Open Spaces is a self-hostable AI workspace that provides a free, open-source alternative to ChatGPT Spaces.
The tool addresses the need for a collaborative AI workspace that users can run on their own infrastructure. It combines shared pages, conversations, and AI-powered tools into a single workspace environment. The approach centers on organizing work into Spaces containing pages and conversations, with a rich-text editor that supports inline AI actions, image generation, and chat capabilities powered by configured AI providers like MuAPI.
Open Spaces suits teams or individuals who want to avoid vendor lock-in and prefer to self-host their AI workspace infrastructure. It works well for organizations that need to keep data on their own servers, customize the application for specific workflows, or integrate with particular AI providers. The project is still under active development, and the README explicitly warns that authentication and per-Space authorization are not yet consistently enforced across API routes, making it unsuitable for multi-user deployments with sensitive data until those security boundaries are implemented and reviewed. The current WebSocket implementation does not support collaborative editing, and agent execution and meeting transcription workflows remain incomplete.
Issues and pull requests in the project often wait weeks or longer for a first response.
