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Leave It to Manus
- doener 2y agoWhat makes Manus so special is the combination of many agents with different abilities, controlled by a central interface. At the moment, due to the limited access, it is difficult to assess whether Manus has primarily put together an impressive combination of existing AI agents or whether there is more to it than that.
- stfp 2y agoFeedback: change the name The current name will prevent this product/company from ever making it to the mainstream, or at least make it way less likely. A great name can truly make a huge difference. An OK name that sticks is a necessity. A name that is mostly “anus” is actively bad.
- brookst 2y agoMananus?
- gmuslera 2y agoIt brings bad analogies with body parts. So, let’s change the name schema to gods, mythology or something on the sky. Maybe Uranus could be a better alternative.
- kingforaday 2y agoOr Janus?
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- t_mann 2y agoTo the OP, I say forget this advice. There's a headhunting company called Monster, arguably the worst possible name, especially for that business. Last time I checked they were doing fine. The truly worst thing is not being talked about. Manus means hand in Latin, not a bad name at all for a tool that lends you a hand. Some people will recognize this, others not. They'll be fine, or if not, it won't be for that reason.
- ahofmann 2y agoThere is also MongoDB, which is also doing fine despite the very unfortunate name.
- cafard 2y agoNot only hand, but force, violence, etc.: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dmanus1 https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...
- anthropodie 2y agoManus = माणुस in Marathi which means Man
- brainless 2y agoI really thought this name was from the common word for "human" in many languages across India. Slightly different pronunciations in some languages but I think many Indians would relate to the word as a derivative of "human".
- ErikBjare 2y agoI imagined it was short for "manuscript", as "manus" is the Swedish word for it. I also have a friend named Manu, who I imagine is hoping her name doesn't get Alexa'd.
- PurelyApplied 2y agoThe etymology of "manuscript" is from Latin "manu" by hand "script" (scriptus) written.
- henry_viii 2y agoChatGPT's logo looks like an anus yet they're doing just fine.
- linsomniac 2y agoLaughing because I came here and this is the top comment. My coworker asked if I heard about it over the weekend, so I came to HN to search. "How do you spell it, m-a-n-t-i-s?" "No, like anus with an M in front."
- xnx 2y agoWomanus? Ladus?
- adultSwim 2y agoSeems OK to me, not great. I would have never made the connection to anus without you mentioning it, possibly due to the differing pronunciation.
- bakibab 2y agoManus means Human in Marathi language.
- stfp 2y agoAnd ~hands in latin But that doesn’t matter if your goal is to become a global brand
- upmostly 2y agoAgree about changing the name. Manus is the joke name of child in a British TV comedy called Amandaland. It's more of a joke name than anything.
- kgeist 2y agoManus means 'hand' in Latin. I thought that was the idea. Their logo is a picture of a hand, too. English "manuscript" comes from it.
- esafak 2y agoSomeone already made a clone with 15K stars: https://github.com/mannaandpoem/OpenManus https://github.com/mannaandpoem/OpenManus
- kamikazeturtles 2y agoHow does a repo get 15k stars in just 2 days?
- browningstreet 2y agoChina has a lot of users.
- nextworddev 2y agoBots and payola
- ErikBjare 2y agoI've been building something very similar, but OSS and running in the terminal, since 2023 (3.5k stars): https://github.com/ErikBjare/gptme https://github.com/ErikBjare/gptme Currently working on building out a web UI (https://chat.gptme.org https://chat.gptme.org) and managed service for it. Manus also seems very similar to Claude Code (but not open source either).
- thuanao 2y agoWhat is the value add here over existing frameworks for multi-agent workflows?
- andai 2y agoBack in the day, AutoGPT was trying to do the same thing. I wonder what became of it.
- ErikBjare 2y agoI've been building the same thing since 2023. It works really well, and was most recently pretty much cloned by Claude Code: https://github.com/ErikBjare/gptme https://github.com/ErikBjare/gptme
- knowaveragejoe 2y agoHow do you figure claude code pretty much cloned this as opposed to aider or other CLI-based tools with similar features? Anything in particular?
- pcwelder 2y ago- Browser control tools - Shell control tools - File edits tools - Task management workflow/tools - Memory management workflow/tools - Subtasks handoff to other agents Anything major missing raw capability wise?
- ttctciyf 2y agoMaybe something to stop it succeeding at requests like "hack into some power stations and blackout city X" ?
- khald 2y agoCirca lavoro holanda
- khald 2y agoCirco lavro holanda