The best yao alternatives

DeepSeek-Reasonix

esengine/DeepSeek-Reasonix

DeepSeek-native AI coding agent for your terminal. Engineered around prefix-cache stability — leave it running.

Choose DeepSeek-Reasonix if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (36.1k)
• you specifically need agent or agent-framework

Shares coding-agent, deepseek, dsh, dsh-plugin with yao.

ouroboros

Q00/ouroboros

Agent OS: the agent gets smarter on its own. We just hold the line: Interview-gated, staged evaluation, budgeted evolution loop. MCP server, 14 runtimes: Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Copilot, Kiro and more.

Choose ouroboros if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you specifically need agent-os or agentic-ai

Shares claude-code, coding-agent, deepseek, dsh with yao.

agency-agents-zh

jnMetaCode/agency-agents-zh

🎭 277 个即插即用的 AI 专家角色 — 支持 Claude Code/Cursor/Copilot 等 20 种工具，覆盖工程/设计/营销/金融等 20 个部门。含 64 个中国市场原创智能体（小红书/抖音/微信/飞书/钉钉/Qt 上位机/机械设计）。搭配编排器 agency-orchestrator，一句话即可让多位专家按 DAG 自动协作。

Choose agency-agents-zh if…

• you would rather work in Shell than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (21.9k)
• you specifically need agency-orchestrator or agent-definitions

Shares ai-agents, claude-code, deepseek, no-code with yao.

gentle-ai

Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai

Gentle-AI configures the AI coding agents you already use: Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Codex, Pi, and more. Choose persistent memory, Spec-Driven Development, curated skills, MCP servers, personas, and optional bounded review. Open source, no agent lock-in.

Choose gentle-ai if…

• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you specifically need ai-coding or code-review

Shares agent-skills, ai-agents, claude-code, mcp with yao.

Kun

KunAgent/Kun

Local-first AI agent workspace for coding, writing, design, research, and automation — one runtime for desktop GUI and TUI.

Choose Kun if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you specifically need agentic-workflow or ai-agent

Shares coding-agent, deepseek, local-first, mcp with yao.

modlens

liustack/modlens

The first vision plugin for DeepSeek Harness, and the vision bridge for every text-only coding agent. Paste an image, get structured JSON evidence (OCR, layout, semantics). | 全网最强 DeepSeek Harness 外挂视觉插件，为 DeepSeek、GLM 等纯文本模型外挂视觉能力，粘贴图片即得结构化 JSON 证据（OCR、版面、语义）。

Choose modlens if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you specifically need claude-skills or codex

Shares agent-skills, claude-code, deepseek, dsh with yao.

Vibe-Skills

foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills

Intelligent Skill routing and workflow orchestration for AI agents — +21.12 pp reward, −29.6% tokens on SkillsBench with DeepSeekV4Flash-VE.

Choose Vibe-Skills if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agent-framework or agentic-coding

Shares agent-skills, ai-agents, claude-code, dsh-plugin with yao.

J-Space-Cognition-Suite-V3.7

Tiger3807861189/J-Space-Cognition-Suite-V3.7

J-Space Cognition Suite V3.7 - AI cognitive-enhancement Skills based on Anthropic's J-space global workspace research. | 哔哩哔哩：Tiger380 (UID 3494375382321675) — https://space.bilibili.com/3494375382321675

Choose J-Space-Cognition-Suite-V3.7 if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ai or ai-agent

Shares agent-skills, ai-agents, claude-code, deepseek with yao.

OmniRoute

diegosouzapw/OmniRoute

Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 352 providers (150+ free), 1200+ models Kimi, Claude, GPT, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline & Copilot. Quota-aware auto-fallback, RTK+Caveman compression saves 15-95% tokens, MCP/A2A, Desktop/PWA. Built by 550+ contributors

Choose OmniRoute if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (84.4k)
• you specifically need a2a or ai-gateway

Shares ai-agents, claude-code, deepseek, mcp with yao.

cherry-studio

CherryHQ/cherry-studio

AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs

Choose cherry-studio if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
• you want the more widely starred option (53.2k)
• you specifically need ai-agent or codex

Shares agent-skills, claude-code, deepseek, deepseek-harness with yao.

CowAgent

zhayujie/CowAgent

Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge. Multi-agent, multi-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install. (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat)

Choose CowAgent if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (47.8k)
• you specifically need ai or ai-agent

Shares ai-agents, claude-code, deepseek, mcp with yao.

agents

wshobson/agents

Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Google Antigravity

Choose agents if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you need a detected license — this one reports MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (42.2k)
• you specifically need agentic-ai or agents

Shares agent-skills, ai-agents, claude-code, mcp with yao.