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Why it mattersA small team can set up an AI that watches an inbox or chases late invoices. The approval step keeps the risk small.
An agent that reads your email and sends replies on its own is a scary thing on company data. Rerun is one answer. It is an open-source team of AI coworkers that work in your apps on a schedule. Each one stops to ask before any sensitive step. On 3 November 2026 the repository ranked 10 on Trendshift's daily list. It has 279 of its 284 stars from the past seven days. The project started on 29 October 2026.
What a coworker is
Rerun's README calls each agent a coworker. Each one has its own job, its own memory, its own skills and its own computer. A piece called the Foreman takes the user's request in plain words. The Foreman picks the right coworker and plans the team. Every coworker lives on one board. The user can talk to any one of them like a colleague. Each coworker has to stop and ask before it sends, pays or deletes anything.
The README names six ready-made coworkers. An Executive Assistant sorts an inbox. A Data Analyst answers questions from the team's data. A Reputation Manager watches reviews and drafts replies. A Sales Development Rep writes first emails to prospects. A Social Media Manager writes a week of posts. A Collections Specialist chases late invoices.
What it plugs into
The README lists 18 apps on its header. The named ones are Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Slack and Notion. The list also carries HubSpot, Airtable, Stripe, Shopify, GitHub, Linear, Jira, Figma, Webflow, X, YouTube and Instagram. The full catalogue has more than 200 ready apps. It reaches 2,000 more apps through Composio, plus any MCP server. A user plugs in a model key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini or OpenRouter. The Claude or ChatGPT subscription a user already pays for also works.
Where it runs
Rerun is self-hosted. The pieces are a Next.js app and a Supabase database. One engine per workspace runs the coworker's files, browser and screen. The licence is AGPL-3.0. Any team can run, change and host Rerun freely. A team that hosts Rerun for others has to publish its changes under the same licence. The project is on version v0.3.0, released on 2 November 2026. That was the third release of that day.
Rerun Cloud
The same team runs a paid hosted version, Rerun Cloud, on the same code. Both versions carry coworkers, chat, memory, skills, schedules, the services catalogue, MCP and Composio. Rerun Cloud adds a template library and a workspace computer ready in 30 seconds. It also carries included model credit. Its paid features cover LinkedIn, WhatsApp, paid data and email. The open-source version is listed as "free forever".
For a small team
The practical check is whether the work matches one of the ready templates. A founder with a crowded inbox can start from the Executive Assistant template. A sales team drafting first emails can start from the Sales Development Rep. A finance person chasing late invoices can start from the Collections Specialist. The AGPL licence and the self-hosted mode mean the team's data stays on the team's own box. The approval step before any send, payment or delete is the piece that stops a stray AI from costly moves.
A new project is also a new team. 284 stars and a licence three days old is a thin crowd. A team that adopts Rerun today is close to the author.
Source
rerun-build, rerun repository, GitHub. The daily trending rank is from Trendshift. The repository's star count and creation date are from the GitHub API.
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