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A guide, with a monthly log of what changed
Choosing an open-source tool for AI agents, one dated card at a time
Cards for open-source AI agent tools, written from each project's own README. Guides set the tools for one job side by side, and once a month a log says what changed.
If you know the job, start with a guide: coding agents, browsers and screens, MCP servers, memory, sandboxes and the rest. If you know the name, the tools list has a card for each. Every card says who a tool might suit, how it runs and what its README says to check first.
The monthly log is the page to come back to. It names new tools, the ones that went quiet or were archived, and any change of licence, each with the day it was read.
Choose by job
All guidesAgent frameworks
Agent frameworks and harnesses supply the loop around a language model.
Browser agents
Browser agents let a model work a screen, and not only web pages.
Coding agents
A coding agent reads a codebase, edits files and runs commands on a developer's behalf, usually from a plain-language request.
MCP servers
Model Context Protocol servers give a coding agent extra abilities through a shared interface, such as searching code, recalling earlier work, fetching documents or operating another program.
Memory
Many agents start each session without what earlier ones learned.
Multi-agent orchestration
Some work is too big for one agent session.
Retrieval
A model only knows what is in its prompt and its training.
Sandboxes
Agents run code, open browsers and hold credentials, so people look for somewhere to run them that limits what they touch.
Workflow builders
A workflow builder lets someone assemble the steps around a language model, such as document lookup, tool calls and hand-offs, without writing the whole thing as code.
What changed
Every month- 127 tools on the list on 10 November 2026.
The first month of the log. Growth between two readings starts with the next one.
Every tool
All tools, A to ZEach tool has its own page, with its licence, its last push and the day each figure was read. Search by name, owner or a word from a card.
Seen in use
All videosIndependent practitioner
DeepSeek Harness controls a real iPhone over Wi-Fi | ESP32 Agent (esp32agent CLI)
Sells in this field
Introducing OpenUI Dashboards | Live dashboards for AI agents
Official source
Agent Teams That Ship: Run an Everything Factory with OpenRig
Independent practitioner
ESP32 Agent Setup Guide 1/3: Turn On AssistiveTouch & Install the Firmware
Independent practitioner
A $7 ESP32 lets an AI agent use your real iPhone (open source)
