Is Argus still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change yesterday. Latest release v1.0.0, 11 days ago.

Some track record. 334 stars, 3 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

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lbx154/Argus

A self-evolving multi-agent system for autonomous research, operating 24/7 to explore, learn, and improve.

Node.jsPython

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change yesterday. Latest release v1.0.0, 11 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Some track record334 stars, 3 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 334
Activity: Updated this month

Fresh setup, read just now

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

The README gives a pipx / uv install for macOS.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗argusbot.cnThe project's own site.

Heads-upBuilding it yourself? It also needs 18 settings in .env (2 secret).

Install with a package manager

pipx / uv

uv tool install --force --python 3.12  "argus @ https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent/archive/refs/heads/main.zip"

pip

pip install 'argus[feishu]'

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js >=22.12.0runtime
1×Python >=3.11runtime
1×npm package manager
1×uv package manager

18× settings in .env

FLYWHEEL_HOST
FLYWHEEL_PORT
FLYWHEEL_DATA_DIR
FLYWHEEL_DATABASE_PATH
FLYWHEEL_SEED_DATA_DIR
FLYWHEEL_CORS_ORIGINS
FLYWHEEL_ARGUS_BASE_URL
FLYWHEEL_ARGUS_TOKEN_ENVsecret
ARGUS_SKILL_WEB_TOKENsecret
GITHUB_TOKENsecretoptional
OPENREVIEW_USERNAMEoptional
OPENREVIEW_PASSWORDsecretoptional
FLYWHEEL_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS
FLYWHEEL_EVENT_RETENTION_DAYS
FLYWHEEL_VIEWER_COMMAND_JSONoptional
FLYWHEEL_VIEWER_TIMEOUT_SECONDSoptional
FLYWHEEL_GITHUB_TOKEN_ENVsecretoptional
FLYWHEEL_RELEASE_GIT_TIMEOUT_SECONDSoptional

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
The README mentions NVIDIA CUDA. Check its hardware section: some features (or all of them) may need an NVIDIA GPU.
Nested projects: argus/release_tools/pr_gate/regression/requirements.txt, companions/FLYWHEEL/backend/pyproject.toml, companions/FLYWHEEL/backend/requirements.txt, companions/FLYWHEEL/frontend/package.json and 8 more

Details

License: MIT
Open issues: 22
Branch: main

package.json scripts (8)

contracts:generatenode --experimental-strip-types packages/contracts/scripts/generate.ts
contracts:checknode --experimental-strip-types packages/contracts/scripts/generate.ts --check
runtime:generatenode --experimental-strip-types packages/runtime/scripts/generatePiExtension.ts
runtime:checknode --experimental-strip-types packages/runtime/scripts/generatePiExtension.ts --check
buildnpm run contracts:check && npm run runtime:check && npm run build -w @argus/contracts && npm run build -w @argus/runtime && npm run build -w @argus/api
typechecknpm run build && tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.tests.json
testnpm run build && node --import tsx --test packages/contracts/test/*.test.ts packages/runtime/test/*.test.ts packages/api/test/*.test.ts
checknpm run typecheck && npm test

Files we read (11)

.github/workflows/desktop-cache.yml

.github/workflows/desktop-trial.yml

.github/workflows/extended.yml

.github/workflows/pr-gate.yml

.github/workflows/release.yml

.github/workflows/tests.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

companions/FLYWHEEL/.env.example

package.json

pyproject.toml

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