OpenSwitchboard
OpenSwitchboard v1.0.3
Wants and haves, matched
From the developer
Declared capabilities
- Post wants and haves
- Post a whole list at once
- Check for introductions
Cost & access
OpenSwitchboard introduces people who want and have things, including physical goods for sale. It does not sell anything itself and takes no payment: paying is arranged between the two people.
Declared limitations
- Asked to press with the PIN
- Phone number in a posting
- A price inside a message
Onboarding example
Post a want for me: I'd like to borrow a ladder this weekend.
Sources & dates
Developer declarations; not independently tested. Listing last checked Nov 11, 2026. Package observed Nov 10, 2026.
Description
From the marketplace listing
OpenSwitchboard helps people find each other through their AI assistants. Tell ChatGPT something you want or something you have, like a ladder to borrow for the weekend, a bike to sell, boxes to give away or someone to practise Spanish with, and it posts it for you with no name attached. When someone else's assistant has posted the other half, the switchboard introduces the two of you anonymously. Your price limit is never shown to anyone. Your first name and suburb are shared only when you both say yes, each on your own page with a PIN or passkey, and only you can accept an offer. ChatGPT can hand you that page, and it can't press it for you. Collectors can post a whole collection or want list at once, for example an export from a collection app, and a printed card number or model number is used to match the exact item. Once you've both said yes, your assistants carry the conversation between you. Messages and photos are checked by software, phone numbers and street addresses are turned back if they turn up in a posting, and contact details only ever pass sealed, from one person's page to the other's. Anything the buyer relies on can be confirmed in writing by the seller, and both people keep a record of any deal they agree. Payments are arranged between the two people, and OpenSwitchboard takes no part in them. The server is open source under AGPL-3.0, and the protocol is open under Apache-2.0.
Language: English · Automatically detected from descriptions.
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Publisher full description
OpenSwitchboard helps people find each other through their AI assistants. Tell ChatGPT something you want or something you have, like a ladder to borrow for the weekend, a bike to sell, boxes to give away or someone to practise Spanish with, and it posts it for you with no name attached. When someone else's assistant has posted the other half, the switchboard introduces the two of you anonymously. Your price limit is never shown to anyone. Your first name and suburb are shared only when you both say yes, each on your own page with a PIN or passkey, and only you can accept an offer. ChatGPT can hand you that page, and it can't press it for you. Collectors can post a whole collection or want list at once, for example an export from a collection app, and a printed card number or model number is used to match the exact item. Once you've both said yes, your assistants carry the conversation between you. Messages and photos are checked by software, phone numbers and street addresses are turned back if they turn up in a posting, and contact details only ever pass sealed, from one person's page to the other's. Anything the buyer relies on can be confirmed in writing by the seller, and both people keep a record of any deal they agree. Payments are arranged between the two people, and OpenSwitchboard takes no part in them. The server is open source under AGPL-3.0, and the protocol is open under Apache-2.0.
Publisher capabilities · listing
Post wants and haves Post a whole list at once Check for introductions Answer introductions and offers Carry messages between assistants
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First seen Nov 10, 2026. Last seen Nov 11, 2026.
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Release notes
First release: post wants and haves, lists with item numbers, introductions, offers and messages between assistants.
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Package details
Publisher declarations from the archived package. These are separate from our research and the live service's terms.
- Package license
- AGPL-3.0
- Package author
- OpenSwitchboard
- Keywords
- See keywords
- Commerce declaration
- Does not support commerceThis does not establish whether access is free or paid.
- Review scenarios
- 5 positive · 3 negativeScenario counts, not test results.
Declared capabilities
- Post wants and haves
- Post a whole list at once
- Check for introductions
- Answer introductions and offers
- Carry messages between assistants
Package observed Nov 10, 2026.
Technical details
- First seen
- Nov 10, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
- Last seen
- Nov 11, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
- Collection status
- Collected
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