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wigolo

KnockOutEZ/wigolo

The go-to web for your AI coding agent — local-first search, fetch, crawl & research over MCP. No API keys, no cloud, $0/query. Public beta.

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• 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 ai-agent or claude

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herdr

herdrdev/herdr

the runtime your coding agents live on

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• you would rather work in Rust than TypeScript
• you specifically need agent-orchestration or ai-agents

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qwen-code

QwenLM/qwen-code

An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.

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• you specifically need agentic or ai-agent

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superset

superset-sh/superset

Superset is an agentic IDE to orchestrate 100+ coding agents in parallel. Run any agent with your own subscription.

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• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ade or agent-orchestration

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OpenHands

OpenHands/OpenHands

🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development

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• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (92.6k)
• you specifically need artificial-intelligence or chatgpt

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Graft

trailhq/Graft

Turbocharge Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini & every coding agent: faster, cheaper, with contextual understanding specific to your codebase.

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• 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 prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need ai-agents or anthropic

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zcf

UfoMiao/zcf

Zero-Config Code Flow for Claude code & Codex

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

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OfficeCLI

iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI

OfficeCLI is the first and best Office suite purpose-built for AI agents to read, edit, and automate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Free, open-source, single binary, no Office installation required.

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• you would rather work in C# than TypeScript
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need claude-code or codex

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career-ops

career-ops-hq/career-ops

Open-source AI job search: scan job portals, evaluate listings into a structured A-H report with a global 1-5 score, tailor your CV, track applications — runs locally in your AI coding CLI (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Antigravity…)

Choose career-ops if…

• you would rather work in JavaScript than TypeScript
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you want the more widely starred option (79.7k)
• you specifically need ai-agent or anthropic

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JeecgBoot

jeecgboot/JeecgBoot

【低代码v2.0，一句话即可生成整个系统】企业级AI低代码平台，一键生成前后端代码甚至整个系统。 AI Skills 一句话画流程、设计表单、生成报表、大屏。内置 AI应用平台涵盖：AI聊天、知识库、流程编排、MCP插件等，兼容主流大模型。引领AI低代码「Skills 生成 → 在线配置 → 代码生成 → 手工合并->AI修改」开发模式，解决 Java 项目 90% 重复工作，提高效率又不失灵活。

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• you would rather work in Java than TypeScript
• you want something your agent can install directly rather than a library to wire up yourself
• you specifically need activiti or antd

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CopilotKit

CopilotKit/CopilotKit

The Frontend Stack for Agents & Generative UI. React, Angular, Mobile, Slack, and more. Makers of the AG-UI Protocol

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• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need agent-native or agentic-ai

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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 would rather work in Go than TypeScript
• 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 specifically need agent-framework or ai-agent

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