Leave It to Manus(manus.im)

51 pointsby doenera year ago9 comments

stfpa year ago
Feedback: 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.
- t_manna year ago
  To 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.
  - cafarda year ago
    Not only hand, but force, violence, etc.: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...
    _aavaa_a year ago
    Or fate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate
    t_manna year ago
    If the context implies that it's hand as the instrument used in fight. I don't see how that's relevant here.
  - ahofmanna year ago
    There is also MongoDB, which is also doing fine despite the very unfortunate name.
- gmusleraa year ago
  It 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.
  - kingforadaya year ago
    Or Janus?
    a year ago
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- brainlessa year ago
  I 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".
- henry_viiia year ago
  ChatGPT's logo looks like an anus yet they're doing just fine.
- ErikBjarea year ago
  I 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.
  - PurelyApplieda year ago
    The etymology of "manuscript" is from Latin "manu" by hand "script" (scriptus) written.
- adultSwima year ago
  Seems OK to me, not great. I would have never made the connection to anus without you mentioning it, possibly due to the differing pronunciation.
- linsomniaca year ago
  Laughing 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."
- a year ago
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- brooksta year ago
  Mananus?
- xnxa year ago
  Womanus? Ladus?
- anthropodiea year ago
  Manus = माणुस in Marathi which means Man
esafaka year ago
Someone already made a clone with 15K stars: https://github.com/mannaandpoem/OpenManus
- ErikBjarea year ago
  I've been building something very similar, but OSS and running in the terminal, since 2023 (3.5k stars): https://github.com/ErikBjare/gptme
  Currently working on building out a web UI (https://chat.gptme.org) and managed service for it.
  Manus also seems very similar to Claude Code (but not open source either).
- kamikazeturtlesa year ago
  How does a repo get 15k stars in just 2 days?
  - nextworddeva year ago
    Bots and payola
  - browningstreeta year ago
    China has a lot of users.
pcweldera year 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?
- ttctciyfa year ago
  Maybe something to stop it succeeding at requests like "hack into some power stations and blackout city X" ?
doenera year ago
What 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.
thuanaoa year ago
What is the value add here over existing frameworks for multi-agent workflows?
- andaia year ago
  Back in the day, AutoGPT was trying to do the same thing. I wonder what became of it.
  - ErikBjarea year ago
    I'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
    knowaveragejoea year ago
    How do you figure claude code pretty much cloned this as opposed to aider or other CLI-based tools with similar features? Anything in particular?
upmostlya year ago
Agree 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.
- kgeista year ago
  Manus means 'hand' in Latin. I thought that was the idea. Their logo is a picture of a hand, too. English "manuscript" comes from it.
khalda year ago
Circo lavro holanda
bakibaba year ago
Manus means Human in Marathi language.
- stfpa year ago
  And ~hands in latin
  But that doesn’t matter if your goal is to become a global brand
khalda year ago
Circa lavoro holanda