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Best Open Source AI Agents

Editorial shortlist of open-source AI agents using DeepYard listing data, public source links, licensing metadata, and visible maintenance signals.

Verdict

Start with Codex CLI or Cline for terminal-first coding workflows, OpenHands for fuller autonomous software tasks, Browser Use for browser automation, and Open WebUI when self-hosted operator UX matters most.

This page is a curated buyer-facing shortlist, not a benchmark. Every factual claim below comes from stored DeepYard listing metadata, and the page shows the listing update range for the selected records.

Latest listing update: Aug 22, 2026Listing update range: Aug 22, 2026 to Aug 22, 2026Listings in this page: 8No pay-to-rank or sponsored ordering

These listings do not share one uniform observation timestamp. The page uses current stored records whose listing update dates span the range shown above.

Inclusion rules

Only entries in the agents category are eligible.
Each included listing must be marked open-source in stored catalog data.
Each included listing must be active and expose at least one first-party source link such as a website, docs page, or GitHub repository.
Ordering is editorial within this eligible set and does not imply independent testing or certification.

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Factual comparison table

Facts below come from current DeepYard listing fields and public source links only.

Tool	License / pricing	Deployment	Models	Public signals	Listing updated	Why it qualifies	Sources
Codex CLI OpenAI's official CLI coding agent — 64K+ stars	open-source / open-source	local, cli	gpt-4, o3, o4-mini	111.7K stars • 471 contributors • last commit Aug 22, 2026	Aug 22, 2026	license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed	Website Docs
Cline Autonomous AI coding agent in VS Code — 59K+ stars	open-source / open-source	vscode, local	claude, openai, gemini, ollama	66.6K stars • 315 contributors • last commit Aug 22, 2026	Aug 22, 2026	license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed	Website Docs GitHub
OpenHands Open-source AI software agent platform, formerly OpenDevin	open-source / open-source	cloud, local, self-hosted	claude, gpt-4, gemini, local-llm	84.8K stars • 459 contributors • last commit Aug 22, 2026	Aug 22, 2026	license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed	Website Docs GitHub
Browser Use Make websites accessible for AI agents — 80K+ stars	open-source / open-source	local, cloud, docker	openai, claude, gemini, any-openai-compatible	110.0K stars • 335 contributors • last commit Aug 21, 2026	Aug 22, 2026	license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed	Website Docs GitHub
Open WebUI Self-hosted AI chat interface with 125K+ stars — supports Ollama, OpenAI, and MCP	open-source / open-source	self-hosted, docker, local	ollama, openai, claude, gemini	149.5K stars • 391 contributors • last commit Aug 21, 2026	Aug 22, 2026	license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed	Website Docs GitHub
Gemini CLI Google's open-source AI agent for the terminal — 97K+ stars	open-source / open-source	local, cli	gemini	106.6K stars • 442 contributors • last commit Aug 22, 2026	Aug 22, 2026	license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed	Website Docs
Goose Block's extensible AI agent for the terminal — 33K+ stars	open-source / open-source	local, cli	claude, openai, gemini, ollama	53.2K stars • 449 contributors • last commit Aug 22, 2026	Aug 22, 2026	license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed	Website Docs
AgentGPT Deploy autonomous AI agents in your browser — 36K+ stars	open-source / open-source	cloud, self-hosted, docker	openai, claude	36.3K stars • 69 contributors • last commit Apr 29, 2025	Aug 22, 2026	license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed	Website Docs GitHub

Buyer segments

Terminal-first coding teams

For buyers prioritizing CLI ergonomics, local execution, and code-centric workflows.

Codex CLI
OpenAI's official CLI coding agent — 64K+ stars
open-source / open-source
license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed
Cline
Autonomous AI coding agent in VS Code — 59K+ stars
open-source / open-source
license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed
Gemini CLI
Google's open-source AI agent for the terminal — 97K+ stars
open-source / open-source
license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed
Goose
Block's extensible AI agent for the terminal — 33K+ stars
open-source / open-source
license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed

Self-hosted agent stacks

For teams that need deployable or self-hosted agent surfaces with more control over infrastructure.

OpenHands
Open-source AI software agent platform, formerly OpenDevin
open-source / open-source
license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed
Open WebUI
Self-hosted AI chat interface with 125K+ stars — supports Ollama, OpenAI, and MCP
open-source / open-source
license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed
AgentGPT
Deploy autonomous AI agents in your browser — 36K+ stars
open-source / open-source
license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed

Browser automation specialists

For builders whose main requirement is web interaction rather than general chat or IDE assistance.

Browser Use
Make websites accessible for AI agents — 80K+ stars
open-source / open-source
license open-source • pricing open-source • public repository listed

Source links

Codex CLI
https://github.com/openai/codex
Website Docs
Cline
https://cline.bot
Website Docs GitHub
OpenHands
https://www.all-hands.dev
Website Docs GitHub
Browser Use
https://browser-use.com
Website Docs GitHub
Open WebUI
https://openwebui.com
Website Docs GitHub
Gemini CLI
https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
Website Docs
Goose
https://github.com/block/goose
Website Docs
AgentGPT
https://agentgpt.reworkd.ai
Website Docs GitHub

Limitations

This page does not validate real-world task success, latency, or production reliability.
License and pricing labels are taken from stored listing data and can change upstream after an individual listing's stored update date.
Some listings publish richer public signals than others, so missing stars or contributor counts should not be read as zero quality.