# openinterpreter gained 2,024 GitHub stars > Source: > Published: 2026-07-17 23:36:37+00:00 # openinterpreter A lightweight coding agent for open models like Deepseek, Kimi, and Qwen Running a lightweight, open-source coding agent locally with open models. You want a managed product with support and guardrails. ## About openinterpreter Open Interpreter is a fork of OpenAI's Codex, with a focus on emulating the agent harness that gets the best performance out of low-cost models. Open Interpreter ships with a QA skill that lets any model operate and test interfaces. It can drive web apps in a real browser with agent-browser, or operate and test native apps with trycua. openinterpreter is an open-source project written primarily in Rust, with 66k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in July 2026. ## openinterpreter vs. the alternatives [All 36 alternatives →](/alternatives/openinterpreter)