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Open Source AI Tools (2026) 75

75 open-source AI agents with public GitHub repositories, including AutoGen, Dify, Flowise. Self-host, fork, or contribute.

Last updated: October 5, 2026

Reviewed by AgentsIndex · Updated Oct 5, 2026

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GitHub momentum leaders

Top by stars

  1. 1. ECC — 274k stars
  2. 2. Hermes Agent — 251k stars
  3. 3. n8n — 204k stars
  4. 4. Firecrawl — 189k stars
  5. 5. AutoGPT — 188k stars

Most recent releases

  1. 1. Hermes Agent
  2. 2. Firecrawl
  3. 3. Activepieces

License mix: Apache 2.0 (20), MIT (19), NOASSERTION (5), AGPL (3), CC-BY-4.0 (1), BSD (1). All listed tools are viewable on GitHub.

Editor's picks

Best for agent tools & integrations

ECC

274k GitHub stars, free tier, paid from $19/month

Best for agent frameworks

Hermes Agent

251k GitHub stars, free to use

Best for ai model providers

01.AI Yi

7.8k GitHub stars, free to use

Best for coding agents

OpenHands

90k GitHub stars, free tier, paid from $29/month

Best for browser agents

Browser Use

117k GitHub stars, free tier, paid from $29/month

1Favicon of AutoGen

AutoGen

Framework for prototyping and shipping multi-agent apps, now in Microsoft's maintenance mode.

CC-BY-4.0-licensed, 61k stars, last release 5 months ago.
Listedfree tier61k starsCC-BY-4.0Agent Frameworks
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Dify

AI app platform for workflows, RAG, tools, and observability.

158k stars, active releases.
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Flowise

Open-source visual builder for AI agents and workflows.

NOASSERTION-licensed, 55k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier55k starsNOASSERTIONNo-Code/Low-Code Builders
4Favicon of Goose (Block)

Goose (Block)

A local AI agent for code, research, writing, and automation.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 55k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier55k starsApache 2.0Agent Frameworks
5Favicon of Aider

Aider

Terminal AI coding assistant that edits code in context.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 49k stars, last release 4 months ago.
Listedfree tier49k starsApache 2.0Coding Agents
6Favicon of Agency Swarm

Agency Swarm

Open-source framework for coordinating agent roles, prompts, and tools.

MIT-licensed, 4.6k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier4.6k starsMITAgent Frameworks
7Favicon of Smithery

Smithery

Connect AI agents to tools, auth, and reusable workflows.

Smithery connects AI agents to tools with Managed OAuth and 8,841+ MCPs. Plans run Free, Pro $20/month, and Enterprise custom.
Repository not available
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Skyvern

Open-source browser automation for login-heavy workflows.

AGPL-licensed, 23k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier23k starsAGPLBrowser Agents
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LLM Guard

Open-source filters for safer prompts and model outputs.

MIT-licensed, 3.2k stars, active releases.
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HOL Guard

Policy enforcement for AI agents that checks risky actions before execution.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 664 stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier664 starsApache 2.0Security AI Agents
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AIAgentSkills

Searchable directory for reusable agent skills and installable capabilities.

1 stars, active releases.
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LiteLLM

OpenAI-compatible gateway for routing, tracking, and governing LLM traffic.

NOASSERTION-licensed, 58k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier58k starsNOASSERTIONAgent Tools & Integrations
13Favicon of Qdrant

Qdrant

Vector database for AI search with hybrid retrieval and filtering.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 35k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier35k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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Promptfoo

AI security testing with red teaming, guardrails, and code scanning.

MIT-licensed, 25k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier25k starsMITSecurity AI Agents
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NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails

Programmable guardrails for LLM inputs, outputs, and retrieved content.

NOASSERTION-licensed, 7.1k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier7.1k starsNOASSERTIONAgent Tools & Integrations
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UpTrain

LLM evaluation and improvement platform for testing, monitoring, and regression checks.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 2.4k stars.
Listedfree tier2.4k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
17Favicon of Vertex AI Agent Builder

Vertex AI Agent Builder

Google Cloud platform for building and governing enterprise AI agents.

Vertex AI Agent Builder builds and governs enterprise AI agents, with BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and API integration. Plans: Free, Pay as you go, Custom.
Repository not available
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LangGraph

Framework for reliable AI agents with low-level control.

MIT-licensed, 42k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier42k starsMITAgent Frameworks
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CrewAI

Orchestrate collaborative AI agent workflows with visual control and APIs.

MIT-licensed, 59k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier59k starsMITAgent Frameworks
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n8n

Open-source workflow automation with visual builds and self-hosting.

204k stars, active releases.
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E2B

Cloud sandboxes for AI agents to run code and tools.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 14k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier14k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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01.AI Yi

Enterprise AI models for text, image, and code workloads.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 7.8k stars.
Listedfree tier7.8k starsApache 2.0AI Model Providers
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Opik

Trace, test, and monitor agent behavior in one platform.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 22k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier22k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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Weaviate

Open-source AI retrieval database with hybrid search and RAG.

BSD-licensed, 17k stars, active releases.
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MetaGPT

Multi-agent software workflows for engineering teams inside GitHub.

MIT-licensed, 71k stars, last release 8 months ago.
Listedfree tier71k starsMITCoding Agents
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Playwright MCP

Official browser automation for AI agents and web workflows.

Playwright MCP adds controlled browser automation for AI agents. Microsoft publishes it under Apache-2.0 with no paid plans.
Repository not available
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pgvector

Vector similarity search inside Postgres for embeddings and relational data.

23k stars, active releases.
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Cline

AI coding assistant for multi-file edits, commands, and editor workflows.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 70k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier70k starsApache 2.0Coding Agents
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OpenHands

Open-source platform for autonomous AI coding agents with sandboxed execution

MIT-licensed, 90k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier90k starsMITCoding Agents
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Base2026

Searchable, attributed evidence records from public expert videos.

Base2026 turns expert videos into searchable evidence records with a read-only API and MCP server. Public layer: 2,275 documents.
Repository not available
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ClineFlow

Open-source, Git-native project memory for AI coding agents.

MIT-licensed, 1 stars, active releases.
Certified1 starsMITAgent Tools & Integrations
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Open WebUI

Self-hosted AI workspace for chat, files, search, and multimodal work.

154k stars, active releases.
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RAGAS

Open-source LLM evaluation for repeatable experiments and tracked results.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 16k stars, last release 7 months ago.
Listedfree tier16k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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Stagehand

Open source browser automation with deterministic and agentic flows.

MIT-licensed, 26k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier26k starsMITBrowser Agents
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Trigger.dev

Background jobs and AI workflows on managed workers.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 16k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier16k starsApache 2.0Workflow Automation
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TruLens

Open-source evaluation for AI agents with trace-level scoring.

MIT-licensed, 3.6k stars, active releases.
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Inspect AI

Open-source framework for benchmarking models and agents.

MIT-licensed, 2.9k stars, active releases.
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Orkas

Local-first desktop workspace for coordinated AI agents and reviewed deliverables.

Orkas coordinates AI agents in a local-first workspace with Commander scheduling, reusable skills, and model flexibility. Plans start Free.
Repository not available
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CAMEL-AI

Open-source framework for code-first, stateful agent workflows.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 18k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier18k starsApache 2.0Agent Frameworks
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LiveKit Agents

Build, deploy, and monitor realtime AI agents.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 15k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier15k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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Langfuse

AI observability for tracing, prompts, evaluations, and analytics.

35k stars, active releases.
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Arize Phoenix

Open-source tracing and evaluation for agent workflows.

NOASSERTION-licensed, 12k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier12k starsNOASSERTIONAgent Tools & Integrations
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Crawl4AI

Open-source web crawling for LLM-ready outputs and browser control.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 85k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier85k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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LlamaIndex

Open-source document AI for turning files into agent-ready data.

MIT-licensed, 52k stars, active releases.
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Mastra

TypeScript framework for building, observing, and deploying AI agents.

29k stars, active releases.
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r/LocalLLaMA

Reddit hub for running LLMs locally, from models to hardware

Join r/LocalLLaMA to explore local AI: self-hosted LLMs, Qwen, Gemma, DeepSeek, inference tools, GPU builds, and more.
Listedfree tier
Repository not available
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Hermes Agent

Open-source AI workspace for chat, email, and terminal workflows.

MIT-licensed, 251k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier251k starsMITAgent Frameworks
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ECC

Open-source agent governance for consistent repo workflows.

MIT-licensed, 274k stars, active releases.
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Milvus

Open-source vector database for fast embedding search at scale.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 46k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier46k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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Zep

Context infrastructure for agents from memory, data, and behavior.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 4.9k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier4.9k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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Chroma

AI search infrastructure with local-to-cloud retrieval and metadata filtering.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 29k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier29k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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Semantic Kernel

A framework that turns prompts and APIs into function calls.

MIT-licensed, 29k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier29k starsMITAgent Frameworks
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PydanticAI

Typed agent workflows with explicit tools, hooks, and validation.

MIT-licensed, 20k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier20k starsMITAgent Frameworks
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SWE-agent

An LM-driven agent for repository-level coding tasks.

MIT-licensed, 20k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier20k starsMITCoding Agents
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Gemma

Open models for generation, retrieval, and safety checks.

Gemma offers open models for text, audio, image, retrieval, and safety checks, with deployment across devices and cloud.
Repository not available
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Hugging Face

A shared hub for models, datasets, and AI apps.

Hugging Face is an AI hub for models, datasets, and apps, with Spaces, Inference Providers, and Inference Endpoints. PRO starts at $9/month.
Repository not available
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MiniMax

Multimodal AI for text, voice, agents, and deployable infrastructure.

MiniMax turns text, audio, video, and music into outputs with Agent Harness, coding APIs, and private cluster deployment.
Repository not available
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Replicate

AI model inference and fine-tuning through a simple API.

Replicate exposes AI models through an API for images, speech, video, and LLMs. Usage pricing starts at CPU (Small) $0.000025/sec.
Repository not available
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Qwen

AI models for multilingual translation, image editing, and moderation.

Qwen provides multilingual translation, image editing, and real-time safety moderation across GitHub, Hugging Face, ModelScope, Qwen Chat, and Qwen API.
Repository not available
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Hume AI

Voice AI for human feedback, expressive synthesis, and speech interaction.

Hume AI combines Human Feedback API studies, voice cloning, and expressive speech generation across 50+ languages and 48+ emotions.
Repository not available
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CometChat

Embedded chat, voice/video, and AI conversations for product teams.

CometChat adds embedded chat, voice/video, and AI conversations with SDKs and UI kits. Plans start at $0/month; Enterprise starts from 10k MAU.
Repository not available
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LangGraph Platform

Deploy and govern production agents with tracing, evals, and APIs.

LangGraph Platform deploys production agents with tracing, evals, Fleet, and one-click APIs. Plans start at $0/seat/month.
Repository not available
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LangSmith

Trace, evaluate, and deploy agents in one platform.

LangSmith traces and evaluates AI agents with Observability, Evaluation, and Deployment. Plans start at $0 / seat per month.
Repository not available
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StackOne

Agent-to-app connectivity with managed auth and secure execution.

StackOne connects agents to 270+ integrations with managed auth, MCP, and 18,000+ actions. Starter is free; Core and Enterprise are custom.
Repository not available
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RunPod

GPU cloud for AI teams running training, inference, and agents.

RunPod provides GPU cloud for AI workloads, with Cloud GPUs, Serverless, and Clusters across 31 global regions. Pods: GPU is custom.
Repository not available
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Kite

AI-assisted coding that suggests snippets and completions in your editor.

Kite suggests code and relevant snippets inside the editor, with Python type inference and code search. It reached 500,000 monthly-active developers.
Repository not available
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Guardrails AI

Test, govern, and protect LLM apps before release.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 7.5k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier7.5k starsApache 2.0Agent Tools & Integrations
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Firecrawl

Live web pages to Markdown, JSON, screenshots, and semantic text.

AGPL-licensed, 189k stars, active releases.
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AutoGPT

Open-source AI assistants for continuous workflow automation.

188k stars, active releases.
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Pilot Protocol

Direct peer-to-peer networking for AI agents with trust handshakes.

AGPL-licensed, 146 stars, active releases.
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Haystack

Open-source AI pipelines with explicit control over retrieval, tools, and memory.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 27k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier27k starsApache 2.0Agent Frameworks
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Agno

Python agent framework and runtime with FastAPI scaffolding.

Apache 2.0-licensed, 43k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier43k starsApache 2.0Agent Frameworks
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Browser Use

Browser automation that turns instructions into structured outputs.

MIT-licensed, 117k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier117k starsMITBrowser Agents
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Activepieces

AI-assisted automations with templates, agents, and governance controls.

NOASSERTION-licensed, 25k stars, active releases.
Listedfree tier25k starsNOASSERTIONWorkflow Automation
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Langflow

Visual AI app and agent builder with Python flexibility.

MIT-licensed, 156k stars, active releases.
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