Practical overview
When it fits
Use Countbot when you want to assemble and operate an agent runtime in a local or self-hosted environment, with control over model, channel, workflow and tool connections.
Who it is for
- People building self-hosted AI assistants that receive tasks through messaging channels.
- Teams organizing multi-agent work through roles and pipeline, graph or council workflows.
- Developers connecting language models to tools, local workspaces and external coding assistants.
Documented uses
- Route requests from supported messaging channels to an agent runtime.
- Divide tasks among agent roles and coordinate their work through workflows.
- Connect agents to file, Shell, web, screen and file-transfer tools.
- Keep agents running for scheduled tasks, reminders and longer workflows.
Requirements & limits
The project is open source under the MIT license. The README lists source installation and desktop releases for Windows, macOS and Linux.
- The project identifies Python 3.8 or later as its runtime prerequisite.
- The README lists more than 100 LLM providers and channels including Web, WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, WeCom, QQ and Weibo.
- Pipeline, graph and council are the named agent-team coordination modes.
- MCP client and Wiki knowledge-base modules are described in the v0.9.0 notes; MCP is off by default.
- The documented source setup launches the application but does not itself configure a model or channel.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Install and start Countbot from source
Set up the Python project and launch its local application.
Before you start
- Python 3.8 or later
- Git
- Access to the project repository
Steps
Clone https://github.com/countbot-ai/CountBot.git and change into the CountBot directory.
Install the dependencies with the command below.
pip install -r requirements.txtStart the application with the command below.
python start_app.pyOpen the default local address,
http://127.0.0.1:8000.
Expected outcome
The Countbot application starts locally and is available at its documented default address.
Guide limitations
- This setup guide does not configure a model provider, messaging channel or external tool.
- The README notes that COUNTBOT_HOST and COUNTBOT_PORT can override the default listening address and port.
Compare options for Agent orchestration
These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.
| Project | Documented purpose | Platform | Access and requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countbot | Route requests from supported messaging channels to an agent runtime. | Self-hosted, Server | The project is open source under the MIT license. The README lists source installation and desktop releases for Windows, macOS and Linux. |
| Agenite | Define typed tools with JSON Schema validation and error handling. | CLI | |
| Veldra | Create an agent with a policy, tools, skills, knowledge base and reasoning method. | Self-hosted | The documented deployment is self-hosted and uses a sign-in gate after a first-run administrator account is created. |
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 13 October 2026
- Original website title
- countbot-ai/CountBot · Official homepage title · retained in its source language