversational chatbot rather than scheduled autonomous agents
- you depend on API stability - pre-1.0 releases ship breaking changes between minor versions

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, mcp, chatbot, scheduling, workflow-automation, cli, api-framework, llm-inference
- domain: large-language-models, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: rust, windows, cli, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: agent-operating-system, autonomous-agents, hands, single-binary, channel-adapters, skills, multi-agent, tauri-desktop-app, a2a-protocol, knowledge-graphs, ai-agents, automation, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- RightNow-AI/openfang (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.352519+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:02:08.818184+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RightNow-AI/openfang (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.352519+00:00, sha ce57a808a121)
  - homepage: https://www.openfang.sh/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.888253+00:00, sha 8a2736039115)
  - site_page: https://www.openfang.sh/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.897886+00:00, sha f61b2eb26f56)
  - site_page: https://www.openfang.sh/docs/hands (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.900010+00:00, sha ab306d2bcc01)
  - site_page: https://www.openfang.sh/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.901756+00:00, sha 93fe873afc01)
  - site_page: https://www.openfang.sh/docs/architecture (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.903470+00:00, sha ecf91424ec46)
  - site_page: https://www.openfang.sh/docs/configuration (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.905014+00:00, sha a2382b13c2fe)
  - site_page: https://www.openfang.sh/docs/security (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.907158+00:00, sha 15c27a4b4800)
  - site_page: https://www.openfang.sh/docs/providers (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:14.908799+00:00, sha fd03f85e608c)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.