A Grok Bot alternative across your devices

What Grok Bot is

Grok Bot is xAI's hosted product for persistent bots. The public docs describe named bots, a computer they can use, routines, and approvals. The computer in the default setup is a cloud computer on your account. Bots on that account share it, including files and logins. An optional local computer can run approved commands on the machine in front of you. That local computer is not the same thing as installing the Grok Bot service on a server you operate. The docs do not describe that install.

The model comes with the plan. The Grok Bot docs do not describe connecting OpenAI, Anthropic, a custom server, or a local model. Training opt-out follows the Cursor account settings. Desktop apps exist for macOS, Windows, and Linux, plus iOS and Android.

Price follows the plan, not a separate Grok Bot seat. The docs and pricing page used here say Grok Bot is included with paid individual Cursor plans, Cursor Teams, and SuperGrok subscriptions. SuperGrok is listed at $30 a month and includes Grok Bot access. Plans include weekly usage, and extra usage can be billed. The free plan on the pricing page does not list Grok Bot.

Two other xAI releases are easy to mix up with the bot. Grok Build, the coding-agent CLI, is Apache-2.0. The older Grok-1 model weights were released under Apache-2.0. Neither of those is the Grok Bot service, and neither one is a self-hosted Grok Bot.

What Taskilo keeps from that shape

Taskilo is an AI agent for persistent teammates, with supported self-hosting coming soon. It is in beta. Each bot keeps conversations, memory, routines, and history. It can use a browser, a terminal, files, and a graphical desktop, and it can hand work to another bot or a short-lived subagent. The clients are the web app, the Electron desktop app, and the Expo mobile app.

Like Grok Bot, Taskilo is just chat once it is running. You set up the bot and manage it from that chat. A new bot interviews you about the work. Routines are readable Markdown and can run on a schedule. A bot can pause for approval when a task crosses a boundary you set, and actions are recorded in an audit log. Optional connectors can attach Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage via Sendblue, and Feishu/Lark. They are not required.

Taskilo is in beta for web, desktop and mobile. Supported self-hosting is coming soon. Visit the downloads page for current app availability.

Computers are separate from the chat product. Local Docker is the default. E2B, Daytona, CreateOS, and Box are optional remote computers. An explicit desktop provider can run on the host, and it is not the default. Team computers are shared. Private computers are isolated. That split is the opposite of Grok Bot's shared cloud computer for every bot on the account.

Setup, then the chat

Open Taskilo Cloud or visit the downloads page for current desktop and mobile availability. Sign in to your Taskilo account and connect a supported model. Your companions and conversations stay with your account.

A supported self-hosted edition is coming soon. Check self-hosting updates for its status; a public installer is not available yet.

Is Grok Bot open source?

Grok Bot, the hosted teammate app, does not publish its source for you to run. xAI has open-sourced other software: Grok Build, the coding-agent CLI, is Apache-2.0, and the older Grok-1 model weights were released under Apache-2.0. Those projects are not the Grok Bot service. An open-source release of Taskilo is planned but is not available yet.

Can I self-host Grok Bot?

The Grok Bot docs describe a cloud computer assigned to your account. They also describe an optional local computer, where a bot runs approved commands on the machine in front of you. They do not describe installing the Grok Bot service on a server you operate. Supported Taskilo self-hosting is coming soon.

How is Taskilo different from Grok Bot?

Taskilo is in beta for web, desktop and mobile. Supported self-hosting is coming soon. Use Taskilo Cloud or visit the downloads page to get started.

Is Taskilo just chat, like Grok Bot?

After the install, yes. You create an account, connect a model, and manage the bot from that chat. A new bot interviews you. Routines, memory, and approval boundaries stay with the bot. Taskilo is that chat plus the computer you run. Grok Bot is also a chat for named bots. The difference is who hosts the service and who picks the model.

Can I use my Claude Pro/Max or ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription?

Yes — sign in with that subscription, or use an API key / OpenRouter / a local OpenAI-compatible server (Ollama, LM Studio, etc.). Taskilo does not pay the model bill.

What are the other alternatives?

Meta Muse, OpenAI Dots, Instinct, and Hark Pro are hosted assistants. OpenClaw and Hermes Agent are open source agents you can run yourself, with a gateway and a config file in their docs. OpenMausBot is an Apache-2.0 desktop app; its docs say bots can run a signed-in agent CLI, or Mistral from an API key with no CLI, and that application data stays on your machine. OpenMuse is CopilotKit's MIT-licensed personal agent, with a chat, a persistent browser, and an optional Linux terminal, and those surfaces run in the alpha. The comparisons page lists licenses, prices, and setup side by side. None of them imports a Grok Bot account.