Agents
14 guides. 10 radar.
Field tested / source verified
Typed receipts. May carry a verdict.
Radar
Discovery, not a verdict.
Field guides
14 strict entries
Paul Gauthier · stable
Aider
Git-native terminal pair-programmer. BYOK, automatic commits, no IDE lock-in.
local
from $0/moshipSourcegraph · beta
Amp
Sourcegraph agentic coding harness with orb-hours and optional ChatGPT/Grok attachment.
managed · hybrid
from $20/mosituationalAnthropic · stable
Claude Code
Anthropic terminal coding harness: edits, runs tests, and uses git inside the repo.
local · hybrid
from $17–$20/moshipCline · stable
Cline
Open-source VS Code agent that plans, edits, and runs commands in the editor.
local
from $0/mosituationalAnysphere · stable
Cursor
AI-first editor (VS Code fork) with agent mode, tab completions, and a headless CLI.
local · managed
from $0/moshipBlock / AAIF · beta
Goose
Open local agent from Block: recipes, MCP, BYOK, desktop and CLI.
local
from $0/mosituationalSpaceXAI / Cursor · beta
Grok Bot
Managed AI teammates with persistent cloud computers, shared routines, and parallel work.
managed
from $200/mosituationalSpaceXAI · beta
Grok Build
Open-source terminal coding harness with TUI, headless automation, ACP, plugins, and sandbox controls.
local · hybrid
from $0/mosituationalNous Research · beta
Hermes Agent
MIT-licensed personal and super-agent with persistent memory, messaging, schedules, subagents, and a learning loop.
local · self-hosted · hybrid
from $0/mosituationalKilo · beta
Kilo Code
Open BYOK coding harness spanning IDE, CLI, and cloud routing.
local · hybrid
from $0/mosituationalOpenAI · stable
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI coding harness spanning terminal CLI, IDE, and cloud tasks on ChatGPT plans.
local · hybrid · managed
from $20/mosituationalOpenClaw Foundation · beta
OpenClaw
Open-source personal agent that runs on your devices and works through chat channels, tools, skills, and schedules.
local · self-hosted · hybrid
from $0/mosituationalanomalyco · beta
OpenCode
Open-source coding harness with TUI, headless serve, and an OpenAPI control surface.
local
from $0/moshipMario Zechner · beta
Pi
Minimal open coding-agent toolkit: TUI, SDK, RPC, extend instead of feature-bloat.
local
from $0/mosituationalRadar
Obscure, early, or insufficiently reproduced. Every card links the canonical project; none carries a verdict.
ByteDance · beta
DeerFlow
Super-agent harness for long-horizon research and production tasks using skills, memory, sandboxes, and subagents.
self-hosted · hybrid
NEAR AI · experimental
IronClaw
Security-oriented personal-agent project using isolated execution and a heavier self-hosted architecture.
self-hosted
LibreFang community · experimental
LibreFang
Community-governed agent control-plane fork exploring an alternative governance path to OpenFang.
local · self-hosted
NanoCo AI · experimental
NanoClaw
Small container-oriented personal agent with a deliberately narrower surface than full agent operating systems.
local · self-hosted
NullClaw · experimental
NullClaw
Zig personal-agent experiment focused on an unusually small runtime and portable local deployment.
local · self-hosted
RightNow AI · experimental
OpenFang
Agent operating-system project combining autonomous workers, schedules, tools, and a multi-agent control plane.
local · self-hosted
Miosa · experimental
OSA
Local system-agent project packaging model flexibility and computer access behind a guided installer.
local
Sipeed · experimental
PicoClaw
Tiny personal-agent runtime aimed at old phones, single-board computers, and other constrained edge hardware.
local · self-hosted
TinyAGI · experimental
TinyAGI
Multi-team, multi-channel orchestration project aimed at turning agent groups into a small autonomous company.
self-hosted
ZeroClaw Labs · experimental
ZeroClaw
Rust personal-agent runtime exploring a single-binary path across providers, channels, memory, and tools.
local · self-hosted
Layers represented
Coding harness
Works inside repositories and runs code, commands, tools, and review loops.
Control plane
Supervises several agents, harness sessions, schedules, and handoffs.
Personal agent
Persistent single-operator agent with memory, schedules, tools, and chat channels.
Work agent
Managed teammate that owns longer business workflows, often on its own cloud computer.