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mem0ai/mem0

The Memory Layer for AI Agents - Drop-in memory infrastructure for AI agents and apps. Context that persists. Built for production.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
8 list mentions
First commit
2023-06-20
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
838 open
Forks
7,921
Commits
2,673 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+186 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+2 +0.1%
crewAIInc/crewAI

Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents. By fostering collaborative intelligence, CrewAI empowers agents to work together seamlessly, tackling complex tasks.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-17
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2023-10-27
License
MIT
Issues
749 open
Forks
8,757
Commits
2,987 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+230 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+34 +1.2%
wshobson/agents

Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Google Antigravity

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-07
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2025-07-24
License
MIT
Issues
8 open
Forks
4,220
Commits
569 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
ComposioHQ/composio

Composio powers 1000+ toolkits, tool search, context management, authentication, and a sandboxed workbench to help you build AI agents that turn intent into action.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-08
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-04-11
License
MIT
Issues
79 open
Forks
4,783
Commits
5,127 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
a2aproject/A2A

Agent2Agent (A2A) is an open protocol enabling communication and interoperability between opaque agentic applications.

AI dev
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2026-09-04
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-03-25
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
246 open
Forks
2,598
Commits
624 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
google/adk-python

An open-source, code-first Python toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-09
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2025-04-02
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
521 open
Forks
3,973
Commits
4,142 commits
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No 7-day history
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omnigent-ai/omnigent

Omnigent is an open-source AI agent framework and meta-harness: orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi, and custom agents — swap harnesses without rewriting, enforce policies and sandboxing, and collaborate in real time from any device.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-28
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6 list mentions
First commit
2026-06-13
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,538 open
Forks
1,635
Commits
4,165 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
strands-agents/harness-sdk

Build an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2025-05-16
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,006 open
Forks
1,383
Commits
2,987 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+81 +0.9%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+67 +2.3%
NVIDIA-NeMo/Guardrails

NeMo Guardrails is an open-source toolkit for easily adding programmable guardrails to LLM-based conversational systems.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-10
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2023-04-25
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
228 open
Forks
831
Commits
3,818 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
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
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
greyhaven-ai/autocontext

a recursive self-improving harness designed to help your agents (and future iterations of those agents) succeed on any task

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-14
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-02-12
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
16 open
Forks
115
Commits
2,209 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
rasbt/mini-coding-agent

Minimal and readable coding agent harness implementation in Python to explain the core components of coding agents.

Updated
2026-04-07
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-02
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
3 open
Forks
210
Commits
15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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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