- Skill installation: install from Cow Skill Hub, GitHub, or ClawHub, or upload an archive, a SKILL.md, or a folder. Every skill is previewed first and only installed after you confirm.
- MCP configuration: add, edit, and remove MCP servers in the UI, covering the stdio, SSE, and Streamable HTTP transports. Both form and JSON editing are available, and you can paste one or more…
- Tool retrieval diagnostics: see how MCP tools were ranked and why retrieval fell back during a conversation, making it easier to find out why a tool was not picked. Thanks @zhongjunqi7657 (#3165)
- Task handoff as separate messages: when an Agent delegates a task to a team member, the member's reply streams as its own message under its own name and avatar, on both the Web console and the…
- Team session management: clearing context now clears it for every participant in a team session; a group chat shows its members in the session list before the first message is sent; the @ picker…
- Data isolation: skills, uploaded file previews, and website directories are now scoped per Agent.
CowAgent by zhayujie (LinkAI)
Pulse Score
30 / 100
Rank #137 of 258
GitHub stars
47.2K
about +16 a day
Latest release
2.2.0
6d ago · 3 in 30 days
Price
Free (OSS)
checked Oct 6, 2026
Overview
A self-hosted assistant, formerly chatgpt-on-wechat, that plans tasks and runs tools, skills and browser automation with memory, a knowledge base and multi-agent teams, connecting to web, WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack and other channels.
The GitHub repository has 47.2K stars, 571 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 2.2.0, published Sep 30, 2026; there were 3 stable releases in the past 30 days.
CowAgent usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: cowagent.csv
Install CowAgent
| Docker | docker pull zhayujie/chatgpt-on-wechat |
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These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | zhayujie (LinkAI) |
|---|---|
| Type | Open-source personal AI assistant (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat) |
| First released | August 2022 |
| License | MIT |
| Main language | Python |
| Open issues and PRs | 35 |
| Docker Hub pulls | 233,001 |
Pricing
Free MIT-licensed self-hosted software; a hosted version and enterprise services are sold through LinkAI.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 6, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Adoption10
Community70
Attention—
Momentum51
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
CowAgent news and signals
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CowAgent 2.2.0 released
Skill installation: install from Cow Skill Hub, GitHub, or ClawHub, or upload an archive, a SKILL.md, or a folder. Every skill is previewed first and only installed after you confirm.; MCP configuration: add, edit, and remove MCP servers in the UI, covering…
What changed: recent CowAgent releases
8 stable releases in the last 90 days · Full changelog
- Multi-Agent session selection: the in-session multi-Agent selector adds a lead-Agent marker that clearly separates the lead Agent from members, while simplifying the view in single-Agent setups.
- Collaboration fix: fixed failures when delegating tasks from non-lead Agents in multi-Agent group chats, now correctly identifying member Agents.
- Member Agent image rendering: fixed images generated by non-default Agents failing to render on the Web console and desktop client.
- Group-chat entry: the desktop Team page adds a group-chat entry, so you can start a group session directly from an Agent team.
- Desktop channel integration fix: fixed channels failing to start in the desktop client.
- Channel stop fix: fixed a lost appmodule lookup during the channel stop flow that caused disconnect errors (a regression introduced by #3141).
- Team management: create and maintain Agents, configure name, responsibilities, default model, skills, and knowledge, and copy the setup from an existing Agent.
- Resource isolation: each Agent has its own workspace, memory, and sessions; the knowledge base and skills can be shared or kept independent.
- Group collaboration: add multiple Agents to one session and use @ to direct a message to a specific member, with each Agent using its own configured model.
- Task delegation: a group chat has a lead Agent that can hand a task off to the member best suited for it based on their responsibilities, with support for multi-level delegation and configurable…
- Multiple channel instances: an IM channel of the same type can now run multiple instances, each bound to a single Agent or an Agent team. Supported on WeChat, WeCom smart bots, Feishu, DingTalk,…
- Manual task creation: create, edit, and run tasks directly on the tasks page, and select the channel instance and recipient.
- Multiple workspaces: create or open any directory as a project workspace; the documents, web pages, and code the Agent produces are created and managed there.
- Per-session workspace: each session is bound to its own project workspace, so tasks running side by side stay out of each other's way.
- Per-session model: switch the model for a single session; new sessions start from the global default.
- Grouped sessions: the session list is grouped by workspace, with pinning, reordering, renaming, and deleting.
- Shared system resources: memory, skills, and the knowledge base still live in the system workspace (~/cow by default).
- Three levels: read-only, workspace-write, and full-access, set independently for each session.
- Isolated context: the intermediate work stays out of the main conversation, saving tokens and keeping the model focused.
- Parallel execution: several sub agents can run at once, and the main Agent gathers their results when they finish. Both the Web console and the desktop client show the full run.
- Customizable: two built-in types, general-purpose and explore, plus your own — drop a .md file under the workspace subagents/ directory to define a type with its own system prompt and tool set.
- On by default: no setup needed; the main Agent decides when to delegate. Toggle it under Config → Agent, and tune nesting depth, concurrency, and timeout in config.json.
- Scheduled-task notifications: the client receives scheduled and pushed messages and raises OS notifications.
- Update panel: the update dialog now links to the release notes, so you can see what changed.
- Workspace browsing: browse the files under the workspace directory from the panel, with search and download to local.
- File preview: HTML pages, documents, and images open directly in the side panel, and file paths in a reply are rendered as clickable cards.
- File references: drag a workspace file into the conversation, or use @ in the input box to reference files and directories and pull them into the context.
- New file search tool: searchfiles searches the workspace by content or by file name, backed by ripgrep by default — markedly faster on large directories. Thanks @Maaayhan (#2982)
- Line-numbered read output: read output now always carries line numbers, making it easier to locate and cite specific lines.
- More accurate edits: edit no longer rewrites the surrounding indentation on a fuzzy match, and no longer lands on the wrong occurrence when the text repeats; replace-all was added; a file modified…
CowAgent alternatives
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80 | 4.5M | up 34.8% | up 28.5% | — | 391K+162/day | 2026.9.83d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| 14 |
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| 29 |
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54 | 50.2K | up 37.3% | down 39.8% | — | 251K+259/day | 2026.9.2412d ago | Free (OSS) | ||
| 39 |
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51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Free + $20/mo | ||
| 77 |
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| 85 |
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CowAgent FAQ
How much does CowAgent cost?
Free MIT-licensed self-hosted software; a hosted version and enterprise services are sold through LinkAI.
Is CowAgent open source?
Yes. CowAgent is open source, released under the MIT license.
How popular is CowAgent?
The GitHub repository has 47.2K stars, 571 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 2.2.0, published Sep 30, 2026; there were 3 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of CowAgent?
The latest stable release we track is 2.2.0, published on Sep 30, 2026.
What are the alternatives to CowAgent?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are OpenClaw, DeepSeek Harness, Hermes Agent, Manus.
Where these numbers come from
GitHub: zhayujie/cowagent. Site rank: cowagent.ai on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: github.com, hub.docker.com.