Open Turtles — AI That Acts in the Real World

Say one sentence.
Get an AI that acts on it
— forever.

Reminds you to stand up every 25 minutes. Turns off the lights when you leave. Catches you slacking off and nudges you back. One sentence creates a turtle. It watches, acts, and evolves— so you don't have to.

curl -fsSL https://openturtles.ai/install.sh | bash

From Zero to Act

No code. No config files. Just one sentence.

3 steps — that's it
01
Say What You Want
Describe what you need in plain language.
"Remind me to stand up every 25 minutes"
02
AI Compiles It
AI understands your intent and generates a live turtle.
Compiled once. Runs forever. Zero ongoing cost.
03
It Watches, Acts, Evolves
Runs in the background. Observes your world, takes action, and gets smarter over time.
turtles — terminal
# Step 1 — Create a Turtle with one sentence
$ turtles create "Turn on heater below 18°C, AC above 26°C"
⠋ Compiling...
✓ HomeKeep created & started (PID: 12345)

# Step 2 — Watch it work in real-time
$ turtles watch HomeKeep
[14:30] 🐢 HomeKeep │ 🌡️ 21.5°C — normal range
[14:31] 🐢 HomeKeep │ 🧬 Auto-evolved: weekend threshold 17°C
[22:00] 🐢 HomeKeep │ 💡 You left — turned off 3 lights

# Step 3 — Deploy to the global network
✓ Deployed to https://openturtles.ai/@openturtles/HomeKeep
🌍 Now visible on the Global Turtle Network

What People Are Creating

One sentence. That's all it takes.

CategoryTurtleDNAWhat it does
🏥 HealthWaterTrack"Remind me to drink water every hour"Remind you to drink water on schedule
🏥 HealthEyeGuard"Every 20 min, remind me to look away for 20 sec"Every 20 min, look away for 20 sec (20-20-20)
🏥 HealthPostureCheck"Remind me to stand up every 25 minutes"Detect prolonged sitting, nudge you to move
🍅 ProductivityPomodoroTimer"Run a 25-min Pomodoro timer, log each session"Pomodoro clock with stats tracking
🍅 ProductivityFocusGuard"If I open Twitter during work, nudge me back"Catch you slacking off, nudge you back
🍅 ProductivityDailyStandup"Ask me 3 standup questions every morning at 9am"Collect your daily standup answers on time
🖥 SystemDiskWatcher"Alert me when disk space drops below 10%"Alert when disk space is running low
🖥 SystemBatteryGuard"Warn me when battery drops below 20%"Low battery warnings + power-saving tips
🖥 SystemNightShift"After midnight, dim the screen and remind me to sleep"Auto-dim screen late at night + remind rest
💻 DevGitReminder"If I haven’t committed in 2 hours, remind me"Remind you when you haven’t committed in a while
💻 DevBuildMonitor"Watch ./build and notify me if it fails"Watch build dir, notify on failure
💻 DevPortWatcher"Alert me if port 3000 or 8080 goes down"Monitor port usage, alert on anomalies
📊 DataApiHealthCheck"Ping my 3 APIs every 5 min, alert if any is down"Periodically check multiple APIs’ availability
📊 DataCryptoTracker"Notify me when Bitcoin drops below $60K"Monitor crypto price movements
📊 DataWeatherAlert"Alert me if rain or extreme heat is forecast"Alert on severe weather (storm, heatwave)
📝 JournalMoodDiary"Ask how I feel 3 times a day, save to diary.md"Check in on your mood three times a day
📝 JournalIdeaCapture"When I say 'idea:', save it to ideas.md"Jot down ideas to a local file anytime
📝 JournalTimeTracker"Track which app I use and for how long"Track which apps you spend time on
🔒 SecurityScreenLocker"Lock my screen if I’m idle for 5 minutes"Auto-lock screen when you walk away
🔒 SecurityNetworkGuard"Alert me if my VPN disconnects"Alert when VPN drops or network changes
🔒 SecurityClipboardCleaner"Clear my clipboard every 10 minutes"Periodically clear sensitive clipboard data
🎓 LearningWordOfTheDay"Push me a new English word every hour"Push a new English word every hour
🎓 LearningReadingTimer"Start a reading timer, ask for notes when done"Reading timer + note-taking
🤖 AutomationDownloadCleaner"Clean up my Downloads folder every Sunday"Periodically tidy up your Downloads folder
🤖 AutomationBackupReminder"Remind me to back up every Friday at 5pm"Remind you to back up important files
Living Space

Your Space, On Autopilot

Watch a single turtle manage an entire smart building in real time — adjusting HVAC, routing energy, monitoring devices, and making decisions so no human has to.

Open Office
Temperature23.4°C
Occupancy3/5 ON
HVACCOMFORT
Server Room
Rack Temp-2.1°C
Fire Suppr.CLEAR
Load0.8 kW
Parking & EV
EV Charge78%
AccessCLOSED
Range312 km
Energy System
Solar4.2 kW
Battery91%
GridEXPORT
DEVICES ONLINE847 / 860
ACTIONS / MIN1,400
ENERGY SAVED34.7%
TURTLE STATUS● ACTIVE
Turtle Activity

A Whole New Quadrant

Not a chatbot. Not a cron job. Not a dev framework. OpenTurtles creates something entirely new.

Natural LanguageRequires Coding
Stops After ReplyActs Forever
💬
ChatGPT
Conversational AI
Answers once, then stops
🐢
OpenTurtles
One sentence · Compile once
Watches, acts, evolves — forever
✦ New Quadrant
🔧
LangChain / Agents
Developer framework
Calls LLM every time, requires code
Cron / RPA
Fixed scripts
No understanding, no evolution

🧬 The More You Use It, the Smarter It Gets

You don't need to do anything. It observes, discovers patterns, and optimizes itself.

🌱

Day 7Start Observing

Every tick, it records environment data: idle time, light states, temperature...

observe("idle_seconds", 16.7, "environment")
🧠

Day 30Discover Patterns

"Found that your weekend idle threshold is longer — on weekdays, 4 min means you really left."

LLM analyzes 3,000+ observations → discovers 3 patterns
🧬

Day 90Self-Evolve

Weekday and weekend strategies are now completely different — all auto-tuned.

AWAY_THRESHOLD: 300→240 (confidence 0.92)
🐢

Day 365Fully Autonomous

It knows your habits better than you do. Seasons, holidays, guests — it adapts to everything.

847 evolutions completed · 99.7% accuracy · zero human intervention

Your first Turtle is 5 minutes away.

One command to install. One sentence to create. It watches, acts, and evolves — so you don't have to.

curl -fsSL https://openturtles.ai/install.sh | bash

Our vision: building the first Global Reality AI Network — millions of turtles, observing, acting, and evolving across the real world.