DeepSeek Harness gained over 60,000 GitHub stars within hours of its August 2026 launch, establishing itself as the first fully modular open-source agent runtime where literally every component is a swappable plugin. Built on the Cordis framework—a programming paradigm for spatiotemporal composability—dsh decomposes the entire agent stack into independently replaceable pieces: model adapters for DeepSeek, Anthropic, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Azure, and Google Gemini; tool registries covering bash execution, file system operations, web search, subagent delegation, and todo management; plus session stores, sandboxes, approval policies, orchestration loops, and the user interface itself. Four operating modes serve different workflows: Standard provides the full toolset, Code mode uses model-generated code to compose multi-round tool calls, Minimal strips down to a shell and editor for benchmarking, and Creator mode lets developers inspect the running runtime and test Cordis plugins in memory. The kernel handles plugin mounting, unmounting, and dependency resolution while typed events and services coordinate between components. Profiles and bundles allow the same codebase to produce entirely different products—a terminal coding agent, a browser-based workspace, a headless automation service, or an ACP/JSON-RPC endpoint—by swapping YAML configuration layers. Session history is stored as an append-only event stream for full trajectory replay, and project-level hooks on agent lifecycle events enable fine-grained behavioral customization. MCP client integration connects to external tool servers, while Agent Client Protocol enables programmatic orchestration. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

OpenRouter's most-used application by token volume — over 17 trillion tokens processed — Hermes Agent is an open-source autonomous agent built by Nous Research that lives on your server and gets more capable every day. Define a goal in natural language and Hermes plans sub-tasks, executes them through tool integrations, observes results, handles errors, and refines until the job is done or it genuinely needs your input. Persistent memory with full-text search and LLM summarization lets it recall context across sessions, and an agent-created skills system self-improves after complex tasks. A messaging gateway connects Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, and 16 more platforms with cross-channel conversation continuity. A built-in cron scheduler runs daily reports, nightly backups, and weekly audits unattended. Subagent spawning parallelizes workstreams, and six terminal backends — local, Docker, SSH, Singularity, Modal, and Daytona — fit any infrastructure. Works with any LLM provider: Nous Portal, OpenRouter for 400+ models from 70+ providers, OpenAI, Anthropic, or your own endpoint. The API key you supply powers all LLM calls; billing goes through your own account. Running on a dedicated VPS with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Buzz delivers the first production workspace where humans and AI agents operate as cryptographically equal team members on a self-hosted Nostr relay. The Rust-based backend stores every message, code patch, CI result, review comment, and workflow step as a signed Nostr event in a unified PostgreSQL-backed event log with Redis pub/sub for real-time presence and S3/MinIO for media storage. The integrated Git forge implements NIP-34, turning feature branches into dedicated channels where patches, reviews, and merge decisions live alongside the discussion that produced them — eliminating the split between chat tools and code hosts. Through the open Agent Client Protocol, Buzz natively supports Goose, Anthropic Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex as first-class channel members with scoped permissions, their own audit trails, and the ability to create patches, run workflows, and orchestrate multi-step automations via YAML-defined triggers including message events, reactions, schedules, and webhooks. The Tauri-based desktop client runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux, while buzz-cli provides agent-first JSON I/O for headless automation. Deploy via Docker Compose with the production bundle in deploy/compose/, Railway one-click, or build from source requiring Rust 1.88+, Node 24+, and pnpm. Multi-community mode scopes tenant data by domain with NIP-42 Schnorr authentication, rate limiting, and hash-chain audit logging. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache 2.0 licensed.

With 83,000+ GitHub stars and $18.8M in Series A funding, OpenHands delivers the leading open-source platform for AI coding agents that scored 68.4% on SWE-bench Verified with Claude Opus 4.6, outperforming Devin 2.0's publicly reported 45.8%. The Agent Canvas web UI organizes work into persistent conversations where agents edit files, run shell commands, browse the web, and execute multi-step development tasks inside isolated Docker sandbox containers. The observe-plan-act loop drives agent behavior: the Python controller manages LLM abstraction via LiteLLM routing to 100+ providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, and local Ollama models. Built-in skills for code review, Docker management, PRD generation, repo-rules enforcement, release notes, and test running attach to conversations automatically via auto-discovery or trigger-based activation. The Automations system schedules recurring agent tasks with configurable templates for CI workflows, dependency updates, and documentation generation. MCP server integration enables agents to access external tools and data sources. The REST API powers an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for connecting agents to chat UIs, IDEs, and voice platforms. GitHub, GitLab, Slack, and Jira integrations enable pull request reviews, issue resolution, and team notifications. The SDK provides Python and REST APIs for embedding agents in custom tools with local or cloud execution, custom agent behaviors, and Kubernetes deployment. On RepoCloud, deploy OpenHands on a dedicated VPS with Docker socket access, persistent project storage, root SSH access, and complete control over your AI development infrastructure, all under the MIT license.

Webhooks, cron schedules, and app events trigger chains of nodes that fetch, transform, and route data: n8n is a workflow automation platform built around a visual, node-based editor. It ships with 400+ built-in integrations covering databases like Postgres, SaaS tools like Slack and HubSpot, and every major AI provider. When a pre-built node does not exist, the HTTP Request node calls any REST API, and the Code node runs JavaScript or Python inline, so you are never blocked by a missing connector. Workflows execute as directed graphs with branching, loops, error handling, and sub-workflows, and every run is logged for inspection and replay during debugging. It also includes LangChain-based nodes for building AI agents with tool calling and memory. Self-hosting on RepoCloud gives you unlimited workflow executions with no per-task pricing, and all data stays on your instance. Runs on Node.js with SQLite by default; add Postgres and Redis queue mode when you need to scale workers horizontally.

QM is Y Combinator's internal multiplayer agent infrastructure that shifts AI agents from personal assistants to shared company operating layer. The headless TypeScript core runs on Node.js with Fastify handling HTTP, Slack integration via Bolt, and a web UI built with Vite and Lit. PostgreSQL stores sessions, memory, queue state, and audit logs. Every person and every Slack channel gets an isolated sandbox with its own durable file system, installed tools that persist across runs, private memory, keychain view, permissions, and background crons. The harness-agnostic architecture routes agent tasks through Pi, OpenCode, Codex, or Claude Code without vendor lock-in, with production implementations swapping via a single wiring file. Three org-level security postures gate execution: Strict requires human approval for every tool call, Auto applies automated content screening, and Dangerous removes all pauses. Skills are scope-owned and shareable by grant, with admin-gated promotion to the entire organization and skill packs importable from Git repositories. The web apps feature lets agents spin up custom internal applications published to specific users. The qm CLI bootstraps operator-owned deployment directories with digest-pinned release images, infrastructure rendering, secret management, and live verification checks for Docker, Fly.io, or AWS ECS Fargate targets. On RepoCloud, deploy QM on a dedicated VPS with PostgreSQL persistence, Docker socket access, root SSH access, and complete control over your multiplayer agent infrastructure, all under the MIT license.

A personal AI assistant that remembers what it learns and reaches you wherever you are — OpenClaw is an open-source agent gateway built by the OpenClaw Foundation with 247,000+ GitHub stars. It connects to 200+ LLM models through providers like Anthropic, OpenRouter, and OpenAI, and meets you on 21+ messaging channels: Telegram, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage, Matrix, and more. Persistent memory with full-text search lets the agent recall context across sessions, and a self-improving skills system means it gets more capable the longer it runs. Voice wake words and talk mode enable hands-free interaction on macOS, iOS, and Android. A live canvas provides an agent-driven visual workspace. Built-in browser automation, cron scheduling for unattended tasks, and subagent spawning for parallel workstreams round out the toolset. The gateway architecture keeps all sessions, credentials, and conversation history on your own server — nothing transits a third-party cloud unless you choose to connect one. The API key you provide for your chosen LLM provider powers the underlying calls; billing goes through your own account. Running on a dedicated VPS with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Powering over $145K monthly recurring revenue as a one-person company and holding 34,000+ GitHub stars, Postiz has emerged as the most widely adopted open-source alternative to Buffer, Hootsuite, and Hypefury — combining social media scheduling with AI-driven content creation and agentic automation in a single self-hosted platform. The Next.js 14 frontend with React 18 and Tailwind CSS delivers a visual calendar and Canva-like design editor, while the NestJS backend orchestrates publishing across 30+ social networks including X, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest, Threads, Dribbble, Discord, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Facebook. Temporal handles durable workflow execution for reliable scheduled posting, retry logic, and background job processing. The built-in AI assistant generates post ideas, captions, hashtags, images, and short videos from natural language prompts — all within a single chat interface. An agentic layer exposes a CLI and MCP server that allow AI agents like OpenClaw, Claude, and ChatGPT to autonomously plan, draft, and schedule posts programmatically. Team collaboration includes role-based permissions, approval workflows, multi-workspace management for agencies, and commenting on scheduled content. A full REST API with a NodeJS SDK, N8N custom nodes, and Make.com integration enables automation pipelines. Analytics track engagement, reach, and growth across all connected accounts from a unified dashboard. The self-hosted stack deploys via Docker Compose with PostgreSQL, Redis, and Temporal pre-wired — no feature limitations compared to the cloud version. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Langflow turns LLM application development into a visual canvas where every node maps to a real LangChain primitive (chains, agents, retrievers, memory, vector stores, and tools) that teams wire together without writing integration boilerplate. The platform supports 15+ LLM provider components including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Groq, Cohere, Azure OpenAI, HuggingFace, and Ollama for fully local inference, with LiteLLM proxying to over 100 additional providers through a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Vector database integrations cover Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, Qdrant, Astra DB, OpenSearch, FAISS, and Milvus, while built-in Knowledge Bases introduced in version 1.8 allow RAG pipelines without any external vector service. Multi-agent orchestration enables agent-to-agent communication with conversation management, persistent Memory Bases for cross-session context retrieval, and step-by-step reasoning visibility in the interactive Playground. Every flow automatically becomes a callable REST API endpoint via the /run route and an MCP server exposable to Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client. Every component is a real Python class that developers can customize, extend, or replace, while Extension Bundles package third-party integrations as independent pip packages for modular installation. Tool integrations include web search, Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, GitHub, and custom REST API calls. Docker deployment with PostgreSQL persistence runs on port 7860. Backed by 153,000+ stars and DataStax. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Open source GrokBot, built by the team behind the AG-UI protocol. OpenBot is the open-source enterprise agent platform that gives every AI coworker its own sandboxed computer — a real Chromium browser with its own login sessions, a private filesystem, and only the MCP tools you explicitly grant. The centralized gateway evaluates CEL policy rules against tool name, intent, bot identity, page URL, element attributes, and file paths before any action executes, writing an immutable audit row for every call and outcome. Any agent that speaks AG-UI — LangGraph, Mastra, CrewAI, Pydantic AI, Google ADK, or hand-written endpoints — registers as a Bot and receives its own channel with persistent conversation history. The take-the-wheel system lets humans assume control when an agent encounters login walls or two-factor prompts, recording control transfers as structured audit events. Knowledge documents from Google Drive and OneDrive carry source-based permissions where deny principals always win and ambiguous mappings refuse retrieval entirely. The React and Vite frontend provides live screen viewing of each agent's browser, channel-based chat, admin settings, and component galleries. The Hono API server on port 3001 handles authentication, role-based access, tenant packaging, and credential management backed by PostgreSQL with pgvector. Deploy via Docker Compose with the included supervisor that manages per-bot computer containers. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

With over 14,000 GitHub stars and 41 releases since its May 2026 launch, Prime Agent delivers a fundamentally different approach to AI coding agents by treating the agent's own operating environment as programmable state that improves through use. The Recursive Language Model architecture provides the model exactly one tool — a persistent IPython kernel — where file operations, shell commands, subagent delegation via rlm() function calls, and context management all happen through code rather than rigid tool-calling schemas. Subagents launch as independent sessions with their own model, kernel, and history, communicating results through agent_message.send() without blocking the parent. The Continual Harness stores supplemental prompts, memories, skill descriptions, and reusable subagent specifications as durable state that the /refine command updates through small, evidence-backed edits with full rollback by ID. Daemon-backed sessions keep running when the terminal disconnects, with automatic context compaction summarizing older messages while preserving recent state. The TUI provides an Agent View for monitoring, switching between, and steering multiple live sessions simultaneously. Autonomous mode operates within configurable turn, token, and time budgets with user-defined quality gates. Persistent goals, heartbeats, and scheduled prompts maintain continuity across terminal sessions. Compatible with Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, local models via Ollama or vLLM, and Prime Inference endpoints. Install via a single curl command on Linux or macOS. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Seven million emails from a single binary peaking at 57 MB of RAM: listmonk is a high-performance newsletter and mailing list manager in Go with PostgreSQL as its only dependency - no Redis, no worker processes, no message broker. The project's own production benchmark sent 7+ million emails with the binary peaking around 57 MB of RAM, and throughput exceeds 100K emails per hour on modest hardware. Campaigns run through a multi-threaded, multi-SMTP queue with round-robin delivery, per-server concurrency, retries, and sliding-window rate limiting across providers like Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, or your own Postfix relay. Subscribers carry custom JSON attributes and are segmented with raw SQL queries, so any audience Postgres can express, listmonk can target. Templates use Go template syntax with 100+ functions for dynamic per-subscriber content, and the Vue dashboard reports opens, clicks, bounces, and unsubscribes with automated bounce processing. A REST API handles transactional email and programmatic control, a built-in media library hosts campaign assets, and CSV or API import migrates lists from hosted platforms. The economics are the headline: where Mailchimp pricing scales with list size, listmonk plus Amazon SES sends the same volume for hosting cost plus roughly $0.10 per thousand emails - commonly a 95% reduction - and your email list, a core business asset, stays on your own infrastructure. AGPLv3-licensed; bring your own SMTP provider for delivery.

DeerFlow 2.0 is ByteDance's ground-up rewrite that transforms what began as a Deep Research framework into a batteries-included super agent harness handling tasks lasting minutes to hours autonomously. Built on LangGraph and LangChain, the runtime orchestrates a lead agent that plans, decomposes, and delegates to sub-agents executing in isolated Docker or Kubernetes sandboxes with persistent filesystem access, while an extensible skills system lets developers add capabilities as Python functions or MCP servers with OAuth token flows. The harness ships with long-term memory using persistent event loops with per-agent isolation, scheduled task execution via cron, context engineering with manual compaction, and a web UI at localhost:2026 for interactive sessions. Model support spans OpenAI GPT-4o/GPT-5, Anthropic Claude via OAuth, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen via vLLM, and OpenRouter-compatible gateways with per-model pricing configuration. IM channel integration connects Telegram, Slack, Feishu/Lark, Discord, WeChat, WeCom, DingTalk, and Buzz without requiring a public IP — all using long-polling or WebSocket transports. Production deployment uses Docker Compose with nginx reverse proxy, PostgreSQL or SQLite persistence, Redis stream bridges for multi-worker scaling, and lease-based run ownership with automatic orphan recovery. The terminal workbench TUI enables headless operation. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

With over 2,100 GitHub stars in its first month and benchmarked at 30-75% lower cost than Claude Managed Agents on enterprise task suites, TrueForge is the open-source agent harness that provides the complete runtime layer for turning any LLM into a working production agent on your own infrastructure. The TypeScript server runs the full execution loop — streaming every step, routing tool calls through MCP servers with centralized header-auth and in-chat OAuth, delegating parallelizable work to isolated subagents, and pausing for human approval on sensitive actions. Context engineering keeps token costs low: deferred tool-schema loading delays MCP schemas until invoked, large-result offloading moves oversized outputs to files, Code Mode processes structured data through sandboxed execution, and automatic compaction summarizes older history at a configurable 50,000-token threshold while preserving the full transcript. The sandbox-as-a-tool architecture provisions isolated Daytona environments only when code execution is required, allowing one server to run many concurrent agents without idle overhead. Agents are configured from shipped YAML catalogs of models, MCP servers, git-backed SKILL.md instruction packs, and sandbox providers, then saved to an Agents Library accessible via the chat UI, TypeScript SDK, or embeddable React UI SDK. Run locally with SQLite via a single npx command, or deploy for teams with Docker Compose or Helm using Postgres and Redis with OIDC authentication. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Memoh delivers an open-source multi-agent platform where every AI agent gets its own computer — not a chat window but a fully isolated container with dedicated filesystem, desktop environment, browser, network stack, and persistent long-term memory that survives across sessions, days, and platforms. The containerd-based runtime ensures each bot operates in complete isolation with snapshot and data import/export capabilities. The memory engine uses LLM-driven fact extraction with hybrid retrieval combining dense embeddings via Qdrant, sparse vectors, and BM25, plus 24-hour context loading and automatic compaction — with Mem0 and OpenViking as drop-in alternatives. Ten communication channels connect agents to users through Telegram, Discord, Lark, QQ, Matrix, WeCom, WeChat, Email, Web UI, and group chats with cross-platform identity binding. MCP tool calling enables agents to interact with external services, while browser automation drives GUI workflows for web research and data extraction. Agent hosting supports running external coding agents like Codex and Claude Code inside Memoh workspaces via ACP with per-bot configuration. Scheduled tasks run without human triggers, and agents proactively reach out when needed. The web dashboard built with Vue 3 and Tailwind CSS provides streaming chat, tool call visualization, file management, model and provider configuration, and bot lifecycle management. Deploy via Docker Compose with PostgreSQL, Qdrant, sparse service, and the Go backend server. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

With 3,500+ GitHub stars and 100+ pre-built templates, OpnForm delivers a drag-and-drop form builder that handles everything from simple contact forms to multi-page surveys with conditional branching, calculations, and payment collection. The Laravel 11 API paired with a Nuxt 3 Vue frontend provides a responsive no-code editor supporting 20+ field types including text, date, file upload, signature capture, star ratings, phone numbers with country codes, and rich text. Conditional logic enables dynamic show/hide rules, required-field toggling, and calculated values that react to user input in real time. Submissions flow through configurable integrations — Slack notifications, Discord webhooks, Zapier connections to 5,000+ apps, Google Sheets sync, and custom webhook endpoints with full payload control. AI-powered form generation lets users describe a form in plain language and receive a ready-to-publish result. OIDC single sign-on with configurable state enforcement secures multi-user workspaces, while form-level passwords and CAPTCHA protection guard public-facing pages. Analytics dashboards track submission rates, completion times, and drop-off points. Forms embed via iframe on any website, Notion page, or custom domain with removable branding and custom CSS/JavaScript injection. The Docker Compose stack bundles the API, queue worker, scheduler, Nuxt client, PostgreSQL 16, Redis 7, and Nginx ingress proxy for a single-command deployment. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPLv3 licensed.

The most comprehensive open-source control plane for Hermes Agent — a full workspace combining AI chat, visual workflows, multi-agent orchestration, coding agent management, and platform channel integration in one self-hosted dashboard. Real-time chat streaming over Socket.IO connects to any OpenAI-compatible backend including Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, and custom endpoints with multi-session management, tool call expansion, inline file previews for HTML, PDF, DOCX, images, and source code, plus profile-scoped uploads and workspace attachments. The visual workflow builder provides a Vue Flow canvas for constructing DAG-structured pipelines with directed edges, conditional routes, approval gates, loops, and live execution with per-node status updates. Platform channel integration configures Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Matrix, Feishu, DingTalk, QQBot, WeChat, and WeCom bots from one page with credential management and per-platform behavior settings. Multi-agent group chat rooms enable real-time messaging with @mention routing, automatic context compression, and SQLite message persistence. The coding agent panel installs, launches, and monitors Claude Code and Codex with built-in terminal, session history, and file diffs. Usage analytics track token consumption, estimated costs, cache hit rates, and 30-day daily trends with model distribution charts. Kanban boards plan and track agent work alongside cron job scheduling for recurring tasks. Deploy via Docker, npm CLI, or desktop installer for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Marketing campaigns and transactional mail from one open-source platform: Notifuse is a modern, self-hosted alternative to Mailchimp, Brevo, and Klaviyo without per-email or per-contact pricing. Built with Go and React on PostgreSQL, it separates concerns cleanly: a drag-and-drop visual builder composes responsive templates from MJML components with Liquid variables like {{ contact.first_name }} and per-template version history; campaigns add A/B testing across subject lines, content, and send times; and a REST transactional API serves application-triggered mail. Delivery routes through your choice of provider - Amazon SES, Mailgun, Postmark, SendGrid, SparkPost, Mailjet, or plain SMTP - with multi-provider failover. Contacts carry custom fields and a full activity timeline (messages, profile changes, webhook events), and real-time segmentation builds dynamic rules over properties, activity, and subscriptions. Event-driven automations create behavioral sequences, a notification center gives recipients self-service preference management, and an S3-compatible file manager handles images with CDN delivery. Multi-tenant workspaces with isolated databases and custom domains suit agencies. Open and click tracking report engagement in real time.