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An Open-Source Clone of Claude Cowork Hit 21,000 Stars and Ships Nightly Alphas
different-ai/openwork gained 3,601 stars this week to reach 21,018 (2,060 forks), describing itself flatly as "the open-source alternative to Claude Cowork (powered by opencode)." Release cadence is aggressive — v0.18.13 on 2026-08-03, v0.18.14 on 2026-08-04, plus tagged macOS alpha builds (0.18.14-alpha.2119) on the same days. The pattern worth watching for builders: a proprietary Anthropic surface now has a same-week open reimplementation shipping faster than the original's public changelog.
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