The open-source AI agent platform landscape
A maintained directory of 51 AI agent platforms: AI coworkers you delegate work to, the frameworks developers build agents with, workflow automation, browser agents, and coding agents. Every entry lists its exact license and hosting model.
Updated September 3, 2026 · How to choose · FAQ
Platforms that give an individual or a team persistent agents they can delegate work to through chat, a desktop, or a shared workspace.
Personal agent with a Linux desktop, browser, files, skills, and plugins.
Workspace for building AI coworkers and automations through chat, sharing them with a team, and running them interactively or in the background.
Desktop application for building and managing a workforce of agents that completes multi-step tasks.
Personal agent with memory, skills, tools, scheduled jobs, and messaging channels.
Local-first desktop coworker that works across documents and tasks with user-selected models.
Multi-model AI workspace with agents, tools, memory, code execution, and shared access controls.
Multi-model agent workspace with knowledge bases, plugins, and one-click or Docker deployment.
Extensible AI workspace for local and cloud models with knowledge, tools, and offline operation.
Assistant that connects models, tools, messaging channels, and companion applications through one gateway.
Desktop workspace for using and sharing agent workflows across files and connected services.
Desktop coworker that completes everyday tasks across files, applications, and Slack.
Local-first desktop AI workforce whose Commander coordinates specialist agents through one chat.
Control plane for assigning goals, roles, budgets, and work to teams of external agents.
Frameworks and visual tools developers use to create, connect, run, and inspect agents.
Python framework and runtime for building agents, serving them through an API, and managing them in a web interface.
Python framework for researching and building agents, multi-agent systems, tasks, and simulated environments.
Python framework for coordinating role-based agents and structured task flows.
Platform for building AI workflows, retrieval pipelines, and agentic applications with broad model support.
Visual builder for agents and language-model workflows.
Python framework for production retrieval, document-processing pipelines, and agents.
Visual and code-based platform for building agents and workflows that run as APIs or MCP servers.
Low-level framework for long-running, stateful agents with explicit control over the execution graph.
Framework and server for stateful agents with persistent memory.
Framework for building agentic applications over documents and data, with parsing, extraction, and multi-agent workflows.
Python multi-agent framework that models software and business roles as coordinated agent workflows.
Framework for building and coordinating agents across Python and .NET applications.
Python framework for agent and multi-agent workflows with tools, handoffs, guardrails, sessions, and tracing.
Typed Python agent framework with model portability, tools, and durable execution.
Collaborative visual workspace for building, deploying, and monitoring agents and workflows.
Compact Python library for agents that act through code or tool calls.
Platforms and runtimes for repeatable workflows, scheduled jobs, and event-driven processes, with or without AI steps.
Visual automation platform with integrations, AI steps, and a TypeScript extension framework.
Python platform for developing, scheduling, and monitoring batch workflows as code.
Visual business-automation tool for connecting services and running workflows without code.
Python orchestrator for building and operating data assets, pipelines, and automation.
System of agents that monitors events and performs actions on a schedule or in response to changes.
Workflow orchestration platform for data, infrastructure, and AI processes defined in code or a UI.
Visual platform for connecting applications and building workflows that can include code and AI agents.
Flow-based programming tool for connecting devices, APIs, and online services.
Event-driven automation platform with prebuilt integrations and steps in Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash.
Python framework for building, deploying, and observing workflows with schedules and event triggers.
Event-driven automation platform that connects services and takes actions through rules and workflows.
Durable execution platform that preserves application state and retries workflow steps through failures.
TypeScript platform for background jobs, workflows, and long-running AI tasks.
Developer platform that turns scripts into APIs, background jobs, workflows, and internal applications.
Agents specialized in operating web browsers and automating tasks on websites.
Agents specialized in writing, editing, and shipping code.
Terminal-based AI pair programming tool for creating and editing codebases with many model providers.
Autonomous coding agent available as an IDE extension, CLI, and SDK.
Coding agent from Block that runs locally as a CLI or desktop application and extends beyond code tasks.
Coding agent that runs straight from source on bun, no install step, fully auditable source, and extension system.
Coding agent optimized for low-cost models that emulates multiple agent harnesses.
Platform for software development agents that runs coding agents across local, remote, and cloud backends.
Full comparison
Every listed platform with its category, license, and hosting model.
| Platform | Category | License | Hosting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Zero | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT | self-hosted with Docker; desktop launcher available |
| Agenta | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT core, separately licensed enterprise features | self-hosted; hosted service available |
| Eigent | AI coworkers and teammates | Apache-2.0 | local desktop |
| Hermes Agent | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT | self-hosted; desktop application available |
| Kuse Cowork | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT | local desktop; optional Docker isolation |
| LibreChat | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT | self-hosted |
| LobeChat | AI coworkers and teammates | LobeHub Community License (source-available) | self-hosted or vendor-hosted |
| Open WebUI | AI coworkers and teammates | Open WebUI License (source-available) | self-hosted; vendor-hosted available |
| OpenClaw | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT | self-hosted on a device or server |
| OpenWork | AI coworkers and teammates | mixed, open-source and separately licensed portions | local desktop or organization-managed |
| OpenWorker | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT | local desktop |
| Orkas | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT | local desktop |
| Paperclip | AI coworkers and teammates | MIT | self-hosted |
| Agno | Agent builders and frameworks | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| CAMEL | Agent builders and frameworks | Apache-2.0 | library for self-managed applications |
| CrewAI | Agent builders and frameworks | MIT | self-hosted framework; vendor platform available |
| Dify | Agent builders and frameworks | Dify Open Source License (Apache-2.0 based, with conditions) | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| Flowise | Agent builders and frameworks | Apache-2.0 core, separately licensed enterprise features | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| Haystack | Agent builders and frameworks | Apache-2.0 | library for self-managed applications; vendor cloud available |
| Langflow | Agent builders and frameworks | MIT | self-hosted; vendor-hosted available |
| LangGraph | Agent builders and frameworks | MIT | library for self-managed applications; vendor platform available |
| Letta | Agent builders and frameworks | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted server; vendor-hosted available |
| LlamaIndex | Agent builders and frameworks | MIT | library for self-managed applications; vendor cloud available |
| MetaGPT | Agent builders and frameworks | MIT | library for self-managed applications |
| Microsoft Agent Framework | Agent builders and frameworks | MIT | library for self-managed or cloud applications |
| OpenAI Agents SDK | Agent builders and frameworks | MIT | library for self-managed applications |
| Pydantic AI | Agent builders and frameworks | MIT | library for self-managed applications; vendor platform available |
| Sim | Agent builders and frameworks | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| smolagents | Agent builders and frameworks | Apache-2.0 | library for self-managed applications |
| Activepieces | Workflow automation platforms | MIT core, separately licensed enterprise features | self-hosted or vendor cloud |
| Apache Airflow | Workflow automation platforms | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted; third-party managed services available |
| Automatisch | Workflow automation platforms | AGPL-3.0 core, separately licensed enterprise files | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| Dagster | Workflow automation platforms | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| Huginn | Workflow automation platforms | MIT | self-hosted |
| Kestra | Workflow automation platforms | Apache-2.0 core, separately licensed enterprise features | self-hosted or vendor cloud |
| n8n | Workflow automation platforms | Sustainable Use License (fair-code, source-available) | self-hosted or vendor cloud |
| Node-RED | Workflow automation platforms | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted |
| Pipedream | Workflow automation platforms | Pipedream Source Available License | vendor-hosted |
| Prefect | Workflow automation platforms | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted server or vendor cloud |
| StackStorm | Workflow automation platforms | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted |
| Temporal | Workflow automation platforms | MIT | self-hosted or vendor cloud |
| Trigger.dev | Workflow automation platforms | Apache-2.0 | self-hosted or vendor cloud |
| Windmill | Workflow automation platforms | AGPL-3.0 and Apache-2.0 core, separately licensed enterprise features | self-hosted or vendor cloud |
| Browser Use | Browser agents | MIT | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| Skyvern | Browser agents | AGPL-3.0 | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| Aider | Coding agents | Apache-2.0 | runs locally in the terminal |
| Cline | Coding agents | Apache-2.0 | runs locally in the IDE or terminal |
| Goose | Coding agents | Apache-2.0 | runs locally |
| Hotdog | Coding agents | MIT | runs locally |
| Open Interpreter | Coding agents | Apache-2.0 | runs locally |
| OpenHands | Coding agents | MIT | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |