Is ChatGPT Work open source? Short answers

Is there an open-source ChatGPT Work alternative?

Yes, Kortix is open source. Read it, fork it, audit it. See the alternatives on this site.

What is ChatGPT Work?

ChatGPT Work is an agent that can take action across your apps and files, stay with a project for hours if needed, and turn a goal into finished work. OpenAI launched it on July 9, 2026, powered by OpenAI's GPT models with Codex technology built in.

Is ChatGPT Work open source?

No. ChatGPT Work is a hosted product that runs in OpenAI's cloud, with no published source and no self-hosted edition. Kortix is the open-source route: the code stays yours to inspect and self-host.

What does ChatGPT Work replace?

ChatGPT Work takes over the work people did by hand across ChatGPT and their apps, from research to a finished file. It gathers context from your apps, breaks a job into steps, and returns sheets, slides, docs, and web apps. Kortix does that work too, with one isolated sandbox per session.

Is the open-source alternative free?

Yes, self-host is free. Free is $0 with 200 credits per month and 1 project. The team plan is $40 per seat per month with 2,500 credits per month per seat, pooled.

Can I self-host it?

Yes, run it on Kortix Cloud, in your VPC, or on your own on-prem network. It needs the internet: kortix self-host start pulls images from docker.io. The self-hosting guide has the three commands.

Can I use my own model and API keys?

Yes, any model provider with your own keys. Or the ChatGPT plan you already pay for. The models page shows how to set the model per agent, per session, or per message.

How do I migrate from ChatGPT Work?

Migration means rebuilding your setup as files in a repo you own, so it can be committed and reviewed. An agent is agents/<name>.md plus an agents.<name> block in kortix.yaml (governance). The install is three commands: curl -fsSL https://kortix.com/install | bash, then kortix init, then kortix ship, and the migration guide walks the asset classes.