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open-multi-agent/open-multi-agent

Self-hosted TypeScript agent runtime with durable approvals and verifiable run records. Own it, approve it, audit it.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-18
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-31
License
MIT
Issues
4 open
Forks
2,434
Commits
572 commits
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No 7-day history
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builderz-labs/mission-control

Self-hosted control plane for AI agents: dispatch tasks, review runs, track spend, and operate OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, and other runtimes.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-12
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-22
License
MIT
Issues
53 open
Forks
120
Commits
538 commits
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+22 +0.3%
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0 0.0%
microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit

AI Agent Governance Toolkit — Policy enforcement, zero-trust identity, execution sandboxing, and reliability engineering for autonomous AI agents. Covers 10/10 OWASP Agentic Top 10.

AI dev
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2026-09-10
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4 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-02
License
MIT
Issues
267 open
Forks
1,113
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2,500 commits
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Helicone/helicone

🧊 Open source LLM observability platform. One line of code to monitor, evaluate, and experiment. YC W23 🍓

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-10
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8 list mentions
First commit
2022-11-29
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
170 open
Forks
685
Commits
5,488 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+15 +0.2%
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0 0.0%
microsoft/TaskWeaver

The first "code-first" agent framework for seamlessly planning and executing data analytics tasks.

Archived AI dev
Updated
2026-03-23
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3 list mentions
First commit
2023-09-11
License
MIT
Issues
53 open
Forks
780
Commits
657 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
agentscope-ai/agentscope-java

Build distributed, production-grade, long-running agents.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-17
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2 list mentions
First commit
2025-09-23
License
Apache-2.0
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911 open
Forks
1,495
Commits
1,248 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
AgentOps-AI/agentops

Python SDK for AI agent monitoring, LLM cost tracking, benchmarking, and more. Integrates with most LLMs and agent frameworks including CrewAI, Agno, OpenAI Agents SDK, Langchain, Autogen, AG2, and CamelAI

Updated
2026-06-25
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5 list mentions
First commit
2023-08-15
License
MIT
Issues
192 open
Forks
643
Commits
811 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+9 +0.2%
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0 0.0%
agent-infra/sandbox

All-in-One Sandbox for AI Agents that combines Browser, Shell, File, MCP and VSCode Server in a single Docker container.

AI dev
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2026-08-25
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2 list mentions
First commit
2025-09-10
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Apache-2.0
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70 open
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520
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125 commits
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ModelEngine-Group/nexent

Nexent is a zero-code platform for auto-generating production-grade AI agents using Harness Engineering principles — unified tools, skills, memory, and orchestration with built-in constraints, feedback loops, and control planes.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-10
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3 list mentions
First commit
2025-04-28
License
MIT
Issues
262 open
Forks
725
Commits
5,745 commits
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oomol-lab/open-connector

Open-source auth gateway connecting 1400+ SaaS providers to AI agents through SDK, CLI, MCP, HTTP, and OpenAPI.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-11
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2026-06-30
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
2 open
Forks
492
Commits
675 commits
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truefoundry/trueforge

The open-source agent harness - the runtime layer that turns an LLM into a working agent.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-10
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2026-07-23
License
MIT
Issues
91 open
Forks
396
Commits
585 commits
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agentgateway/agentgateway

Next Generation Agentic Proxy for AI Agents and MCP servers

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-07
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-03-18
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
296 open
Forks
815
Commits
2,596 commits
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No 7-day history
matt1398/claude-devtools

The missing DevTools for Claude Code — inspect session logs, tool calls, token usage, subagents, and context window in a visual UI. Free, open source.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-26
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-11
License
MIT
Issues
54 open
Forks
305
Commits
357 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
awslabs/agentcore-samples

Amazon Bedrock Agentcore accelerates AI agents into production with the scale, reliability, and security, critical to real-world deployment.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-05
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2025-07-16
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
429 open
Forks
1,317
Commits
687 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
Infisical/agent-vault

A HTTP credential proxy and vault for AI agents like Claude Code, OpenClaw, Hermes, custom agents + harnesses, and more.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-04
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-27
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
90 open
Forks
163
Commits
330 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
codejunkie99/agentic-stack

One brain, many harnesses. Portable .agent/ folder (memory + skills + protocols) that plugs into Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes, or DIY Python — and keeps its knowledge when you switch.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-12
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-15
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
3 open
Forks
282
Commits
199 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+3 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+2 +1.0%
future-agi/future-agi

Open-source, end-to-end platform for evaluating, observing, and improving LLM and AI agent applications. Tracing · Evals · Simulations · Datasets · Gateway · Guardrails. Self-hostable. Apache 2.0.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-07
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-23
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
809 open
Forks
583
Commits
4,849 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
dirac-run/dirac

Coding Agent singularly focused efficiency and context curation. Reduces API costs by 50-80% vs other agent AND improves the code quality at the same time. Uses Hash Anchored edits, massively parallel operations, AST manipulation and many many other optimizations. https://dirac.run/

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-14
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-04-09
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
12 open
Forks
91
Commits
1,086 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
sipyourdrink-ltd/bernstein

The open‑source AI Agents Governance & Orchestration framework: write the rules declaratively, Bernstein enforces them and produces the verifiable, replayable record. Free, Apache-2.0. https://bernstein.run

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-22
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-27
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
426 open
Forks
171
Commits
5,631 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
thClaws/thClaws

Open-source AI agent harness in native Rust — GUI, CLI, headless, and webapp from one binary. Multi-provider, MCP, skills, plugins, agent teams.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-05
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-20
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1 open
Forks
175
Commits
600 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
agentscope-ai/agentscope-runtime

A production-ready runtime framework for agent apps with secure tool sandboxing, Agent-as-a-Service APIs, scalable deployment, full-stack observability, and broad framework compatibility.

AI dev
Updated
2026-06-04
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2025-08-14
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
72 open
Forks
169
Commits
290 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
evilmartians/agent-prism

React components for visualizing traces from AI agents

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-08
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2025-07-22
License
MIT
Issues
15 open
Forks
22
Commits
446 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
rotorstar/hitl-protocol

Open HTTP protocol for human decisions in AI agent workflows. Service-hosted reviews, structured approvals, selections and forms, with optional messenger actions.

Updated
2026-10-06
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-02-23
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1 open
Forks
1
Commits
50 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%