Open Interpreter
A free tool that runs code on your computer when you ask in plain English. It's for people who write code. It's free.
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Grade
We tried it ourselves. Grade F.
- Grade
- F · We tried it
- Score
- 3/10
- Price
- Free
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Test details
Natural-language interface that runs code on your computer. The licence is not verified: PyPI metadata is empty.
Hands-on review · 2026-10-21
TestedF3/10- CPU-only box: 8 cores, 15 GB RAM, no GPU.
- Local tool-calling failures were partly due to the test setup.
- Local model lacked a tool template (our import)
- Only one task
Open Interpreter didn't complete our simple task in three attempts. It needed a setuptools pin just to import, hung with no output on a free hosted model, and with a local model it printed the code instead of running it. Some of that is our model setup, but a tool that hangs silently and breaks on a fresh install isn't ready to recommend for free use right now.
0/3 attempts passed. Install breakage and silent hangs.
- Coverage
- One task, three attempts. No file was written.
- What we tested
- One task: write the first 10 primes to primes.txt with Python, auto-run on.
Method
open-interpreter 0.4.3 in a uv venv, Python API, auto_run=True. Tried with OpenRouter free MiniMax M3.1 Flash (via litellm) and with local Ollama qwen2.5-coder-3b.
Prompts
- write the first 10 primes to primes.txt with Python
Measured
- installImport crashed: ModuleNotFoundError pkg_resources. Needed setuptools<81
- openrouter_minimaxRun 1 hung over 8 minutes with no output and was killed. Run 2 timed out at 240 s. No file written
- ollama_qwen3bFinished in 19.7 s but only printed the tool call as text. Code was never executed. FAIL
- pass0/3 attempts
Pros
- Easy to point at any litellm model
- The code the local model proposed was correct
Cons
- Broken on a fresh Python 3.12 install without pinning setuptools
- Hung silently with a free hosted model
- No file was ever produced in 3 attempts
- The package doesn't declare a licence on PyPI
- Status
- Not run
- Date
- October 21, 2026
- Time to first output
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- Cost
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- Result
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- Evidence
- Log linked below
Queued task. Run a fixed multi-step workflow with one tool call and one failure case. Log setup time and cost.
FAQ
What is the agent-tested verdict for Open Interpreter?
A free tool that runs code on your computer when you ask in plain English. It's for people who write code. It's free. We tried it ourselves. Grade F.
How much does Open Interpreter cost?
Free. Free to run. Licence not verified: PyPI metadata is empty.
Do sponsors outrank this tool?
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