Nod does the work around your work, in your apps and on real websites, using a private computer of its own on your Mac or PC. It takes orders only from you, asks before anything you didn't ask for, and runs on the AI provider you choose. Free, Apache 2.0.
👋 Heyy Product Hunt, I'm Johan from n8n Labs and I am super excited to share Nod!!
Nod started from the pain of AI chats being great at telling you how to do a thing... but not actually doing them.
🧾 chase the invoice
❌ cancel the trial before it renews
💬 answer the Slack thread
💰 check whether the hotel got cheaper
Nod runs a private virtual machine with its own browser on your Mac or Windows PC. It connects to Gmail, Slack, Notion, Drive and Calendar (200+ connections!), and finishes the job, on websites with no API too. And of course you can take over its browser whenever you want.
We spent most of our time on trust. Nod only takes orders from you. Emails and web pages it reads can't tell it what to do, and a separate check compares each action with your own words before it runs.
In our simulated test world it finished 98% of 678 runs across 226 errands, and never sent, paid, booked, posted or deleted anything that hadn't been approved.
When we onboarded our first testers, they all came for a one-off job and left wanting a daily one: a morning brief, prep for tomorrow's calls. So schedules and watches are in from day one.
It's free and open source. You bring your own AI provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter or your ChatGPT plan), and Nod shows what each task cost.
It's a research preview, so a few things aren't there yet. It doesn't run while your computer is asleep, and it can't call businesses on the phone. Both are on our list.
- It has trouble with complex requests (like saving a memory while performing another task) - It performs kinda poorly in responses (perhaps selecting a cheaper model for a demanding task) - It appears a lot slower than normal ChatGPT for simple tools (like just reading the memory)
These issues for me amount to Nod being quite unusable - even though I love the UX and see great potential
Sounds interesting. Missing pictures of the actual UI though.
How do I overview and manage the "work" that's done?
Looks just like any agent chat to me!
I just had it research freestyle skiis for my 14 year old son, did a great job returning options from different sources - with some recommendations why a certain pair would be the ideal option. it was really effortless and saved me a lot of time scrolling! the fact that it runs on my machine with its own VM and a model of choice (even a local one) is great.
First job I’d hand it: after every staging deploy, open our app in its own browser, click through the main flows, and send me screenshots of anything that looks broken. As a front-end dev that’s the boring check I keep skipping. I also like that emails and pages it reads can’t give it orders. How does that check work when a site itself has instructions hidden in the page? Congrats on the launch and on #1!
AI agents become more autonomous, How is n8n approaching workflow reliability and error recovery?
Super interesting and it looks like it will work in a very intuitive way. I find that balance so important between tools doing exactly the right steps and useful actions without creating more work or doing random unneeded side quests!
The 'asks before anything you didn't ask for' line is what sold me — most agents I've tried either ask about everything or quietly do too much. Running it on a private computer on my own Mac, with my choice of provider, makes that permission step feel real instead of cosmetic. Curious how it handles the in-between cases, like a task where the next step is ambiguous but not risky — does it pause, or just proceed within what I originally asked?
Congratulations on the launch. Some time ago, I took an n8n course on Coursera and earned a certificate, but I haven’t put it into practice yet. Perhaps someone could help me get started with it.
when a watch finds a cheaper hotel, can it show the old and new totals side by side before you approve a booking?
Congrats on the launch! Been a fairly consistent user of N8N for over 3 years so really excited for the direction.
I’ve been getting into ChatGPT Dots lately for some autonomous work with a machine attached. Curious what you see as the biggest differences if I were to switch over to Nod?
The first job I'd hand it: once a month, collect the invoices from our tools' billing pages into one folder for the accountant. Boring, no API, exactly the kind of website errand you describe.
One question from someone who builds privacy software: where do the tokens for Gmail, Slack and the other connections live? On my machine inside the VM, or on n8n's side? For a personal agent that's the first thing I'd want to know.
Cancelling a trial is the one I'd try first. Lots of sites hide that behind a support chat instead of a button, what does Nod do then?
Congratulations on this launch! How is this going to impact n8n itself because you are launching it under a new name? Because I think it can unlock a lot for the platform..
How does it work with permissions, approvals and audit logs of what action were rejected or approved?
Congratulations to the n8n Labs team! Very excited about the launch. Looking forward to the feedback.
Luis from the n8n team here - I’ve tried a few other personal agents and I sometimes get this uncomfortable feeling of proactiveness that makes me wonder how much is pulling from my accounts, what's being accessed or shared and being too proactive in some cases
With Nod, I feel more in control of what I'm handing over, what model I want to use and of course, open-source
This is still a research preview, so plenty left to improve! but excited what the rest think about it :)
About Nod by n8n on Product Hunt
“Open source personal agent with its own computer”
Nod by n8n launched on Product Hunt on November 11th, 2026 and earned 296 upvotes and 39 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. Nod does the work around your work, in your apps and on real websites, using a private computer of its own on your Mac or PC. It takes orders only from you, asks before anything you didn't ask for, and runs on the AI provider you choose. Free, Apache 2.0.
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Johan Cutych
👋 Heyy Product Hunt, I'm Johan from n8n Labs and I am super excited to share Nod!!
Nod started from the pain of AI chats being great at telling you how to do a thing... but not actually doing them.
🧾 chase the invoice
❌ cancel the trial before it renews
💬 answer the Slack thread
💰 check whether the hotel got cheaper
Nod runs a private virtual machine with its own browser on your Mac or Windows PC. It connects to Gmail, Slack, Notion, Drive and Calendar (200+ connections!), and finishes the job, on websites with no API too. And of course you can take over its browser whenever you want.
We spent most of our time on trust. Nod only takes orders from you. Emails and web pages it reads can't tell it what to do, and a separate check compares each action with your own words before it runs.
In our simulated test world it finished 98% of 678 runs across 226 errands, and never sent, paid, booked, posted or deleted anything that hadn't been approved.
When we onboarded our first testers, they all came for a one-off job and left wanting a daily one: a morning brief, prep for tomorrow's calls. So schedules and watches are in from day one.
It's free and open source. You bring your own AI provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter or your ChatGPT plan), and Nod shows what each task cost.
It's a research preview, so a few things aren't there yet. It doesn't run while your computer is asleep, and it can't call businesses on the phone. Both are on our list.
🤔 What's the first job you'd hand it?