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📖 The AI Tool Bible

Open-source AI tools

Editorial picks for "best open source ai tools".

48 tools

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Agents · BYO (Claude / GPT / open)
8.4

Python framework for multi-agent orchestration.

Freemium· Basic: Free · Enterprise: Custommulti-agentorchestration
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Cline

Coding · Model-agnostic: Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), DeepSeek, Grok, Mistral, Cerebras, plus local Ollama/LM Studio
8.7

Open-source agentic coding assistant that plans, edits, and runs code inside your IDE

Freemium· ClinePass: $9.99/monthMulti-file feature scaffoldingLarge-scale refactors
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Google Vertex AI

Agents · Gemini 2.5 (Pro/Flash/Nano), Imagen, Veo, Chirp, plus Model Garden (Llama, Mistral, Claude via partner)
8.6

Google Cloud's unified platform for building, deploying, and scaling enterprise AI agents and models.

Paid· Image Data - Training (Classification): $3.465 / 1 hour · Image Data - Training (Object Detection): $3.465 / 1 hour · Image Data - Deployment and Online Prediction: $1.375 / 1 hour · Image Data - Batch Prediction: $2.222 / 1 hour · Tabular Data - Training (Classification/Regression): $21.252 / 1 hourEnterprise RAG chatbotMulti-agent customer service
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Glean

Agents · Model-agnostic: routes across 35+ LLMs including GPT-4o, Claude 3.5/4 Sonnet, Gemini 1.5/2, Llama 3, Mistral, plus Glean in-house models
8.5

Work AI platform that unifies enterprise knowledge, search, and agents

Enterprise· Enterprise pricing only; commonly reported in the $40-50/user/month range with a floor typically starting around 100 seats. No public self-serve tier. Contact sales for a quote.Enterprise search across Slack, Drive, Confluence and JiraCompany-wide AI assistant with citations
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Aider

Coding · BYO (Claude / GPT-4 / Gemini / DeepSeek)
8.4

Terminal-based AI pair programmer that writes commits.

Free· Free / open-source; you pay the underlying LLM API costsCLIgit workflow
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Amp (Sourcegraph)

Coding · GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, GPT Image 2 (frontier multi-model)
8.4

Frontier coding agent from Sourcegraph with pass-through model pricing

Freemium· Basic: $10 · Pro: $20 · Enterprise: Contact salesMulti-file refactors across large repositoriesAgentic code generation with subagent parallelism
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ChatGLM (Zhipu Qingyan)

Agents · GLM-4, GLM-4V, GLM-4-Air/Flash, CogView, CogVideoX (ChatGLM family, Zhipu AI / Tsinghua KEG)
8.4

Zhipu AI's bilingual ChatGLM assistant with agents, code, image and video generation

Freemium· Free consumer tier (chatglm.cn); paid API tiers via Zhipu Open Platform (bigmodel.cn) priced per million tokens by model (GLM-4, GLM-4-Air, GLM-4-Flash, GLM-4V, CogVideoX); enterprise/private deployment on requestChinese-language document drafting and rewritingChinese-English translation and localisation
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PyCaret

Coding · Multi-model (scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost)
8.4

Low-code Python AutoML library that wraps scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM and friends behind a few-line API.

Free· Free and open-source (MIT license)automlclassification
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Quivr

RAG · Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Gemma)
8.4

Open-source RAG framework for building custom AI assistants over your own documents in a few lines of Python.

Free· Open source (pip install quivr-core); pay only for LLM/vector-store usagedocument-qacustom-knowledge-base
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Semantic Kernel

Agents · Multi-model
8.4

Microsoft's open-source SDK for wiring LLMs, plugins, and agents into enterprise .NET, Python, and Java apps.

Free· Free, MIT-licensed SDK; you pay for the underlying model APIsagent-orchestrationllm-plugins
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Helicone

Evaluation · Platform (any LLM)
8.3

Open-source LLM observability — one-line proxy install.

Freemium· Free 100k req/mo; Pro from $25/moobservabilitycost tracking
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n8n

Agents · Multi-model
8.3

Source-available workflow automation with first-class AI-agent and RAG building blocks.

Freemium· Starter: 20€ · Pro: 50€ · Business: 667€ · Enterprise: Contact Salesai-agentsworkflow-automation
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AgentOps

Agents · Multi-model
8.2

Observability and debugging platform purpose-built for AI agents, with time-travel replay and cost tracking across 400+ LLMs.

Freemium· Free up to 5,000 events; Pro from $40/mo; Enterprise customagent-observabilityllm-tracing
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Arize AI

Evaluation · Multi-model
8.2

Enterprise observability and evaluation platform for LLM agents and generative AI applications.

Freemium· AX Free: Free · AX Pro: $50 · AX Enterprise: Customllm-observabilityagent-evaluation
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Agents · Multi-model (BYO LLM; Claude in hosted Box)
8.2

Open-source browser automation harness and cloud platform for LLM agents that drive real websites.

Freemium· PAYG: $0 · Dev: $29 · Business: $299 · Scaleup: $999web-automationscraping
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Claude Code

Coding · Claude (Opus / Sonnet / Haiku)
8.2

Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads, edits, and ships code from the terminal, IDE, or web.

Freemium· Free: $0 · Pro: $20 · Max 5x: $100 · Max 20x: $100 · Standard seat: $20agentic-codingcodebase-refactor
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Daytona

Agents
8.2

Secure, isolated sandboxes for running AI-generated code with sub-90ms cold starts.

Freemium· Pay-per-second from $0.000014/sec; $200 free creditagent-sandboxescode-interpreters
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HyperFrames

Video · Multi-model (Claude Code skill; BYO agent)
8.2

Open-source video composition framework that lets AI agents build videos by writing HTML, CSS, and JS.

Free· Free, open-source (Apache 2.0)agent-driven videoprogrammatic video
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Writing · Multi-model (local open-weights + OpenAI/Claude/Gemini via API)
8.2

Open-source desktop ChatGPT alternative that runs local LLMs and routes to cloud providers from one app.

Free· Free and open source; bring-your-own keys for cloud modelslocal-llm-chatprivate-ai-assistant
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LibreChat

Writing · Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, AWS Bedrock, Azure, Ollama, and others)
8.2

Open-source, self-hostable ChatGPT-style frontend that brings every major LLM provider under one roof.

Free· Free and open source; self-hosted (you pay model providers for API usage)multi-model chatself-hosted chatgpt
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LTX Studio

Video · LTX-2, LTXV-13B, Veo 3, Flux.2
8.2

Storyboard-first AI video platform from Lightricks with shot-level camera and character control.

Freemium· Free: €0 · Lite: €15 · Standard: €35 · Pro: €125text-to-videostoryboarding
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Vespa

RAG · Hosted search engine (not an LLM)
8.2

Yahoo's open-source search engine with vector + sparse retrieval.

Freemium· Free open-source; Vespa Cloud paidlarge-scale searchranking
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Berkeley Function-Calling Leaderboard

Evaluation · Multi-model
8.1

Open benchmark from UC Berkeley that ranks LLMs on real-world tool-use and function-calling accuracy.

Free· Free and open source; you pay only for inference when reproducing runs.function-calling evaltool-use benchmarking
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Cube

RAG · Multi-model
8.1

Semantic layer that grounds LLM agents in your real business metrics instead of letting them hallucinate SQL.

Freemium· Cube Core open source; Cube Cloud paid, contact salessemantic-layerembedded-analytics
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Langflow

Agents · Multi-model
8.1

Open-source visual builder for LangChain-style AI agents and RAG pipelines.

Freemium· Open-source free; hosted free tier + paid enterprise via DataStaxagent-prototypingrag-pipelines
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Mastra

Agents · Multi-model (90+ providers)
8.1

Open-source TypeScript framework for building, deploying, and observing AI agents and workflows.

Freemium· Starter: $0 · Teams: $250 · Enterprise: Custom pricingai-agentsworkflow-orchestration
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MLflow

Evaluation · Multi-model
8.1

Open-source platform for tracking, evaluating, and deploying ML models and LLM applications.

Free· Free and open source (Apache 2.0); managed offering via Databricksllm-evaluationexperiment-tracking
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Repomix

Coding · ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok
8.1

Packs an entire codebase into a single AI-friendly file so LLMs can actually read your repo.

Free· Free and open source (MIT)codebase-to-llmcode-review
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Respeecher

Audio · Proprietary Respeecher voice models
8.1

Studio-grade AI voice cloning and TTS used by Hollywood productions for speech-to-speech and dubbing work.

Freemium· Free trial; TTS API $2/hour pay-as-you-go; custom enterprise pricing for voice cloningvoice-cloningtext-to-speech
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Windsurf

Coding · SWE-1.6 Fast (plus Claude Agent, OpenCode via ACP)
8.1

AI-native IDE turned agent command center, now folded into Cognition's Devin lineup.

Freemium· Free; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/seat; Enterprise customai-idecoding-agents
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ChatGPT

Writing · GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, o-series reasoning models
8.0

OpenAI's flagship conversational assistant, and the default benchmark every other chatbot is measured against.

Freemium· Basic: $10 · Pro: $20 · Enterprise: Contact saleswritingcoding
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Gemini CLI

Agents · Gemini 3
8.0

Google's open-source terminal agent that brings Gemini 3 into your shell for codebase edits and workflow automation.

Freemium· Free tier with Google account; paid via Google One / AI subscriptionsterminal-coding-agentcodebase-editing
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Hume AI

Audio · Octave, EVI, TADA
8.0

Emotionally intelligent voice AI with expressive TTS, speech-to-speech, and human-feedback evaluation APIs.

Freemium· Free: $0 · Starter: $3 · Creator: $7 · Pro: $70 · Scale: $200expressive-ttsvoice-cloning
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OpenHands

Agents · Multi-model (Claude, Gemini, GPT/Codex)
8.0

Open-source autonomous coding agent that plans, edits, and ships changes across real codebases.

Freemium· Open Source: Free · Individual: Free · Enterprise: Custom pricingautonomous-codingpr-review
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pgMagic

Coding · OpenAI (user-supplied API key)
8.0

Mac desktop client that lets you chat with your Postgres database in natural language using your own OpenAI key.

Paid· AU$22 one-time license; bring your own OpenAI API keynatural-language-to-sqlpostgres-client
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Rivet

Agents · Multi-model
8.0

Open-source visual IDE for building and debugging LLM agent graphs.

Free· Free and open source (MIT)agent-orchestrationprompt-chaining
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Khoj

Agents · Multi-model
7.9

Open-source personal AI that builds agents, searches your documents, and automates research across local files and the web.

Freemium· Free self-hosted; paid cloud tier on app.khoj.devpersonal-knowledge-baseagent-building
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LLM Stats

Evaluation · Multi-model
7.9

Live leaderboard and side-by-side comparison hub for 300+ frontier LLMs across reasoning, coding, and multimodal benchmarks.

Free· Free to browse; underlying model usage billed by each providermodel-comparisonbenchmark-tracking
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TypingMind

Writing · Multi-model (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, local)
7.7

BYOK chat frontend that puts GPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models behind one polished UI.

Paid· Standard: $39 · Extended: $79 · Premium: $99multi-model-chatprompt-library
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oMLX

Coding · Multi-model (Qwen, Llama, Mistral, Gemma, DeepSeek, MiniMax, GLM)
7.5

Native macOS LLM inference server built on MLX, with paged SSD KV caching for Apple Silicon agents.

Free· Free, Apache 2.0 open sourcelocal-llm-inferencecoding-agents
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Langchain-Chatchat

RAG · Multi-model (GLM-4, Qwen2, Llama 3, etc. via Xinference/Ollama/LocalAI/FastChat)
7.4

Self-hostable RAG and agent framework that wires LangChain to any local open-source LLM and a knowledge base.

Free· Apache-2.0 open source; self-hosted, infra costs onlyprivate-knowledge-baseoffline-rag
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Model Context Protocol

Agents · Model-agnostic
7.4

Open standard that lets AI apps plug into data sources, tools, and workflows like USB-C for LLMs.

Free· Free and open source (MIT)agent-toolingide-integrations
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AgentMemory

Agents · Multi-model (Claude, Gemini, MiniMax, OpenRouter)
7.3

Open-source persistent memory runtime for AI coding agents, with hybrid retrieval and zero external dependencies.

Free· Free, open-source (Apache 2.0); bring your own LLM API keyagent-memorycoding-agents
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AstrBot

Agents · Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, Dify, Coze)
7.3

Open-source agentic AI assistant that bridges chat platforms like Telegram, Discord, and QQ with any LLM and a 1000+ plugin ecosystem.

Free· Free, open-source (AGPL-3.0); self-hosted, you pay your own LLM API costs.chatbotgroup-chat-assistant
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CAI

Agents · Multi-model (incl. alias1, GPT, Claude, DeepSeek)
7.3

Open-source agent framework for offensive security, bug bounty automation, and AI-driven penetration testing.

Freemium· Open source free; CAI PRO ~EUR 350/mopenetration-testingbug-bounty
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Gorilla

Agents · gorilla-openfunctions-v2 (6.91B)
7.3

Open-source LLM purpose-built for function calling and API invocation across thousands of tools.

Free· Free and Apache 2.0; self-hostedfunction-callingtool-use
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Langfuse

Evaluation · Model-agnostic
7.3

Open-source LLM observability, prompt management, and evaluation in one platform.

Freemium· Free self-host & Hobby tier; Core $29/mo, Pro $199/mo, Enterprise $2,499/mollm-observabilityprompt-management
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MMagic

Image Generation · Multi-model (Stable Diffusion, ControlNet, StyleGAN, GANs, diffusion)
7.3

OpenMMLab's research-grade toolbox for image and video generation, restoration, and editing.

Free· Free and open source (Apache 2.0)text-to-imagesuper-resolution