Leave It to Manus(manus.im)

36 pointsby doenera day ago7 comments

stfpa day 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 day 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.
  - ahofmann18 hours ago
    There is also MongoDB, which is also doing fine despite the very unfortunate name.
- ErikBjare2 hours 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.
- brainless8 hours 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".
- gmusleraa day 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 day ago
    Or Janus?
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- brooksta day ago
  Mananus?
- anthropodiea day ago
  Manus = माणुस in Marathi which means Man
esafaka day ago
Someone already made a clone with 15K stars: https://github.com/mannaandpoem/OpenManus
- ErikBjare2 hours 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 day ago
  How does a repo get 15k stars in just 2 days?
  - nextworddev18 hours ago
    Bots and payola
  - browningstreeta day ago
    China has a lot of users.
pcwelder21 hours 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?
- ttctciyf19 hours ago
  Maybe something to stop it succeeding at requests like "hack into some power stations and blackout city X" ?
thuanao21 hours ago
What is the value add here over existing frameworks for multi-agent workflows?
- andai3 hours ago
  Back in the day, AutoGPT was trying to do the same thing. I wonder what became of it.
  - ErikBjare2 hours 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
upmostlya day 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.
- kgeist17 hours 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.
bakibaba day ago
Manus means Human in Marathi language.
- stfpa day ago
  And ~hands in latin
  But that doesn’t matter if your goal is to become a global brand
doenera day 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.