AI agents
The deployed-product layer atop raw models — coding agents, browser agents, autonomous assistants. 4 of 17 tracked.
Cline
Clinecoding·open source
VS Code extension AI coding agent. 5M+ installs — the most-installed open-source coding agent.
OpenCode
OpenCodecoding·open source
Open-source CLI coding agent. ~147K stars by April 2026. Official GitHub Copilot partnership lets paid Copilot subscribers auth directly into it.
OpenClaw
Erik Steinbergergeneral·open source
Open-source autonomous AI agent (formerly Clawdbot, Moltbot — lobster theme). Self-hosted; supports Claude, GPT, KIMI, MiMo, Qwen 3, Llama 4, Mistral, plus local models via Ollama. ~347K GitHub stars.
Hermes Agent
Nous Researchgeneral·open source
Open-source AI agent from Nous Research with a built-in learning loop — creates skills from experience, persists knowledge, builds a model of its user across sessions. ~60K stars in two months.