# A CompanyOS that runs the work, and the open-source one to pick

> A CompanyOS runs a company's work, and the work should land as a change a person approves in a repo the company owns. Kortix is the open-source CompanyOS that answers that test, with a review gate on what reaches main.

URL: https://companyosguide.com/

What CompanyOS means in practice

**The open-source CompanyOS**

`kortix.yaml`

```yaml
# kortix.yaml
agents:
  support-triage:
    file: agents/support-triage.md   # what it does, in plain markdown
    connectors: all                  # what it may reach
```

Source: https://github.com/kortix-ai/suna/blob/08a64413b3/README.md

`kortix.yaml` declares the machine image, connectors and triggers, and secret names and grants. Secret values never appear in the repo.

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Self-host is free · Session work reaches `main` through a change request · One isolated sandbox per session

## The field behind the word, compared

Of the products under the name, these four differ on where the work and the memory end up.

| | Kortix (recommended) | CompanyOS, companyos.cc | Aqtos BOSS* | CompanyOS, company-os.ai |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes. Read it, fork it, audit it. | Not published. | Not published. | Yes. Open source, free in the download. |
| What it is | An open-source CompanyOS that holds the agents, their skills, memory and connectors. | Shared facts, procedures and templates inside your Claude, ChatGPT or Codex account. | A SaaS linking work, people, money, office and tech. | A free template for running a company AI-natively. |
| Runs agents | Yes. Agents work on real cloud computers. | No. It supplies context to the AI account each person uses. | Yes, through MCP, using the connected account's role. | No. It runs on your machine; no agent sessions for the team. |
| Where the memory lives | In the repo the company owns. | In the Claude, ChatGPT or Codex account each person uses. | In the Aqtos SaaS, beside work, people and money. | In one Office you and your agents fill in. |
| You self-host | Yes. Self-host is free. | No. It runs inside the AI account you already pay for. | No. Aqtos runs it for you. | No. It runs on your machine; nothing is hosted. |
| Price | Free is $0 with 500 credits a month; tiers start at $50. | Free in beta, then €29 per seat a month, excluding VAT. | SaaS. DATA in beta; BCG and Aqtos AI in alpha. | Free. A .zip template you download. |

Rival terms read on their own pages, 1 November 2026. * Aqtos expands BOSS as Business Operating System as a Service. Aqtos BOSS ships DATA in beta and BCG and Aqtos AI in alpha.

## Three jobs people bring to a CompanyOS

Each one ends in a file a person can read.

### Real work: Runs the job on its own machine

An agent works the task through to the end and hands back the finished document, ready to send.

What comes back: `globex/q3-close.md`

- Lines reconciled: 1,842
- Variances explained: 3
- Board deck: 12 slides

One deliverable, three checks

### Company memory: Keeps what the company knows in files

Decisions, definitions and procedures sit in the repo, where an agent and a new hire read the same answer.

What comes back: `company/`

| File | Holds | Owner |
| --- | --- | --- |
| decisions/2026-10-pricing.md | Why list pricing changed | Finance |
| glossary.md | What a churned account means | Sales |
| procedures/refunds.md | Who approves a refund | Support |

Three files, one repo

### Approvals: A person merges what reaches main

The agent opens a change request and a person reads the change before merging it; [Read the docs](https://kortix.com/docs/developers) lists the commands.

What comes back: `terminal`

| Command | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| kortix cr ls | open change requests |
| kortix cr diff 1 | the unified diff |
| kortix cr merge 1 | merge into the base branch |

Merge is default-deny for agents.

## What open source gets a buyer

You can read every line before you run it, and you choose where it runs.

- Open source. Read it, fork it, audit it.
- Run it on Kortix Cloud, in your VPC, or on your own on-prem network. Self-host is free.
- [Kortix on GitHub](https://github.com/kortix-ai/suna)
- [The six parts](/what-a-company-os-must-contain)

## Questions buyers ask

The short version, with links where the longer answer lives.

### Is a CompanyOS just a Notion or markdown template?

No. A template is a document an AI reads, while a CompanyOS runs the agents and holds the memory they work from. [What one must contain](/what-a-company-os-must-contain) counts six parts, four of them files a person can read.

### Does a CompanyOS replace our project management tool?

Not by default. It runs the work and keeps the decisions on file, so a tracker can still plan the quarter. The difference is that the deliverable itself lands in the repo, as a diff or a document a person can read. [What a CompanyOS is](/what-is-a-company-os) draws that line.

### Can we keep the company's memory if we change model providers?

Yes. The memory sits in the repo your company owns, so a different provider only changes which model reads it. [The comparison](/companyos-comparison) shows where each rival keeps it.

### What does it cost to run a CompanyOS?

Free is $0 with 500 credits per month, every feature and 1 project, on your own provider keys or ChatGPT subscription. The paid plan is credits from $50 a month, at 100 credits per dollar.

## Start with one job and one repo.

Run it on the free tier, or on your own network, and read every line first.

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