The best astrid alternatives

openhuman

tinyhumansai/openhuman

OpenHuman is an open source personal AI for Mac, Windows and Linux — local-first memory, agent orchestration, and deep research.

Choose openhuman if…

• GNU General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (42.7k)
• you specifically need agent-orchestration or ai-assistant

Shares ai-agents, llm, mcp, rust with astrid.

openfang

RightNow-AI/openfang

Open-source Agent Operating System

Choose openfang if…

• you want the more widely starred option (18.3k)
• you specifically need agent-framework or open-source

Shares ai-agents, llm, mcp, rust with astrid.

lean-ctx

yvgude/lean-ctx

LeanCTX — Context Intelligence for AI systems.

Choose lean-ctx if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agentic-coding or ai

Shares ai-agents, llm, mcp, rust with astrid.

agent-desktop

vercel-labs/agent-desktop

Computer use CLI for AI agents

Choose agent-desktop if…

• you want the more widely starred option (22.7k)
• you specifically need accessibility or accessibility-api

Shares ai-agents, mcp, rust with astrid.

jcode

1jehuang/jcode

The most RAM efficient harness

Choose jcode if…

• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (21.7k)
• you specifically need ai or ai-agent

Shares llm, mcp, rust with astrid.

macro

macro-inc/macro

Macro is a unified workspace for teams: email, chat, docs, tasks, agents, calls, and CRM — @-linked together with shared AI memory.

Choose macro if…

• GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need agent or ai

Shares ai-agents, mcp, rust with astrid.

xerj

xerj-org/xerj

AI search engine and MCP server for bots and agents. One Rust binary indexes code, docs, logs, JSONL/CSV and PDFs for BM25 full-text, vector and hybrid search, code search without grep, agent memory and RAG. Elasticsearch-compatible API; Corpus Hub serves hundreds of reference memory corpora.

Choose xerj if…

• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you want the more widely starred option (19.0k)
• you specifically need agent-memory or bm25

Shares ai-agents, mcp, rust with astrid.

BrowserOS

browseros-ai/BrowserOS

🌐 The open-source Agentic browser; alternative to ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity Comet, Dia.

Choose BrowserOS if…

• GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need agent or automation

Shares ai-agents, llm, mcp with astrid.

kensaku

yjid/kensaku

Search inside documents, code, and even screenshots - instantly and locally. A free, open-source file launcher with OCR, semantic search, and MCP agent access.

Choose kensaku if…

• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need desktop or desktop-search

Shares ai-agents, mcp, rust with astrid.

paperclip

paperclipai/paperclip

The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work

Choose paperclip if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Rust
• MIT License suits your use better than 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 (113.4k)

Shares ai-agents, llm, mcp with astrid.

solidcraft

tangency-labs/solidcraft

SolidCraft: an open-source parametric 3D CAD application built in pure Rust. Desktop, web, and automation through MCP.

Choose solidcraft if…

• you want the more widely starred option (16.0k)
• you specifically need 3d-modeling or brep

Shares mcp, rust, wasm with astrid.

corsair

corsairdev/corsair

Connect your users to their apps

Choose corsair if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Rust
• you want the more widely starred option (15.7k)
• you specifically need agentic-ai or agents

Shares ai-agents, llm, mcp with astrid.