Novastart - The Infinite Canvas OS vs OpenMausBot
Two Productivity products side by side.
| Novastart - The Infinite Canvas OS | OpenMausBot | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | The infinite canvas OS where people and AI agents work side by side with apps and files | Open-source desktop chat app for running teams of AI bots |
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Categories | Productivity | Productivity, Business |
| Tags | Whiteboard, AI Agents, Collaboration, AI | Windows, Open Source, AI Agents, Local-first, Automation |
| Score | 100%2 votes · not ranked yet | 75%4 votes · not ranked yet |
| Website | novastart.com | mausbot.com |
| Founder | Not listed | Not listed |
| Listed | Oct 15, 2026 | Oct 3, 2026 |
Which should you pick?
- Both are listed as free with paid plans, so price alone will not settle it.
- Neither has enough votes yet to compare.
- Only Novastart - The Infinite Canvas OS is tagged Whiteboard, Collaboration and AI.
- Only OpenMausBot is tagged Windows, Open Source and Local-first.
Positioning is from each listing, not an endorsement.
About Novastart - The Infinite Canvas OS
Novastart is an infinite canvas whiteboard OS. Open Chrome, ChatGPT, Claude, Word, Excel and your files side by side on one infinite whiteboard, share canvases with your team, and let AI agents work alongside you with their own cursors and keyboards.
Instead of juggling separate windows, tabs and apps, Novastart brings everything you work with onto one boundless whiteboard, so your tools and your files can live side by side in a single shared space. Invite teammates to shared canvases, and bring AI agents onto the whiteboard as first-class participants. Novastart is freemium, so you can get started for free. Visit novastart.com.
About OpenMausBot
OpenMausBot is a desktop app where AI agents appear as contacts in a messaging interface. Each bot gets a job, a model and a computer. Bots run in parallel and message you when they need something. You can pin, duplicate, hide or delete bots like chats, switch a bot's model mid-conversation, and talk to a bot on a voice call where it describes its work and asks for approvals out loud.
The bots run on agent CLIs you already have installed, such as Claude, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Kimi, Qwen and OpenCode, using your own logins and subscriptions with no proxy in between. A local server on 127.0.0.1 manages the agent processes. Transcripts, keys and events stay in ~/.openmausbot on your disk. Bots can use a cloud desktop from a provider you connect, or your own machine, and they reach Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion, Linear and other apps through Composio. Scheduled routines cover jobs like inbox sweeps, invoice reminders, PR review and weekly reports. Whole teams of bots can be installed from a single Markdown playbook.
The app is free and open source under Apache 2.0, with a Windows download available. OpenMausBot Cloud adds an always-on workspace with cloud computers, voice and scheduled tasks, at $29, $49 or $99 a month. Model usage is billed separately by your provider.