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29 alternatives to Claude

These products are placed in AI agents & autonomous workflows, AI coding assistants & agents, AI writing & copywriting alongside Claude. The order reflects how much of Claude’s category footprint each one covers. It is not a ranking, and no company can pay to appear here.

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dify

dify.ai

Build Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Deploy on cloud, VPC, or self-hosted, so teams move from prototype to production without rebuilding the stack. dify is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under Other. Its repository has 150.8K GitHub stars and 23.8K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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150.8K
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23.8K
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Other
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today
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open-design

open-design.ai

🎨 The open-source Claude Design alternative. 🖥️ Local-first desktop app. 🖼️ Your coding agent becomes the design engine: prototypes, landing pages, dashboards, slides, images & video — real files, HTML/PDF/PPTX/MP4 ex. open-design is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under Apache License 2.0. Its repository has 82.7K GitHub stars and 9.6K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI coding assistants & agents, UI design & prototyping.

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82.7K
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9.6K
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Apache License 2.0
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today
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AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI. pi is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under MIT License. Its repository has 80.8K GitHub stars and 10K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI coding assistants & agents.

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80.8K
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10K
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MIT License
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today
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omo/lazycodex: The coding agent for tokenmaxxers;the one and only agent harness for complex codebases. For your Codex, for your OpenCode. oh-my-openagent is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under Other. Its repository has 66.8K GitHub stars and 5.5K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI coding assistants & agents.

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66.8K
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5.5K
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Other
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today
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ruflo

cognitum.one

🌊 The leading agent meta-harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory, self-learning intelligence, RAG integration, and. ruflo is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under MIT License. Its repository has 66.6K GitHub stars and 7.9K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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66.6K
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7.9K
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MIT License
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today
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headroom

docs.headroomlabs.ai

Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server. headroom is open source, written primarily in Python, released under Apache License 2.0. Its repository has 63.3K GitHub stars and 4.8K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI coding assistants & agents.

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63.3K
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4.8K
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Apache License 2.0
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today
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continue

continue.dev

open-source coding agent. continue is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under Apache License 2.0. Its repository has 35.2K GitHub stars and 5.1K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI coding assistants & agents.

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35.2K
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5.1K
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Apache License 2.0
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today
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FastGPT

fastgpt.io

FastGPT is a knowledge-based platform built on the LLMs, offers a comprehensive suite of out-of-the-box capabilities such as data processing, RAG retrieval, and visual AI workflow orchestration, letting you easily develo. FastGPT is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under Other. Its repository has 29.2K GitHub stars and 7.2K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows, Docs & knowledge bases.

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29.2K
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7.2K
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Other
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today
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haystack

haystack.deepset.ai

Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generatio. haystack is open source, written primarily in Python, released under Apache License 2.0. Its repository has 26.1K GitHub stars and 3K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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26.1K
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3K
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Apache License 2.0
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today
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A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET. agent-framework is open source, written primarily in Python, released under MIT License. Its repository has 12.5K GitHub stars and 2.1K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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12.5K
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2.1K
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MIT License
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today
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astron-agent

astron.ai

Enterprise-grade, commercial-friendly agentic workflow platform for building next-generation SuperAgents. astron-agent is open source, written primarily in Java, released under Apache License 2.0. Its repository has 9.3K GitHub stars and 875 forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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9.3K
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875
License
Apache License 2.0
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yesterday
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flowgram.ai

flowgram.ai

FlowGram is an extensible workflow development framework with built-in canvas, form, variable, and materials that helps developers build AI workflow platforms faster and simpler. flowgram.ai is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under MIT License. Its repository has 8.3K GitHub stars and 748 forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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8.3K
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748
License
MIT License
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today
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hatchet

hatchet.run

🪓 An orchestration engine for background tasks, AI agents, and durable workflows. hatchet is open source, written primarily in Go, released under MIT License. Its repository has 7.6K GitHub stars and 457 forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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7.6K
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457
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MIT License
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today
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open-multi-agent

open-multi-agent.com

TypeScript AI agent orchestration framework with dynamic workflows. Describe the goal, not the graph: a coordinator plans the task DAG at runtime and runs it on any LLM (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, or local models. open-multi-agent is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under MIT License. Its repository has 6.7K GitHub stars and 2.4K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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6.7K
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2.4K
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MIT License
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yesterday
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golutra

golutra.com

Multi-agent AI orchestration platform for automation, workflows, and developer tools. Golutra transforms Codex, Claude Code, and OpenClaw into a unified agent system with parallel execution, task orchestration, long-runn. golutra is open source, written primarily in Rust, released under Other. Its repository has 3.8K GitHub stars and 434 forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows, Workflow automation (Zapier-style).

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3.8K
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434
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Other
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9 days ago
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Auto-register & manage accounts for ChatGPT, Cursor, Kiro, Grok, Windsurf, Trae & 13+ AI platforms · Protocol/browser dual-mode · Plugin-based · One-click Mac/Windows desktop app. any-auto-register is open source, written primarily in Python, released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. Its repository has 3.1K GitHub stars and 1K forks, and was last committed to within the last two months. Niched places it in AI coding assistants & agents, API & integration platforms.

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3.1K
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1K
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GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Last commit
23 days ago
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Agent-MCP is a framework for creating multi-agent systems that enables coordinated, efficient AI collaboration through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The system is designed for developers building AI applications that. Agent-MCP is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under Other. Its repository has 1.3K GitHub stars and 169 forks, and was last committed to about 4 months ago. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.

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1.3K
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169
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Other
Last commit
4 months ago
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