The best Hands-On-AI-Engineering alternatives

langchain

langchain-ai/langchain

The agent engineering platform.

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• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
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• you specifically need anthropic or chatgpt

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mem0

mem0ai/mem0

The Memory Layer for AI Agents - Drop-in memory infrastructure for AI agents and apps. Context that persists. Built for production.

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• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
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• you specifically need agentic-memory or agentic-memory-system

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langgraph

langchain-ai/langgraph

Build resilient agents.

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• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
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• you specifically need chatgpt or deepagents

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GenAI_Agents

NirDiamant/GenAI_Agents

50+ tutorials and implementations for Generative AI Agent techniques, from basic conversational bots to complex multi-agent systems.

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• you would rather work in Jupyter Notebook than Python
• you want the more widely starred option (24.8k)
• you specifically need agentic-ai or autonomous-agents

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agents-towards-production

NirDiamant/agents-towards-production

End-to-end, code-first tutorials for building production-grade GenAI agents. From prototype to enterprise deployment.

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• you would rather work in Jupyter Notebook than Python
• you want the more widely starred option (21.8k)
• you specifically need agent or agent-framework

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WrenAI

Canner/WrenAI

GenBI (Generative BI) for AI agents, an open-source, governed text-to-SQL through an open context layer that turns natural-language questions into trusted dashboards, charts, and SQL across 20+ data sources, such as BigQuery, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Amazon Redshift, Databricks and more.

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• you want the more widely starred option (18.1k)
• you specifically need bigquery or business-intelligence

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GenAI-Showcase

mongodb-developer/GenAI-Showcase

MongoDB's Generative AI Showcase: an exhaustive collection of examples and sample applications covering Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, and industry-specific use cases.

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• you would rather work in Jupyter Notebook than Python
• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you specifically need artificial-intelligence or atlas

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LazyLLM

LazyAGI/LazyLLM

Easiest and laziest way for building multi-agent LLMs applications.

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• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need ai-agent or data

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open-webui

open-webui/open-webui

User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

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• you want the more widely starred option (157.6k)
• you specifically need llm or llm-ui

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headroom

headroomlabs-ai/headroom

Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.

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• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you want the more widely starred option (78.7k)
• you specifically need agent or anthropic

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crewAI

crewAIInc/crewAI

Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents. By fostering collaborative intelligence, CrewAI empowers agents to work together seamlessly, tackling complex tasks.

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• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (60.5k)
• you specifically need aiagentframework

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nanobot

HKUDS/nanobot

Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory, MCP, multi-agent workflows, automation, and chat apps

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• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (49.8k)
• you specifically need agent-framework or ai-agent

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