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OSS Radar (fastest-rising open-source AI repos)

Free daily ranking + newsletter of rising AI/dev GitHub repos; planned $49/week sponsor slots

Grok Bot (build + daily ops; Yash approves)Yash Patil (@Yashpatil)Updated 2026-10-14Visit site ↗
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Reported revenue · Day 3 (to Oct 14, 2026)$0Self-reportedcost $30 Est.
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TL;DR

OSS Radar ranks the open-source AI and developer-tool GitHub repos gaining stars the fastest, and sends a daily newsletter [1][2]. Yash Patil (@Yashpatil) gave a Grok Bot the idea and a domain; by Day 3 the bot had added topic pages, compare pages, llms.txt and a newsletter redesign mostly alone, with sponsor slots at $49/week and revenue $0 [1]. He still says it refreshes ~450 repos daily and drafts his X posts [2][3]. When checked on Nov 4, 2026 the live site returned HTTP 402 (Vercel deployment disabled) [8].

Repos tracked~450 daily[2]
Sponsor slot (Day 3)$49/week[1]
Revenue (Day 3, Oct 14)$0[1]
New-this-month share (Oct 30)145 of 450[6]
Site status (Nov 4)402 / deployment disabled[8]
AI analysis

Business model analysis

Written by AI on Nov 4, 2026 from the 8 sources at the bottom of this page. Lines with a [n] link are reported facts; lines tagged Inference are the model's own reasoning. No revenue figures are added or estimated here.

VerdictNot earning yet
  1. Stopped
  2. No revenue
  3. Loss-making
  4. Early
  5. Earning

$0 on Day 3 with $49/week sponsor slots; site was down (402) on Nov 4, 2026 [1][8].

Reported revenue · Day 3 (to Oct 14, 2026)$0Self-reported
How it makes money

Rank the open-source AI repos gaining GitHub stars fastest every day, then sell labelled newsletter/site sponsors [1][2].

Who pays
  • Intended: sponsors at $49/week for early slots [1]
  • Inference Readers are free; no consumer subscription was cited.
Pricing
Sponsor slot (Day 3 plan)
$49/week for the first 3 [1]
Cost structure
Agents
Grok Bot; plan not disclosed [1][2]
Hosting
Was on Vercel; 402 DEPLOYMENT_DISABLED on Nov 4 [8]
Growth engine
  • Daily X riser threadsBot drafts; human posts [2][3]
  • NewsletterBot sends daily [3][4]
  • Reddit launch noteDay-3 feedback ask [1]
Moat
  • Inference Lists are copyable; the edge is hourly refresh habit plus human taste on fake spikes.
  • Agent reports every batch of changes [5]
Risks
  • Production hosting failed when we checked [8]
  • Star velocity can be noisy or gamed [2]
  • Sponsors may not buy a small list [1]
Why it hasn't worked (yet)
  1. 01Honest $0 and a clear agent/human split [1]
  2. 02Inference Needs a stable site and a first sponsor before it's a business.

What does OSS Radar (fastest-rising open-source AI repos) sell, and to whom?

Free daily ranking + newsletter of rising AI/dev GitHub repos; planned $49/week sponsor slots.

Builders and AI practitioners who want a daily shortlist of open-source AI/dev tools rising on GitHub, not another static awesome-list [1][2]. Sponsors who want a labelled slot on that attention [1].

How was OSS Radar (fastest-rising open-source AI repos) built?

Yash gave a Grok Bot the idea and a domain; the bot built ossradar.net, the daily ranking and the newsletter [1]. Within three days it added topic pages, alternatives/compare pages, llms.txt, a welcome email and a newsletter redesign with little human coding [1]. Ongoing: the bot refreshes ~450 repos, sends the newsletter and drafts X posts; after each batch it sends Yash links to what it changed [2][4][5]. Yash gives direction, approves payments and posts, and fixes what the bot can't reach [1].

Grok BotGitHubNewsletterVercel

What is the business model?

Sponsorship. Day-3 plan: first 3 sponsor slots at $49/week, meant to fund the site; revenue was $0 at that report [1]. No other paid plan was cited in the sources we used.

Where does the traffic come from?

Daily ranking pages, a newsletter, and X threads of the day's fastest risers written from bot drafts [2][3][4]. A Day-3 Reddit post asked for feedback on usefulness [1].

What revenue has OSS Radar (fastest-rising open-source AI repos) reported?

Reported revenue: $0 (Day 3 / Oct 14), per Day-3 Reddit post via archive: $0 revenue (2026-10-14).

  1. ~2026-10-11Experiment starts: idea + domain handed to a Grok Bot [1]
  2. 2026-10-14Day 3 Reddit post: $49/week sponsors, revenue $0 [1]
  3. 2026-10-30Still posting risers; 145/450 repos created that month [6]
  4. 2026-11-03Still credits Grok Bot + 450 daily refreshes on X [2]
  5. 2026-11-04ossradar.net returns 402 DEPLOYMENT_DISABLED [8]

What does the agent do, and what does the human do?

Agent
  • Builds and updates ranking, topic/compare pages and llms.txt [1]
  • Refreshes ~450 repos daily [2]
  • Sends the newsletter and drafts X posts [3][4]
  • Reports links to work just finished [5]
Human
  • Yash sets direction and approves payments/posts [1]
  • Taste-checks breakouts vs weird star patterns [2]
  • Fixes what the bot can't reach [1]

What does it cost to run?

Not disclosed. Runs on Grok Bot [1][2]; plan tier isn't stated. Domain was provided by the founder [1].

What worked and what didn't?

Worked
  • Agent shipped product surface area in days without much human code [1]
  • Clear human/agent split: bot operates, human approves money and posts [1]
  • Ongoing distribution via daily X riser threads [2]
Didn't
  • $0 sponsorship revenue on Day 3 [1]
  • Live site returned 402 on Nov 4, 2026 despite continued X posts [8]
  • Star-velocity lists can be noisy; he still hand-filters odd patterns [2]
AI guide

How to copy OSS Radar fast

A starter path written by AI from this case. Budgets and timings are our estimates, not the operator's numbers.

DifficultyEasy
BudgetEst.~$30/month plus a domain
TimeEst.A weekend to v1 if an agent builds it
Grok Bot templateAI Radar

Inference One Grok Bot plan (standard ~$30 assumption) and a domain; Day-3 post says the agent did most coding [1]. Closest public Grok Bot template we know for watching AI news/tools, not the exact OSS Radar GitHub star-velocity stack.

Tools & agents
Build path5 steps
  1. 1
    Define the ranking

    Star velocity on AI/dev repos [1].

  2. 2
    Hand the bot a domain

    Let it ship the site and newsletter [1].

  3. 3
    Require a change log

    Links after every batch [5].

  4. 4
    Keep taste human

    Filter weird star patterns [2].

  5. 5
    Price a small sponsor board

    $49/week labelled slots [1].

Week 17 days
  1. D1

    Buy domain; brief the bot on the ranking job

  2. D2

    Ship homepage + top-20 table

  3. D3

    Add newsletter + welcome email

  4. D4

    Add llms.txt and one compare page

  5. D5

    Post Day-5 risers on X from bot drafts

  6. D6

    Open 3 labelled sponsor slots

  7. D7

    Check hosting/billing and backup the data

Pitfalls
  • Hosting can disable itself under an unattended deploy [8]
  • Don't trust raw star velocity without a human pass [2]
  • Announce $0 sponsors honestly or the list looks fake [1]
Key moves from the original case
  • Hand an agent a domain and one sharp ranking job
  • Sell labelled sponsors only after the daily habit exists
  • Make the agent report what it changed after every batch
  • Keep taste (fake star spikes) as a human check

What are the risks and the moat?

Hosting can die under the agent (402 when we checked) [8]. GitHub trending and other radars compete. Sponsors may not pay for a tiny newsletter. Star velocity can be gamed [2].

FAQ

Who built OSS Radar?

Yash Patil (@Yashpatil) with a Grok Bot that builds and runs it [1][2].

How does it make money?

Planned $49/week sponsor slots; $0 as of the Day-3 report [1].

Is the site up?

Not when checked Nov 4, 2026: HTTP 402 DEPLOYMENT_DISABLED [8].

Sources

  1. [1] Reddit r/AI_Agents Day 3: Grok Bot built ossradar.net; $49/week sponsor slots; revenue $0 (Oct 14, 2026)↗
  2. [2] @Yashpatil: microbusiness runs itself with Grok Bot; refreshes 450 repos daily (Nov 3, 2026)↗
  3. [3] @Yashpatil to @elonmusk/@bot: Grok Bot refreshes repos, sends newsletter, drafts posts (Oct 30, 2026)↗
  4. [4] @Yashpatil to @testingcatalog: runs ossradar on Grok Bot — daily refresh, newsletter, X drafts (Oct 31, 2026)↗
  5. [5] @Yashpatil to @emollick: after each batch Grok Bot sends links to what it did (Oct 31, 2026)↗
  6. [6] @Yashpatil to @levie: 145 of 450 repos on today's list were created this month (Oct 30, 2026)↗
  7. [7] @Yashpatil: built and run with Grok Bot; 450 repos daily (Oct 30, 2026)↗
  8. [8] Site check Nov 4, 2026: ossradar.net returned HTTP 402 DEPLOYMENT_DISABLED (Vercel)↗
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