The Pope Bot

The Pope Bot is an open-source autonomous AI agent that combines a personal assistant, a live coding environment and a communication platform in one self-hosted app. It connects to chat channels such as Telegram, works with any major LLM provider and popular coding agents, and is designed to run around the clock doing useful work for its owner. It is an open-source project on GitHub with around 1,900 stars, actively developed in 2026.

Overview

Instead of locking you into one model or one agent runtime, The Pope Bot is a shell for the agent stack you choose: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, OpenRouter or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint for reasoning, and Claude Code, Codex, Gemini or OpenCode for coding tasks. Its live coding workspaces open a browser terminal attached to a running container, so you can watch or steer the agent as it edits code. Chat integrations start with Telegram (Slack and Discord are on the roadmap) plus a built-in web chat, making the agent reachable from anywhere while it keeps working 24/7 on scheduled and event-driven jobs.

Key Features

• Autonomous personal agent that runs 24/7 on your own infrastructure
• Works with any LLM provider, including OpenAI-compatible endpoints
• Pluggable coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode and more
• Live browser-based coding workspaces with terminal access
• Telegram integration plus built-in web chat (Slack/Discord planned)
• Unified, self-hosted design focused on simplicity and security

💳 Pricing

Free. The Pope Bot is open source under the MIT license; you pay only for your hosting and the model APIs you connect.

Who Is It For

Developers and tinkerers who want an always-on personal AI agent with real coding ability, without handing their workflow to a closed hosted platform.